Anti-Defamation League Resources

Thanks again to the Austin ADL for coming out on Friday to lead us in their A World of Difference training.  As an additional support, they’ve shared the following online resources with us:

Books that Matter: The Best Kid Lit on Bias, Diversity and Social Justice

http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/books-matter/#.VtB_DPkrLIW

Current Events Classroom lessons are timely and assist in teaching about news topics

http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/lesson-plans/#.VtB_nfkrLIU

BULLYING/CYBERBULLYING Resources:

http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/bullying-cyberbullying/

 

She Says 4 Words At The Very Beginning, And That’s All You Need To Know

http://www.upworthy.com/she-says-4-words-at-the-very-beginning-and-thats-all-you-need-to-know?c=upw1

Credit: Joseph Lamour

Teaching for Change

http://www.tfcbooks.org/best-books-2014

Credit: Teaching for Change

How to Teach Kids About What’s Happening in Ferguson

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/08/how-to-teach-kids-about-whats-happening-in-ferguson/379049/

Credit: MARCIA CHATELAIN

Why “Psychological Androgyny” Is Essential for Creativity

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/07/psychological-androginy-creativity-csikszentmihalyi/

Credit: Maria Popova

Illustration by Yang Liu from ‘Man Meets Woman,’ a pictogram critique of gender stereotypes. Click image for details.

6 Rules for Courageous Allies!

http://blip.tv/sharon-bridgforth/6-rules-for-allies-3271535

Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones gives 6 Rules for Allies (cross race/gender/sexuality/nationality/religion etc) in her keynote speech given 2/19/10 at a luncheon sponsored by Abriendo Brecha Vll Conference and The Seventeenth Annual Emerging Scholarship In Women’s and Gender Studies Conference UT Austin.

A transcript of the speech can be found here: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/news/2610

Thanks to Natalie Goodnow for sharing!

Hate Speech in the US

Hate Speech in the US

As if any of us would have any doubt about the need for anti-bias education that remains to be done, Humboldt University and Google have teamed up to map the prevalence of hate speech (at least on Twitter) in the U.S.  Take a look…

The Event: How Racist Are You?

As a continuation of the previous entry on Jane Elliott, here is a Channel 4 documentary of a recent exercise she performed in the UK.

Blue eyes, Brown eyes

Today it is a legendary social experiment, but what can we learn from the Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes Exercise and the work of Jane Elliott?  While we may not agree with or even condone all of her methods at Creative Action, her work has fascinating ramifications for every anti-bias educator.

Wikipedia on Jane Elliott: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott

Jane Elliott’s Website:  http://www.janeelliott.com/

A Class Divided Documentary:  A Class Divided