Black Lives Matter Resources

ANTI-RACIST/ANTI-OPPRESSIVE TEACHING

• Read Black Lives Matter at School by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian. Free downloadable lesson plans and classroom resources.
• Educators can sign the pledge to grow the movement for racial justice in education and find a curated list of Ed Justice Resources and tools for "building awareness and growing the movement." (National Educational Association)
• Social Justice in a Time of Social Distancing
• Read “Black Lives Matter: An Open Letter to Art Educators on Constructing an Anti-Racist Agenda”, by the National Art Education Association’s President-Elect, Dr. James Haywood Rolling, Jr., (and check out the NAEA resource page)

• Explore education resources from the Black Lives Matter website

• Read the book Teaching for Black Lives (Rethinking Schools)

• Visit the Talking About Race resource portal (Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History & Culture)

• Support local Black artists on Culturalyst or donate to the Black Art Futures Fund

• Download the free classroom resource “What We Believe”: A Black Lives Matter at School Activity Book, and check out their toolkit full of lesson plans and activities

• Racial Equity Tools: COVID-19 Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources - a very thorough collection of resources for providers and educators!

• Guidance on Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Education (CRE Hub)

• BLM curriculum resources

• 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide

• Black Lives Matter at School Resource Toolkit: A Day of Understanding & Affirmation - Resource Toolkit for School Staff

OTHER RESOURCES

•  Artists as Activists: Black Lives Matter Art (Art Class Curator)
• Black Lives Matter Elementary Art Lesson by Massachusetts art and music teacher TJ Reynolds w/ an article by Sarah Crowther of the Arty Teacher.
• A Moment for Accountability, Transformation & Real Questions (Museums are Not Neutral)

• K-8 Distance Learning Activities for Justice for George Floyd (Colorful Pages)

• The Antiracist Classroom for art & design educators (Art Center College of Design)

• 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing & Protest (Education Week)

• Helping Students Discuss Race Openly (Julie Landsman)

• A White Institution’s Guide for Welcoming Artists of Color* and their Audiences (Fannie Sosa)

• Anti-Racism Resources in the Art World (Artsy)

• “But He Looks Like Me. I Never Saw an Artist Look Like That’: Making Connections to Social Justice through Art” (Tracey Hunter-Doniger)

• “‘Let Me Tell You What I See’: Creating a Culturally Relevant Arts Based Education Through the Use of Photography and Storytelling” (William Tran)

• “Black Lives Matter movement inspires a new art of protest and racial justice in American cities” (Steven Litt)

• “What Does a Black Radical Art Education Look Like?” (Hyperallergic; podcast)