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87: Online Resources to Teach Kids about Racism

In this episode, I share some online resources to teach kids about racism. All the websites I refer to are linked below.

Resources to help parents know how to talk about racism

National Museum of African American History and Culture has a section “Talking About Race.” Be sure not to miss the videos on implicit bias in the “Being Antiracist” topic.
NY Times book list for kids
Coretta Scott King Book Award winners
Movies – Akeelah and the Bee
Younger children – CNN/Sesame Street town hall on racism
Instagram to follow – Kamri Phillippi (kamphoxy)

Resources to teach about Black History in the USA

Sit-in at Woolworth store lunch counter in Greensboro NC – video reenactment and teacher notes with questions
Ted-Ed videos on famous black Americans eg. Benjamin Banneker, Ida B Wells
Harlem Renaissance digital breakout
MLK Comic book from his time period
Negro Travelers Green book from 1956
Readings from Slave Narratives done by actors (not suitable for younger children). The documentary is called “Unchained Memories”.
Disney movie Ruby Bridges about the first black student to attend an integrated school in New Orleans in 1960

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