Equity & Social Justice

These lessons provide classrooms with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures, challenging assumptions and celebrating the vibrancy of Native peoples and cultures today.

Find resources designed to integrate LGBTQ+ history and narratives into U.S. history and English classrooms.

Explore the complexity surrounding the term "Asian Pacific American" with this video series that covers topics that span multiple timelines, geographies, and identities.

Dramatic, disturbing news events can leave parents speechless. These age-based tips on how to talk to kids about the news -- and listen, too -- can help.

Get lost in this gold mine of in-depth and highly accessible video interviews and biographies of notable African American people.

Resources for families and educators from the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination.

Use these age-based tips and questions to have conversations as a family about disturbing events.

In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together

Watch this powerful documentary based on James Baldwin's ideas about three influential Black figures. Free on Kanopy.

Get advice on how to have conversations with kids about race and racism, and raise kids to be advocates for social justice.

Watch and discuss these 26 short testimonials and interviews about systemic racism, identity, bias, and more.

Use these statistics-based resources from the United States Census Bureau to help students understand the importance of using the census to allocate federal funds equitably.

Dramatic, disturbing news events can leave parents speechless. These age-based tips on how to talk to kids about the news -- and listen, too -- can help.

In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together

Get advice on how to have conversations with kids about race and racism, and raise kids to be advocates for social justice.

Weave these teaching practices into your lessons to help build a safe, respectful, and pro-social classroom community.

Use these six practical suggestions for having thoughtful discussions with kids about race, racism, violence, and other tough topics.

Lean on the expert advice in this webinar when you need to help kids process traumatic news or events.

Watch this powerful, sobering, and inspiring discussion about how parents can work toward racial justice.

Get a toolkit to help you reflect on race, power, and privilege, and have constructive, equity-oriented conversations with students.

Find resources designed to integrate LGBTQ+ history and narratives into U.S. history and English classrooms.

Get lost in this gold mine of in-depth and highly accessible video interviews and biographies of notable African American people.

Common Sense and the Children’s Media Association discuss the importance of inclusive representation in media.

Browse this expansive and ever-growing list of diverse, justice-oriented books that will challenge biases and inspire change in your home or classroom.

Read, watch, and listen to the thought-provoking stories and authentic perspectives of a diverse group of young people -- something all too rare at most traditional news outlets.

Listen to these short, compelling stories told by people from different backgrounds and see how they are all still grounded in shared humanity.

Check out these episodes of NPR's Code Switch podcast. Each show will help you consider important social justice issues and think critically about current events.

Caregivers can use this app to more easily find books written by and featuring people of color.

Listen to a podcast featuring stories from all over the world while playing with building blocks or coloring.

Watch and discuss these 26 short testimonials and interviews about systemic racism, identity, bias, and more.

Learn about the research behind racial bias, how it works, and ways to recognize it and think differently.

Learn about research-supported strategies for parenting and living that reduce bias, combat prejudice, and support a more humane and empathic world.

Promote diversity, equity, and respect with powerful lessons and activities that encourage students to reflect on their lives.

Empower students to understand and address difficult ethical choices—past and present—with resources for teaching about and combating hatred and bigotry.

These lessons provide classrooms with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures, challenging assumptions and celebrating the vibrancy of Native peoples and cultures today.

Explore the complexity surrounding the term "Asian Pacific American" with this video series that covers topics that span multiple timelines, geographies, and identities.

Resources for families and educators from the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination.

Use these age-based tips and questions to have conversations as a family about disturbing events.

Watch this powerful documentary based on James Baldwin's ideas about three influential Black figures. Free on Kanopy.

Use these statistics-based resources from the United States Census Bureau to help students understand the importance of using the census to allocate federal funds equitably.

Use these ideas to connect young people to opportunities for advocacy, organizing, protest, and mutual aid.

Pull from this extensive collection of civics and social justice resources for inspiring lessons that place modern struggles in historical context.

Use this large library of videos from TV shows, movies, and more to critique how media represents cultures, identities, and points of view.