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Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide Professional DocRacial Justice in Education Resource Guide Professional Doc
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National Education Association
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K - 12th
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Social & Emotional Learning
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Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide

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Strive for racial justice within your classroom community with help from an 80-page resource guide. Five modules move scholars through thoughtful, and reflective grand conversations to making a plan, then taking action. Learners write out their plan to keep the momentum on track. Participants evaluate their work to identify what works and what needs improvement to make positive change.

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Concepts

social awareness, social activism, social development, social-emotional learning, justice, social justice, equity, bias, injustice, social injustice, prejudice, racism, voting, voting rights, human rights, morality, morals

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create an informative bulletin board in the library, hallway, or multipurpose room to inform the school of the work being done and encourage social change 
  • Welcome the principal to one or several discussions
  • Give pupils a journal to write their thoughts, feelings, and ideas to share with their classmates when discussions resume

Classroom Considerations

  • The duration reflects the amount of time one meeting may take
  • Requires copies

Pros

  • Provides ample opportunities to practice listening and speaking skills
  • Includes a glossary
  • Develops social awareness

Cons

  • Links to outside resources and tools do not work

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