Curriculum Resources

In line with our priority to “Ensure that students have safe and adequate opportunities to address issues of race, culture, gender orientation and religion by providing for student voice and perspective and a process for democratic action”, we highly encourage our teachers to utilize the following resources in their classroom. The current events are weighing heavy on their young minds, and they need outlets to process and understand.

• Zinn Education Project

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• National Education Association
• PBS
• Smithsonian

• National Education Association
• PBS
• Smithsonian

• Black Lives Matter At Schools
• Black Lives Matter at Schools 2018- Lessons and Resources
• Teaching For Black Lives

• http://chssp.ucdavis.edu/

Articles for Educators- Why should we address this?

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/08/13/the-first-thing-teachers-should-do-when-school-starts-is-talk-about-hatred-in-america-heres-help/?utm_term=.9f939741e34c
• http://blogs.ncte.org/index.php/2017/08/there-is-no-apolitical-classroom-resources-for-teaching-in-these-times/
• https://rethinkingschoolsblog.com/2017/08/14/seven-ways-that-teachers-can-respond-to-the-evil-of-charlottesville-starting-now/
• http://citizenshipandsocialjustice.com/2015/07/10/curriculum-for-white-americans-to-educate-themselves-on-race-and-racism/
• https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/what-is-the-altright
• https://timeline.com/charlottesville-vinegar-hill-demolished-ba27b6ea69e1

Video Discussion Starters:

• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_kvN1QhgCZI
• https://youtu.be/mt7b7nbWX50
• https://youtu.be/JO664NjJeNI

Lessons:

• “Chains”
• https://www.facinghistory.org/reconstruction-era/lessons/legacies-reconstruction?utm_campaign=Charlottesville&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
• https://sharemylesson.com/CharlottesvilleCurriculum
• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/books/review/children-violence-racism-charlottesville.html?_r=0
• http://chssp.ucdavis.edu/blog/charlottesville

• https://rethinkingschoolsblog.com/2017/09/05/outrage-and-resources-for-teachers-after-the-trump-administration-ends-daca/

• Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies
• AB 123 Sample Curriculum
• Journey For Justice Curriculum Guide

• Four Waves of Immigration
• Filipino-American National Historical Society

• https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org/
• https://www.teachingcentralamerica.org/

• https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov
• https://fcit.usf.edu/native-american-heritage-month/
• https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/november-2019-monthly-theme.htm
• http://www.pbs.org/specials/native-american-heritage-month/

• https://neaedjustice.org/
• Race – Unlearning What You Know

• https://zinnedproject.org/2017/09/peoples-history-tool-kit-2017/

• https://www.sikhcoalition.org/resources/?fwp_resource_types=community-resources
• https://www.sikhcoalition.org/resources/sikhism-educators-guide/

• Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit For Combatting Racism in Schools
• Everything You Know About Thanksgiving is WRONG | Decoded | MTV News
• Rebel Diaz – The Thankstaking (feat. Gat Turner & Viva Fidel)
• Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way
• Teaching a People’s History: Native American Resources
• Thankstaking at Standing Rock
• The Politics of Thanksgiving Day
• Why Do Schools Still Teach an Oversimplified Thanksgiving Story? 

• Black Panther Movie Companion

• December Dilemma or Teaching Opportunity?

• Women’s History: Continue the Fight for Justice

• Bataan Legacy Historical Society – Pilot Lesson Plans