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Why We Need Black History Month—Especially This Year
Black History Month begins February 1! And while we know anti-racist educators teach Black history year-round, we hope these resources will help you consider how you're framing the month this particular year. Learn more about the need for—and history behind—Black History Month and get support for teaching Black history in a way that moves beyond trauma and embraces liberation and resistance.
- Why We Need Black History Month
- Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History
- Black History Month: Teaching Beyond Slavery
Young, Gifted and Black: Teaching Freedom Summer to K-5 Students
Addressing Trauma and Loss Due to Coronavirus
As we mourn the deaths of educators due to coronavirus here in Montgomery, Alabama, we are also lifting up school communities throughout the country who are dealing with losses of their own. These resources can help you recognize and address this trauma with your students and yourself.
- A Trauma-informed Approach to Teaching Through Coronavirus
- Pandemic Pedagogy: A Call to Educators to Bring Their Classrooms to Reality
- Responding to Trauma in Your Classroom
Teach This: “The Hill We Climb” and the 2021 Inauguration
A Pledge for the New Semester
As you dive into a new semester amid a historic presidential inauguration and political moment, we know the challenges feel overwhelming. We hope these resources help you contextualize this moment, navigate a polarized classroom and plan actions you can take immediately to start the semester equitably.
- What Educators Can Do in 100 Days
- Madam Vice President Is a Woman of Color
- Teaching Digital Literacy This Election Season
Checking In: Listener Feedback and Discussing the U.S. Capitol Attack
Combating Online Youth Radicalization
Teach MLK in Connection With the Attack on the U.S. Capitol
The same day a Black man and a Jewish man were voted into the U.S. Senate, a mob toting Confederate and Nazi flags attacked the U.S. Capitol. As you teach about Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of his birthday observation, acknowledge the link between the racism he resisted and the violence we witnessed at the Capitol. These resources will help foster related discussions within the context of U.S. history.
- The Problem With the “Disney Version of History”
- Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice
- From MLK to #BlackLivesMatter: A Throughline for Young Students