{"id":910,"date":"2023-06-30T13:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/?p=910"},"modified":"2024-08-15T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:05:11","slug":"racial-justice-curricula-and-resources-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/racial-justice-curricula-and-resources-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial Justice Curricula and Resources for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3>Talking with Children About Racism and Inclusion<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/talking-about-racial-injustice-with-children\/\">Talking About Racial Injustice with Children<\/a> (a collection of resources for families and adults who work with children, June 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.upenn.edu\/news\/talking-children-after-racial-incidents\">Talking to Children after Racial Incidents<\/a> An interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.upenn.edu\/news\/faculty\/stevenson\">Howard Stevenson<\/a>, a clinical psychologist at Penn Graduate School of Education.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/education\/resources\/tools-and-strategies\/table-talk\">Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events<\/a>\u00a0 Links to specific current events and guidance for parents, families, and caregivers. Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/blog\/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids\">Explaining the News to Our Kids<\/a> on the Common Sense Media website.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sesameworkshop.org\/what-we-do\/racial-justice\">Coming Together: Talking to Children About Race and Identity<\/a> Developmentally appropriate resources from Sesame Street for exploring racial justice and celebrating identity with young children. It\u2019s Sesame Street, so there are songs, stories, activities, and familiar furry friends to help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Resources for Anti-Racism Learning and Action<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/18pOK3roiwPQ9WF7D2wA0o7Ktr8KwAJeZfn-o6O8T__Y\/mobilepresent?fbclid=IwAR0hllA8F40_9NQfNr-_DwJTni1WCrcJFrw0gkAmP6xBNsd27BLxQWBcs0U&amp;slide=id.p\">Black Lives Matter Instructional Library<\/a> (several books, across ages)\n<ul>\n<li>Compiled by Pheobe Defino. An excellent collection of children\u2019s racial justice books all in read-aloud format. Sections\/shelves focusing on: Activism and Advocacy, Self-love and Empowerment, Black History, Libros en Espanol, Additional Resources and Contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/01\/Racial-Justice-RE-Resources.MWB_.2018.pdf\">Children and Youth Resources Exploring Racism and Racial Justice<\/a> (by Melinda Wenner Bradley, PYM) list of websites, blogs, online articles, curricula and children\u2019s literature that begins with framing queries:\n<ul>\n<li>How do we approach the work of teaching\/learning about undoing racism for both Friends of European and African descent? Other People of Color?<\/li>\n<li>What scaffolding or tools can we create\/recommend for working with a book resource? (queries, wondering questions, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>How do we prepare the way in our meetings and RE programs for ALL children to feel welcomed, included and fully participatory in the Religious Society of Friends? How do we signal welcome and inclusion to visitors?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/07\/Racial-Justice-Teen-Curriculum.Graustein.pdf\">Racial Justice Curriculum for Young Friends<\/a> (by Lisa Graustein, New England Yearly Meeting, for middle and high-school age Friends)<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/06\/Something-Happened-in-Our-Town-Lesson-Plan.pdf\">Something Happened in Our Town<\/a>\u201d \u2014 lesson based on a children\u2019s story about racial injustice, told from two perspectives, that of a Black family and a white family. Created by Friends at Madison Meeting in Northern Yearly Meeting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/06\/PROTEST-SONG-ACTIVITY.pdf\">Protest Song Activity<\/a> (created by the KidsBridge Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Native Justice<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/06\/Choosing-Indigenous-Books-1-1.pdf\">Choosing Excellent Children\u2019s Books By &amp; About American Indians<\/a><br \/>\ncreated by the The Indian Affairs Committee of Salem Quarter, guidance for choosing books; there are many newer picture books which center the voices of Native people!<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Books on Indigenous Residential Schools &amp; Forced Assimilation:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/children-s-books-on-indigenous-residential-schools-forced-assimilation\">From Raising Luminaries website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pragmaticmom.com\/2018\/12\/native-american-residential-schools-ownvoices-book-list\/\">From Pragmatic Mom website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naicumc.com\/uploads\/9\/0\/9\/9\/9099638\/bird_pattern.pdf\">Art Activity for Remembrance and Healing for Native American Boarding Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/go.pym.org\/e\/791983\/thanksgiving-\/5tfx4\/531207198?h=WAwQsG3OOpqUqqQ18URnWPpy0y1ZgX7F47KwUbHMcbM. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.pym.org%2Fe%2F791983%2Fthanksgiving-%2F5tfx4%2F531207198%3Fh%3DWAwQsG3OOpqUqqQ18URnWPpy0y1ZgX7F47KwUbHMcbM&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cmwennerbradley%40pym.org%7C1778a514c9144ebb478108da875ba398%7Cbdb9059779bc47b8adec787f4e42aa8a%7C0%7C0%7C637971124906463570%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zLRUnWxO4SRdKx5wdVtmDyuN0pM5nucyNac2PGgnDiE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"20\">&#8220;Decolonizing Thanksgiving Is An Oxymoron \u2013 Kids Books Dismantling The Myth of a \u2018First Thanksgiving\u2019&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstareducationalexplorations.com\/blog\/rethinking-thanksgivinghttps:\/\/www.northstareducationalexplorations.com\/blog\/rethinking-thanksgiving\">&#8220;Rethinking Thanksgiving&#8221;<\/a> from Northstar Educational Explorations is a good resource for reexamining the holiday and history behind it to teach children the truth of Thanksgiving \u2013 modeling generosity and gratitude all year long \u2013 while remembering the violent history of colonization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking with Children About Racism and Inclusion Talking About Racial Injustice with Children (a collection of resources for families and adults who work with children, June 2020) Talking to Children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":439,"featured_media":919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"iawp_total_views":46,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,9,10],"tags":[23,40,24,22,39],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-addressing-racism","category-peace-social-justice","category-religious-education","tag-books","tag-compilations","tag-links","tag-video","tag-worksheets","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}