Supporting Young Children in the Pursuit of Justice
Teaching children empathy that leads to justice means much more than teaching kindness. Adults—educators, parents and caregivers—who support young learners have the opportunity to create “culture[s] of justice” in which empathy and justice are the priority. These LFJ resources feature strategies that educators, parents and caregivers can use to actively engage little learners as they develop age-appropriate skills and understanding that will lead them forward in the pursuit of justice.
Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough
How PBS' 'Arthur' Resources Support Prosocial Behavior and Critical Literacy
Reading Together
Creating Supportive and Affirming School Environments
As an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ efforts—particularly targeting trans and nonbinary youth—continues at the start of the new school year, it’s imperative for educators, parents and caregivers to help young people understand that justice requires an appreciation for the value of identity and diversity among individuals, and that there are actions to take to ensure equity. These LFJ resources can help foster such understanding.
The Gender Spectrum
Sex? Sexual Orientation? Gender Identity? Gender Expression?
Caroline Is a Boy
Responding to Roe v. Wade
A social justice education expert offers suggestions for dealing with the implications of this seismic Supreme Court decision, believing in the power of education “to transform society, to work deliberately against injustice and to move toward collective liberation.”
‘Roe v. Wade’—What Can Educators Do?
Teaching as Activism, Teaching as Care
Partnering With Families to Support Black Girls
Teachers Are Going Beyond Textbooks to Change History Education
Textbooks reflect dominant social structures—including biases and the lack of representation of people who are historically relegated to the margins. Educators are looking for ways to use and expand on textbook content to teach a more inclusive and honest history. These LFJ resources provide some suggestions for how to make that happen.
Going Beyond the Textbook
Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature
Explore Honest History by Building Partnerships
To understand the complexities of the present, we must connect with the hard history of our country’s past. And we can learn about that honest history outside the classroom—in museums and field trips—because “No educator can accurately map out the whole landscape of our history alone. We are all stronger when we traverse the terrain together.”