Children of Giant | Lesson Plan: Intersectionality On Screen and Off
In the summer of 1955, Hollywood movie crews rolled into the small, West Texas town…
Children of Giant | Lesson Plan: Subverting and Reinforcing Stereotypes
In this lesson, students will learn about the social and cultural tensions in the story…
Identity and Intersecting Perspectives: Between the World and Me | MacArthur Fellows Program
In this lesson, students will explore how our complex identities shape our understanding and experience…
Memories of a Penitent Heart | Lesson Plan: Miguel and Michael – Restoring and Reconciling Lost Histories
Combining home movies, video and written documents with artfully shot contemporary interviews and vérité footage,…
Minding the Gap | Lesson Plan
Minding the Gap is a coming of age film by Bing Liu. Starting in high school,…
12 Essential Books About Race in America
Talking about race isn’t easy. It’s personal, it’s political, it’s visceral. That these were two…
Systemic Racism Explained
Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US. From incarceration rates to predatory…
22 Diverse Book Choices for All Grade Levels
A book list of suggestions from teachers who are working to offer students at every…
The danger of a single story
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. In this TedTalk, novelist Chimamanda…
White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race
“Whiteness pays. As White by Law shows, immigrants recognized the value of whiteness and sometimes…