Teachers

Resources for Teachers of Different Backgrounds

Perspectives for People of Color

• • Being Black in America Today: Share Your Experience (NPR)

  • The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach

  • Latino Experience, Issues and Resources

  • Strong, Black Women Are Allowed to Have Depression Too

  • African-Americans with Anxiety: How to Overcome Unique Obstacles

  • Meditation app - Liberate is the #1 meditation app for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community.

Perspectives for White Allies

• • Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources

  • 10 Books I Wish My White Teachers Had Read

  • Here’s What I Tell White People When They Ask How They Can Help Fight Systematic Racism and Oppression

  • How Are Schools Speaking to Their Staff about America’s Racism Pandemic?

  • Accomplices Needed over Allies in the Fight For Justice

  • How White People Can Be Better Allies to The Black Community

  • Guidelines for Being Strong White Allies

  • How You Can Be an Ally in the Fight for Racial Justice

  • Ways to Take Action!

  • Guide to Allyship

  • Talking to White Kids about Racism

  • Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

  • Understanding How Young People of Color Cope with Racism

  • Concepts in Racial Equality

  • White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

  • PODCAST: Nice White Parents - New York Times (Joffe-Walt lays out an examination of how white parents - even the well-meaning ones - stand as the primary force holding back progress toward school integration and a more equitable distribution of resources).

Classroom Activities/Lessons

• • Some Guidance for Talking With Kids about the Protests that are Sweeping this Country

  • Guiding Principles for Black Lives Matter from the D.C. Educators – Elementary School (English, Spanish, Arabic) *Includes Readings for Educators*

  • Guiding Principles for Black Lives Matter from the D.C. Educators – Middle School (English, Spanish, Arabic)

  • An article discussion about the variation in Latinx cultures.

  • Lesson Plans for All Ages: Teaching Tolerance

Additional Resources

• • 10 Ways to Start A Conversation about Race

  • A Breakdown of Systemic Inequality: How America's Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap

  • This Site Covers a Broad Spectrum of Racial Equity Topics

  • 11 Facts About Discrimination in the Latinx Community

  • Site to report coronavirus-related racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

  • Webinar: Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News

  • Kids Speak Their Mind About Race (Anderson Cooper - CNN)

  • Subconscious Racial Bias in Children (Anderson Cooper - CNN)

  • What I Am Learning From My White Grandchildren (Ted Talk)

  • TED Talk - “Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk?”

  • https://blacklivesmatteratschool.com/

  • Fighting Hate for Good

-- Provided through a Collaboration of Counselors with the Nonpublic School Program for the Elwyn School Support Services --