MCE resource for Grade 4-6 students in Ontario- VL by Vicky Li

Black Lives Matter ASL

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 07:35:27 UTC

Candace Jones' ASL Vlog about Black life and the Black Deaf experience provides a powerful perspective on racism in the hearing and Deaf communities. She shares personal anecdotes, historical context, and systemic issues, emphasizing the need for unity and understanding. The video promotes a culture of learning that values and respects the identities of all students, especially those from marginalized communities

A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 07:42:14 UTC

This book incorporates the important themes of racism and equality into the curriculum, an important aspect of the Black Lives Matter movement. By exploring the topic of racism in an age-appropriate way, this book aims to develop young students' understanding through

After watching the video, students can discuss their feelings and thoughts about racism, as well as write or draw about injustices they have witnessed or experienced and how they feel about them.

How We Can Live: Principles of Black Lives Matter

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 12:53:01 UTC

This book integrates content from the Black Lives Matter movement and presents its guiding principles in a kid-friendly way. It discusses the importance of empathy, loving involvement, just action, and Black women, families, elders, and LGBTQ individuals. This helps students learn about important social justice themes through engaging stories and illustrations. Students will be able to reflect on and understand complex social issues through discussion questions and real-life portraits, which will enhance their ability to analyze and interpret information related to racial equity. From an equity pedagogy perspective, this book promotes instructional strategies that support the academic success and emotional development of students from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, encouraging understanding and respect for diverse perspectives and experiences.

Choreographing for Justice

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 15:15:32 UTC

This article describes how a dance teacher incorporated discussions of the George Floyd murders and the principles of Black Lives Matter on Campus into her dance curriculum, a resource that dovetails with Banksy's multicultural dimension of education in several key ways:

1. Content integration & Knowledge construction: the teacher integrated content about racial justice and the Black Lives Matter movement into the dance curriculum to promote students' critical thinking about racial issues and social justice. Through the use of picture books such as The Day You Begin and discussion of the principles of the Black Lives Matter movement, teachers help students understand and embody these concepts through dance.

2. Reducing Prejudice: dance activities and the discussions associated with them are very natural opportunities to promote empathy and reduce prejudice. Students from different cultural backgrounds are brought closer together, are more open to sharing personal experiences and creating dances that reflect different backgrounds and feelings, and learn to appreciate differences and challenge stereotypes.

Sesame Street explain Black Lives Matter

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 15:25:32 UTC

Elmo's dad from Sesame Street explains racism and Black Lives Matter in this informational video. One of the things I really like about this video is that it incorporates content about protest, racism, and social justice into its narrative so that children can understand these complex issues. In particular, the characters use relevant examples to explain concepts like protest and racism in simple terms. While the video itself was not filmed in a school or by an education professional, it shapes a culture of empowerment by encouraging children to learn, talk about and take action against racism, which can inspire educators to create similar environments in the classroom.

Hair Representation in Children’s Literature

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 15:36:43 UTC

This article captures the aim of a workshop on hair representation in children's literature, co-organized by Teaching for Change and other partners, to address the pervasive problem of hair discrimination. I found this entry point very interesting as participants included children's literature reflecting different hair textures and cultural backgrounds, examined the historical and social contexts of hair representation, and encouraged critical thinking about how knowledge is constructed and represented in educational materials.

Interactive Websites: The 1619 Project by The New York Times

vickylqx0719 — 2024-07-17 16:09:48 UTC

Named after the year the first enslaved Africans arrived in the colony of Virginia, the project is an interactive website that explores the legacy of slavery in the United States and includes resources and activities for younger audiences. Educators can use it to deepen students' understanding of American history from a multicultural perspective. Even in elementary classrooms, critically analyzing primary sources, engaging with historical narratives, and exploring multimedia content can be reasonably accommodated, and students can construct their understanding of the complexity of slavery's impact on society