https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu Additional Resources en-us 2021-11-12 14:20:42 UTC 2025-10-27 16:50:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d3.png lularoelaurenhelms https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1894895507 Teaching to the students and not to the curriculum]]> 2021-11-16 18:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1894895507 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909069137 2021-11-23 18:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909069137 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909074323 Here is an example of Emdin's idea of authentically incorporating students' culture into their learning.]]> 2021-11-23 18:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909074323 kenzieduwe https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909081151 Here's an informative blog about the "white savior" complex.]]> 2021-11-23 18:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909081151 kenzieduwe https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909083461 2021-11-23 18:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909083461 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909322348 There are many movies that include a white savior complex. Freedom writers is one.

Dangerous Minds (1995)
The Help (2011) 
The Blindside (2009)]]> 2021-11-23 21:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1909322348 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1910995083 To Kill a Mockingbird in the classroom]]> 2021-11-24 16:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1910995083 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1911014407

Sojourner Truth: Path to Glory (merchant) – Most books about Sojourner Truth really harp on the basic human decency of the Van Wagenens. This one goes above and beyond in focusing them and centering white perspectives and terminology. After reading this one, Q asked that we please stop reading books on slavery written by white men.

Sweet Land of Liberty – Hopkinson – Read more.

Phyllis’s Big Test – Read more

My Two Blankets

Secret Signs (Riggio) – Books about slavery and the underground railroad that center on white people make me uneasy. To the author’s credit, the protagonist is Deaf. But still.

Bodhisattva & The Turtle – The turtle is code for an Asian Buddhist monk. After the turtle sames some dude bro, the bro is like “Imma learn all this buddhism shit and come back and school you in it. Yer welcome.” I’m paraphrasing. But seriously, this book is awe-inspiring levels of garbage.

Kunkush (not to be confused with Lost & Found Cat, which is lovely). Read more here.

Racism and Intolerance (Spilsbury) – This whole thing is garbage, but specifically we’ll focus on the page where some East Asian people are fighting with brown-skinned Muslims and a white lady shows up to calm them all down and save the day. WHAT NO. The author then goes on to propose that donating to charities (which are never unvetted, corrupt, or channels for wealthy trusts and the people behind them to profit off oppression, nope nope) is primary solution to combat racism (HINT: IT IS NOT.)

Unspoken (Cole)- We don’t even see the people this white girl is ‘saving’ – just eyeballs peeking out of floorboards.

Follow The Drinking Gourd (Winter) – On the plus side, it’s a disabled white man who rescues people. Which almost makes it okay that all these enslaved people need a white man to tell them basic stuff like ‘leave.’ (Except it is still not okay.) I’m being hard on this book – it has its merits, but I’d still love to see it centered on the actual people fleeing, rather than the white accomplice.

John Brown: His Fight For Freedom – Hendrix – When a white militant anti-slavery radical gets violent and kills people to end slavery, he’s a complicated hero with good intentions. Somehow white violence always justifies itself. Sigh. Seriously though – click through and look at this cover.

]]> 2021-11-24 17:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1911014407 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1911046092 Hip Hop in the Classroom]]> 2021-11-24 17:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1911046092 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1919532755 Will you follow the techniques of past teachers or will you try something new if old techniques show to not be beneficial?

The way you view your students will effect how you teach them.

The longer someone teaches, the better they will become. Whether you choose to be a better teacher for your students, this is on you as a teacher.

Your success as a teacher in the classroom is directly related to how successful you think your students will be.

If you believe that your students are incapable of learning something, they will not achieve greatness. The students will only accomplish what you believe they can.

Lesson planning is important, but being able to break away from the lesson plan if needed is valueable.

Ask yourself "what is an effective teacher." Define this, then try your best to become one. 

Avoid unhappy teachers who do not believe in their students, misery does love company.

Emdin, Christopher. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too (Race, Education, and Democracy) (p. 208). Beacon Press. Kindle Edition. ]]> 2021-11-30 03:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1919532755 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1921760782 Christopher Emdin discusses his book "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood"]]> 2021-12-01 01:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1921760782 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1921765893 Christopher Emdin goes into detail of his book "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood"]]> 2021-12-01 01:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1921765893 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1921770572 Christopher Emdin gives a brief glance into his book "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood"]]> 2021-12-01 01:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1921770572 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926191818 This video shows exactly what code switching is within the black community. ]]> 2021-12-02 22:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926191818 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926197059 2021-12-02 22:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926197059 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926198618 You can find many good quotes and conversation about the book through the authors twitter. ]]> 2021-12-02 22:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926198618 https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926200089 2021-12-02 22:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lularoelaurenhelms/rree5qyybvqdivhu/wish/1926200089