Hastings-on-Hudson

Resources for Families

• Healthy Communication About Race: A Resource, American Psychological Association 
• Anti-Racism Resources compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein
• Black Teacher Project
• Find Tools and Techniques to Evaluate Information
• Talking About Race In Mostly White Schools
• General Site for Teaching Tolerance
• Blog Post From a Teacher Who Did Some Work Around Race: Crawling Out of the Classroom Blog
• The Lie – Fourth grade students share stereotypes they have heard about themselves and then speak out against those stereotypes. 
• Six Steps To Speak Up at Tolerance.org
• NPR piece on bias: Bias Isn’t Just a Police Problem, It Is A Pre-School Problem
• Cartoon/Blog Post about Navigating Islamophobia
• Verizon Video: You Don’t Know Me
• Clint Smith Ted Talk: Around Race & Growing Up In A World of Biases
• Mellody Hobson Ted Talk: Color Blind or Color Brave 
• WNYC's Being 12 Series: “... I’m Supposed To Talk Ghetto...”
• Diversity Council - Lessons by level to address all types of diversity
• Many Grade Levels: One World, One Heart Beating - Possible Lesson Plan Ideas 
• Combating Hate: Middle School Lessons Plans PDF
• Ted Talk - The Danger of a Single Story. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Novelist)
• Social Justice Resources - The Community School
• How to Audit Your Classroom Library for Diversity - Bingo Card Choosing Care When Choosing Books
• Code Switching - NPR Article: The Day That Never Happened 
• Teaching Tolerance
• Facing History resources: Are Your Diversity Strategies Missing the Mark? Nine Ways to Get it Right
• Anti-Defamation League: Discussing Hate and Violence with Children
• American Psychological Association: Talking to Kids About Discrimination
• Book Riot: 30 Children's Books about Diversity that Celebrate our Differences
• Center for Racial Justice Education: Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids
• Child Guidance Resource Centers: Thoughts and Tips on How to Engage with Your Children on Race and Violence. (video)
• Child Guidance Resource Centers: Thoughts and Tips on How to Engage with Your Children on Race and Violence. (blog)
• Embrace Race: Tools, Resources, Discussion Spaces, and Networks to Meet the Challenges of Raising Children in a World Where Race Matters
• National Association for the Education of Young Children: Preparing Young Children for the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities into the Classroom 
• National Association of School Psychologists: Supporting Vulnerable Students in Stressful Times  
• National Parent Teacher Association: Discussing Difficult Topics with Your Children 
• National Public Radio: Talking Race with Young Children 
• Southern Poverty Law Center: Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice