We had an amazing time this summer where we spent 4 consecutive weeks engaged in conversation focused on culturally responsive English language arts instruction. We extend our gratitude to each of our guest speakers who shared such wisdom and knowledge about the elements of writing, media, and literature. We thank all who attended for their participation, and a special thank-you to our member leaders and hosts: Antero Garcia, Nicole Mirra, and Detra Price-Dennis.
Below we’ve compiled a list of resources to help you continue the conversation within your communities.
Watch the Recordings!
RESOURCES FROM THE CONVERSATION AND BEYOND
Books and a Musical
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
Additional Resources
Books
- Countdown by Deborah Wiles
- “The History We Carry” from This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
- Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell
Additional Resources
Books
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed
- The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America, edited by Ibi Zoboi
- The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext, edited by Felicia Rose Chavez, José Olivarez, and Willie Perdomo
- Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo
- The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Counting Descent by Clint Smith
- Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by Michael Dante DiMartino
- Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore with Erica L. Green
- Fresh Ink: An Anthology (hardcover) by Lamar Giles
- Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
- Here to Stay by Sara Farizan
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student by John Spencer and A. J. Juliani
- Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy by April Baker-Bell
- Making Middle School: Cultivating Critical Literacy and Interdisciplinary Learning in Maker Spaces by Steve Fulton and Cynthia D. Urbanski
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds
- Mindy Kim series by Lyla Lee
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- The Power of Presence: Be a Voice in Your Child’s Ear Even When You’re Not with Them by Joy Thomas Moore
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- Ramayana: Divine Loophole by Sanjay Patel
- Red at the Bone: A Novel by Jacqueline Woodson
- Restorative Justice in the English Language Arts Classroom by Maisha T. Winn, Hannah Graham, and Rita Renjitham Alfred
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- Tight by Torrey Maldonado
- Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson
- Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism by Tracey A. Benson & Sarah E. Fiarman
- The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
- We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor
- We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Elizabeth Acevedo, Mahogany L. Browne, and Olivia Gatwood
Articles, Blogs, and Statements
- The Black Panthers: Ten Point Program
- “Bryan Stevenson on How America Can Heal” by Ezra Klein
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- Culturally Responsive Curriculum Scorecard by NYU Steinhardt
- “Ending Curriculum Violence” by Stephanie P. Jones
- “Open Letter to My High School” by Saoirse Imani Herlihy
- “There Is No Diverse Book” by Chad Everett
- “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” by John Lewis
- “2020 Summer Reading List” by We Are Kid Lit Collective
- “Unforgettable” by Pages Matam, Elizabeth Acevedo, and G. Yamazawa
- United States Declaration of Independence
- “What Anti-Racist Teachers Do Differently” by Pirette McKamey
Podcasts, TED Talks, and Other Audio Resources
- Code Switch podcast
- The Global Read Aloud
- “How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them” by Vernā Myers
- Nice White Parents podcast
- NWP Radio
- “10 Ways to Have A Better Conversation” by Celeste Headlee
- The United States of Anxiety podcast
Additional Resources
- Access to Texts (Tracey Flores Twitter thread)
- Animaker
- Anti-Racism in Education by Ro Menendez (Padlet)
- Barrel Stories project
- The BIPOC Project (A Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Movement)
- Black Feminist Bookmobile sweatshirt
- Borderland Collective project
- Comixology
- Cultural Front
- Design thinking methodology
- #DisruptTexts
- Dr. Sharroky Hollie
- #IAMNOTAVIRUS Campaign
- The IDEA Library
- Implicit bias lessons from Teaching Tolerance
- John Lewis: Good Trouble (documentary)
- Mapping Inequality: Redlining In New Deal America
- My America: Immigrant and Refugee Writers Today
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (A Choose Your Own Adventure Book Trailer by Kurtney Onyx Sandal)
- People of Color in Education Consulting Directory by Kimberly Parker and Julia E. Torres
- Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco by Savannah Shange
- Publications & Podcasts from Kimberly Parker
- Reading Diversity by Teaching Tolerance
- Shimomura Crossing the Delaware by Roger Shimomura
- 1619 Project from the New York Times
- Sora app
- #31DaysIBPOC
- Vote by Design
- Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
Books
- Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- The Border by Steve Schafer
- The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
- Culture Crossing: An American Cookbook by Azsaneé Truss (student of Detra Price-Dennis)
- Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
- Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
- The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students by Carlin Borsheim-Black and Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
- This Is My America by Kim Johnson
- What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado
Articles and Blogs
- “Genius Hour Blueprint: Step-by-Step Guide to Running the Project In Your Class” by A. J. Juliani
- “The Pandemic Is a Portal” by Arundhati Roy
- “‘Untold Stories’: Cultivating Consequential Writing with a Black Male Student through a Critical Approach to Metaphor” by Sakeena Everett
Additional Resources
- “After the Storm” by Kali Uchis featuring Tyler, the Creator, and Bootsy Collins
- Classroom icebreakers (Amber Spry Twitter thread)
- Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
- Establishing Opening and Closing Routines from Facing History and Ourselves
- First Book Marketplace
- “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem featuring Rihanna
- “Online Environments and Your Students: Strategies to Inform Writing Instruction” from CCCC
- “Placement in the Pandemic: What to Consider When You’re Considering Directed Self-Placement” from CCCC
- Purl by Pixar
- Teaching Mockingbird from Facing History and Ourselves
- 20Time
- Resources for Virtual Instruction and Online Learning from NCTE