Grades 1-8 Resources
This page compiles websites and resources aimed at Middle School age children
EqualiTeach.co.uk
This website has great resources for talking about racial and religious diversity as well LGBTQ topics. Many of the resources are aimed at children from Kindergarten age to highschool
This article talks about gender equality and sexism. It gives a terminology list and provides different ways to approach sexism in different classroom settings.
This article provides a list of books that discuss Gender Equality, LGBTQ, Race/Ethnicity, Religion and Disabilities. (Key Stages 3 and 4 are about ages 11-16)
LearningForJustice.org
This website offers a wide selection of resources. The website has a search query similar to Jstor that allows you to filter through lesson plans, articles and resources according to grade or topic. They have pages for Race & Ethnicity, Religion, Ability, Class, Immigration, Gender & Sexuality, Bullying/Bias and Rights & Activism
LearningForJustice helps you make personalized lesson plans. It asks what the age group your teaching is, what social justice topics you'd like to integrate and prompts you on questions that should be asked when building a lesson plan. (A free account is needed to use the Lesson Plan Builder)
OkGoSandbox.org
This website combines different disciplines and ideas together to encourage creative learning in the classroom. There are resources provided with each "video lesson" from OkGo on how to do similar projects in the classroom.
This video from OkGo is about virtual collaborating and creating. This lesson encourages students to make a collaborative art piece of their own with at least one other person.
This video lesson is about making music with everyday items!