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Finding your voice to fight the status quo and challenge inequalities.

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"While ultimately institutional racism, anti-racism targets societal and institutional racism, anti-racist education must be focused on the individual who ultimately complies with or challenges the existing system of racism." (Young & Lable, 2000). It is key to start guiding students in critique events that occurred in the past and challenge the status quo in the present.

Below is a picture of what teaching Social Justice looks like in a kindergarten classroom.  Having discussions about what "equality" means.  My students previously learned about discrimination and segregation through the lens of Black People. Then when discussion Women's History Month, we talked about what "equality" means. We used our understanding of what "equal" means in math to connect what it means to be treated equally as a person.

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Students Draw and respond to what they read/listened to. They are able to express how they feel, ask questions about the topics, and then we have discussion on how, we as people, kids, can take action. We started that conversation by "speaking up for people."

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An example of the type of work my kindergartners complete are "Draw and Response" to allow students to express how they are feeling about whatever topic we are covering.

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Teaching Social Justice in Elementary School

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Teaching Social Justice in Elementary School

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When I think about teaching Social Justice in elementary school, I think about how to share stories of different cultures and guide discussions about how students are feeling. Each month that we begin a new topic, I make sure that the parents in my class know what we are learning so they can continue  the discussion at home!

"If schools are to serve the common good and promote social justice, school leaders need the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to create schools that eliminate marginalization across these multiple dimensions of diversity." (Theoharis & Scanlan, 2015).

When I think about teaching Social Justice in elementary school, I think about how to share stories of different cultures and guide discussions about how students are feeling. It is my duty to continue to gain knowledge in order to make sure I start the conversation with my kindergarteners.

This year, in addition to teaching Black History, I am using a Social Studies Unit that includes topics such as: civics, sociology, history, and geography. Within those categories, I teach about different cultures, holidays, and etc. This curriculum helps teach the historical stories of groups of people, but also gives students the opportunity to problem solve how to "fix" a problem.

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As a citizen of this country, it is my duty, it is our duty to be socially just. As a leader in the classroom, it is important to have my parents involved in any aspect of the school as possible. Keeping them in the loop about school events or classroom curriculum helps stem a connection and build that bridge of parents being involved in leadership positions.

As a teacher, I have come to realize that it is my duty to advocate for my students and families. In my fourth year as a kindergarten teacher, I have realized that my classroom, the school cannot function fully without assistance from parents, teachers, principals, and community volunteers (Cooper, 2010).