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These resources aim to increase literacy by targeting vocabulary development. The project consists of two parts: a vocabulary workbook resource for teachers and a unit plan with extending lessons for a novel study on Monster by Walter Dean Myers.
This resource guide focuses on the intersection between poetry and social change. Resources in this folder include links to premade lesson plans, classroom activity ideas, strategies for teaching anti-racist poetry, and mentor poems.
A list of over 20 well-made, truth-telling documentaries that center Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color, anti-racist and intersectional themes. Curated by New Haven public school educator Nataliya Braginsky.
This compilation of resources is for middle-school educators interested in teaching the concept of freedom. Resources have been curated to highlight everyday and collective acts of resistance in the movement towards abolishing slavery in the United States.
A three-week curriculum unit full of rich lessons on the principles of collective value, different family structures, and one’s right to choose who they love. Includes read-alouds and classroom activities for young students.
A database of 22 anti-racist children’s books for use by educators in elementary and early-middle schools. Most books come with a hyper-linked read-along, opportunities to purchase the text for your classroom and discussion questions for young students.
A 14-day curriculum for close reading Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, “Maus.” Discussion guidelines and activities are adaptable to different educator’s needs. Suitable for middle and high school.
In need of posters for your classroom? Feature four, powerful literary figures of color from Hartford and Connecticut—Gertrude Blanks, Ann Plato, María Colón Sanchez, and Lucy Cooper Summers.
This teacher-generated resource document is for all educators teaching the new Black and Latinx Studies course. It includes lesson plans, primary sources, podcasts, poetry, books, music and more. The document can be navigated by resource type, a table of contents and keyword search.
A library of sources organized in various mediums and categories: visual media, non-fiction, novel excerpt, poem, short story, and speech/letter/article to support anti-racist and culturally relevant teaching for high school students.