Additional High School

Ethnic Studies Units

The Ethnic Studies Curriculum Library Folder on Google Drive houses all the teaching materials shared by our colleagues. You can access the full Google Drive folder here.

Below is a list of resources available in the library for teaching a variety of ethnic studies topics & pedagogical practices.

Oakland teachers have voluntarily shared their creative and intellectual work with our ethnic studies teaching community. Please respect the ethnic studies curriculum agreements for all materials on this site.

Following are links to descriptions & materials for 15 complete units created by OUSD teachers on a variety of ethnic studies topics.

Links to unit overviews for select shared materials:

Additional Units

14th Amendment - Link to materials shared by Dr. Chela Delgado
Apartheid & Soweto Student Strike - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman
Black Lives Matter - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Dr. Chela Delgado
Bioethics - Annie Tickell's unit overview on this website
Black Panthers - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey
Bracero Program - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Becca Rozo-Marsh & Kate Dillon
Campaign Strategy & Tactics of Change Units - Link to materials shared by Annie Tickell and Perry Bellow-Handelman's unit overview on this website
Civics 101 Lecture - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey
Civil Disobedience - Dr. Chela Delgado's unit overview on this website
Community Cultural Wealth - Jerica Coffey's unit overview on this website
Current Events Presentations - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman
Cycle of Liberation End of Year Project - Perry Bellow-Handelman's unit overview on this website
Economic Inequality - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Dr. Chela Delgado's unit overview on this website
Environment & Place - Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey's unit overview on this website
Food Insecurity Action Project - Link to materials shared by Portia Carryer & Brenda Rivera
Gender - Becca Rozo-Marsh & Kate Dillon's unit overview on this website
Community Mapping & Gentrification - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman and Annie Tickell's unit overview on this website
Government Surveillance - Link to materials shared by Dr. Chela Delgado
Immigration & Migration - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman and Becca Rozo-Marsh & Kate Dillon's unit overview on this website
Immokalee Workers Boycott SAC - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman
Independent Student Action Projects - Link to materials shared by Dr. Chela Delgado
Internal Colonialism Simulation - Link to materials shared by Jerica Coffey
Japanese Internment - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Dr. Chela Delgado
Legacy of State Control & White Supremacy - Link to materials shared by Dr. Chela Delgado
Lit Circles Structure - Link to materials shared by Dr. Chela Delgado
May First & City-Wide Student Action Planning - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman, Jason Muniz and Annie Tickell
Mexica Education Lecture - Link to materials shared by Sergio Arroyo
Petition Writing - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey
Podcasts - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Portia Carryer & Brenda Rivera
Prison Industrial Complex - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman and Emily Macy's unit overview on this website
Public Policy Debates - Link to materials shared by Dr. Chela Delgado
Racist Monuments Controversies - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey
Restorative Justice Curriculum & Circle Process - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman, Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Emily Macy's unit overview on this website
Research Projects about Social Justice Issues, Resistance & Movements - Link to materials shared by Perry Bellow-Handelman, Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Jason Muniz's unit overview on this website
SeeClickFix Project - Jason Muniz's unit overview on this website
Slavery, Rebellion & Reconstruction - Becca Rozo-Marsh & Kate Dillon's unit overview on this website
Suburbanization & Redlining - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey
Third World Liberation Front - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas
United Farm Workers - Link to materials shared by Portia Carryer & Brenda Rivera, Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Perry Bellow-Handelman & Annie Tickell
Uranium Mining and Navajo People DBQ - Link to materials shared by Portia Carryer & Brenda Rivera
Zoot Suit Riots - Link to materials shared by Matthew Colley & Nicholas Rey and Portia Carryer & Brenda Rivera