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Teaching for Change is a non-profit organization with resources of real word issues for educators and parents. In 2017, it created SocialJusticeBooks.org "to identify and promote the best multicultural and social justice children's books, as well as articles and books for educators."
We Need Diverse Books is a non-profit organization that promotes for the need of children's literature that represents all young people.
We Need Diverse Books "created programs to celebrate diverse books, to mentor diverse writers and illustrators, to support diverse publishing professionals, and to provide books to classrooms nationwide."
We Need Diverse Books anthologies are original stories from diverse authors.
Resources include
Race, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion
Creatives and Publishing Professionals
Book Sellers
Parents, Educators, and Librarians
Website: Diverse BookFinder
Twitter: @Diverse BookFndr
Facebook: @Diverse BookFinder
Instagram: @diversebookfinder
"The Diverse BookFinder is a comprehensive collection of children's picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Colour (BIPOC)." It has a circulating collection, offers a search tool, and provides real-time data.
Teaching Books offers four subscription options: basic, personal, school, and district. The basic is free for a single user. The curated literacy resources are for children, teens, adults, and educators. Resources are listed by grades, curricular areas, genres, and cultural experiences. Everyone can browse collections, books, authors & illustrators, lists, series, and awards & distinctions.
Educators can browse by literacy & standards connections, booklists & collection analysis, teaching ideas, diverse books, professional exploration, library programming, and book promotion.
Students can browse 'for fun', diverse books, reader's advisory, homework help, build reading, and lists.
Website: Learning for Justice
Twitter: @learnforjustice
Facebook: @LearningforJustice
YouTube: Learning for Justice
Learning for Justice, formerly known as Teaching Tolerance, provides free resources for practitioners "to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create inclusive school communities where children and youth are respected, valued and welcome participants."
Edutopia and Lucas Education Research are two areas of The George Lucas Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization that is devoted to improving education.
Edutopia focuses on 6 core strategies for innovation and reform in learning
Comprehensive Assessment
Integrated Studies
Project-Based Learning
Professional Learning
Social and Emotional Learning
Technology Integration
Getting Started with Culturally Responsive Teaching
Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
5 Ways to Audit Your Classroom Library for Inclusion
Choosing Culturally Responsive Images to Connect With Students
How a School Puts Culturally Responsive Teaching Into Practice
Website: The Cult of Pedagogy
Twitter: @cultofpedagogy
Facebook: @CultofPedagogy
YouTube: Cult of Pedagogy
Cult of Pedagogy is a website for educators. Jennifer Gonzalez is the Editor in Chief. The website offers blog postings, podcast episodes, video postings, and merchandise .
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is the founder of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. He is an author, professor, and antiracist activist.
Listen to iHeartReadio and Pushkin Industries:
Website: Rethinking Schools
Twitter: @RethinkSchools
Facebook: @rethinkingschools
Instagram: @rethinkingschools
Rethinking Schools is "a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. "
Website: ETFO/FEEO
Twitter: @ETFOeducators
Facebook: @ETFOprovincialoffice
YouTube: ETFO Educators
Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is a union for teachers. ETFO is committed to social justice and equity. Resources in Building a Just Society include
2SLGBTQ+
Anti-Black Racism
First Nations, Metis and Inuit
Other Equity Resources & Programs
Women's Issues
World/Political Issues
The ETFO Website has booklists on:
ability-disability
anti-semitism
bullying
classism / poverty
environment
faith
FNMI
gender
human rights
immigration
LGBT
peace
race
Social Justice Begins with Me:
literature-based resource by the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
school-wide curriculum from Early Years to Grade 8
based on themes introduced in their kit We're Erasing Prejudice for Good
PlayWorks create games for recess and play environments. They help schools and youth programs to rethink recess within a holistic approach. They focus on safety, engagement, physical health, social and emotional learning, and empowerment.
"Started in 1994, EcoKids offers programs and resources for children, parents, educators, and communities in Canada to engage in environmental education. EcoKids is designed to inspire children to become lifelong environmental stewards through outdoor play and experiences."
Their mission is to inspire "children, adults, and communities to become environmental stewards through outdoor play and experiences." For example, schools can start an EcoKids Club, build a mud kitchen, and participate in various Take Action initiatives.
They also have a list of education resources in English and French.
Website: The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
Twitter: @validateaffirm
Facebook: @CulturallyResponsive
YouTube: Validate Affirm
"The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CCRTL) exists for making cultural responsiveness a meaningful aspect of everyday life. Being culturally responsive is an approach to living life in a way that practices the validation and affirmation of different cultures for the purposes of moving beyond race and moving below the superficial focus on culture." ~ The Centre for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
This is a blog by Deniz Toker. He describes the theory and practice of culturally responsive teaching. He shares articles and teaching ideas related to inclusion and equity.
EdD students created questions for surface, shallow, and deep culture from Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain (Hammond, 2015)
References
Aguilar, E. (2015, February 25). Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/making-connections-culturally-responsive-teaching-and-brain-elena-aguilar
Aguirre, L. (2020, October 14). Choosing Culturally Responsive Images to Connect With Students. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/choosing-culturally-responsive-images-connect-students
Alexander, C., Craft, J. & Hay, M. (n.d.). The Culture Tree: Our Cultural Frames of Reference. https://ohioleadership.org/storage/ocali-ims-sites/ocali-ims-olac/documents/Culture-Tree.pdf
American University (n.d.). Antiracist Research & Policy Center. https://www.american.edu/centers/antiracism/
Derman-Sparks, L. (2016). Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books. Social Justice Books. https://socialjusticebooks.org/guide-for-selecting-anti-bias-childrens-books/
Diverse BookFinder (n.d.). Our Research & Related Resources. https://diversebookfinder.org/our-research/
EcoKids (2019, October 30). About EcoKids. https://ecokids.ca/about/
Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (2011). Social Justice Begins With Me. ETFO. https://www.etfo.ca/BuildingAJustSociety/EquityResources/Pages/SocialJustice.aspx
Gonser, S. (2020, October 30). How a School Puts Culturally Responsive Teaching Into Practice. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-school-puts-culturally-responsive-teaching-practice
Gonser, S. (2021, March 19). Addressing Race and Racism Head-On in the Classroom. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/addressing-race-and-racism-head-classroom
Gonzalez, J. (2017, September 17). Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions. Cult of Pedagogy. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/culturally-responsive-misconceptions/
Gonzalez, J. (2018, December 2). 10 Ways Educators Can Take Action in Pursuit of Equity. Cult of Pedagogy. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/10-equity/
Gonzalez, J. (2020, August 2). Historically Responsive Literacy: A More Complete Education for All Students. Cult of Pedagogy. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/historically-responsive-literacy/
Kendi, I.X. (2021). Be Antiracist With Ibram X. Kendi. [Audio podcast]. iHeartRadio and Pushkin Industries. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/be-antiracist-with-ibram-x-kendi/id1564144316
Learning for Justice (n.d.). Exploring Texts Through Read Alouds: 9 Teaching Strategies. https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/teaching-strategies/exploring-texts-through-read-alouds
Learning for Justice (n.d.). My Multicultural Self. https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/lessons/my-multicultural-self
Lua, A. (n.d.). 24+ Sites to Find Free Images You Would Actually Use for Your Marketing. Buffer. https://buffer.com/library/free-images/
Nguyen, H.P. (2021, August 4). 5 Ways to Audit Your Classroom Library for Inclusion. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-ways-audit-your-classroom-library-inclusion
Playworks (n.d.). Games Library. https://www.playworks.org/game-library/
Rethinking Schools (n.d.). Magazine. https://rethinkingschools.org/magazine/
Rethinking Schools (n.d.). Featured Books. https://rethinkingschools.org/books/
Rucker, N.W. (2019, December 10). Getting Started With Culturally Responsive Teaching. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/getting-started-culturally-responsive-teaching
Sharpton, A. (2020, September 22). The 100 Most Influential People of 2020: Ibram X. Kendi. Time. https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888207/ibram-x-kendi/?jwsource=cl
Smith, C. (2020, Spring). How Culturally Responsive Lessons Teach Critical Thinking. Learning for Justice. https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2020/how-culturally-responsive-lessons-teach-critical-thinking
Social Justice Books (2021). Booklists. https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/
Social Justice Books (n.d.). See What We See: Children's and Young Adult Book Reviews. https://socialjusticebooks.org/reviews-by-theme/
Social Justice Books (n.d.). Articles. https://socialjusticebooks.org/articles/
Teaching for Change (2021, Augusts 14). For Educators. https://www.teachingbooks.net/show.cgi?f=educators
The Centre for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (n.d.). What We Do. https://www.culturallyresponsive.org/what-we-do
Todd, R. (2021, February 26). Creating a Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Classroom. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/creating-culturally-responsive-early-childhood-classroom
Toker, Deniz (n.d.). Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT): Whys and Hows. https://whyandhowcrt.wordpress.com/
We Need Diverse Books (n.d.). Resources. https://diversebooks.org/resources/
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