World Regional Studies: India & Pakistan, Afro-Cuban Jazz
Two curricular lesson plans on India & Pakistan and Afro-Cuban Jazz for middle school social studies to foster student creativity, knowledge production, and cultural connections
Digital Library of Diverse Short Texts
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.
Vocabulary Development
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.
American Social Movements & Poetry
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.
Anti-Racist STEM: Climate Justice
Resource guide for educators hoping to teach climate change, extreme weather and environmental justice through an anti-racist lens. Includes a set of guiding principles, digital databases, presentation on the history of climate activism in Connecticut, and a curated list of five lesson plans.
Documentaries about 20th and 21st Century Black, Indigenous, and Latinx US History
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.
Supplements for Teaching Freedom in U.S. History
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.
Indigenous Perspectives on Early U.S. History
Materials for teaching early colonial U.S. history. Includes primary sources from Indigenous peoples, secondary texts on CT Indigenous history and resistance in CT, anti-racist frameworks and pedagogies for teachers and tangible activist opportunities for high school students.
Identity and Community Affirmation in First Grade English
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.
22 Anti-Racist Books 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.
Teaching Art Spiegelman’s “Maus”
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.
Posters: Literary Figures of Color from CT
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.
Anti-Racist STEM: Physics
Resources for teaching physics with an anti-racist lens. Some highlights include a lesson plan on biases in the Nobel Prize for Physics and the Native Drum website, which uses First Nations Indigenous culture and music to introduce students to physics concepts.
Media-Analysis through an Anti-Racist Lens
This multi-media lesson plan asks students identify, “To what degree are representations of race in popular media anti-racist or not?” Includes a graphic organizer, final assignment, assessment and a curated list of popular media from which students can choose to do their final projects.
Teaching Black/Latinx Studies: Teacher-Generated Guide
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.
Photo and Arts Archive on 20th Century U.S. Social Movements
A photo and art archive of over one-hundred images that foregrounds queer, BIPOC and New Haven contributions to major historical social movements. Students can explore the annotated photos directly or teachers could utilize the archive as a supplement to existing lesson plans.
Anti-Racist and Anti-Imperial Space Exploration
These resources are for middle-school educators interested in teaching the terror, wonders and science of space exploration through an anti-racist and anti-imperial lens.
“All We Had Was Each Other”: Youth-Led Community Organizing
Through critical readings of youth organizing manifestos, demands, and platforms, this curriculum unit introduces students to the varied and inspiring ways that young people have come together to lead change in Connecticut.
Native American Boarding Schools
Through poetry, video, a gallery walkthrough and interactive activity, this one-hours lesson plan empowers educators and students to develop vocabulary to talk about Native American Boarding schools and related structural issues.
Black & Latinx Studies: “Language, Life, and Legacy”
Curriculum Unit. By Dr. Kelly Hope. Suggestions for including African American. African diaspora and Latinx experiences, literature and history in the high school classroom. Students will learn to identify themes in a text and provide analysis through various lens.