Cardinal Ritter High School
Resources
Don’t Say Nothing - This article stresses the importance of having critical conversations with students about race and racism, particularly since out students are taking many of their cues about what society values (including whether they are valued within society) by what we choose, or choose not, to say.
Let’s Talk Guide - This Teaching Tolerance publication provides use-tomorrow tips, tools, and strategies for teachers to facilitate and engage in conversations with students around race, racism, and other topics that can sometimes be uncomfortable.
Let’s Talk! Discussing Race, Racism, and Other Difficult Topics with Students - This webinar, presented jointly by NEA and Teaching Tolerance, is part of a series of school-climate webinars. This is the second release that serves as a companion to the Let's Talk! planning tool. The other available webinars are available here.
Peggy McIntosh “Beyond the Knapsack” - This article describes how to use serial testimony, a practice that allows students to share their experiences as a way to begin critical conversations in the classroom.
Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education - This article provides links to teacher-facing professional development modules, for use as an individual or small group, around best practices for anti-bias education instruction, classroom culture, family and community engagement, and teacher leadership.
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond video - In this video, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond explains the importance of discussing race and recognizing its centrality in the identities of students and teachers.
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