Resources

Teacher Resources for Immediate Application in the Classroom:

The Playbook: An Instructional Guide for Strategies in the Social Studies Classroom. One of the greatest jobs that you can ever have is to be a social studies teacher. There are so many subjects you can teach that will open the minds of your students to a world that will challenge them and ask them to be their best selves. A social studies teacher has a responsibility; that is to empower students to become great citizens who are civically engaged, active within their communities and critical thinkers. This document is for all novice and new teachers to the profession who teach social studies (veterans can benefit as well). These are 10 instructional strategies that can help with making your classroom engaging and fun for your students. social-studies-instructional-strategies

Building Bridges, Not Walls: A Common Sense Guide for Relationship Building In the Urban and Inner-City Classroom. Our nation is as diverse as it has ever been. The demographics of school students across the United States is changing and school leaders must be prepared to meet the needs of its students. The need for culturally competent teachers is an urgent one. Likewise, the need for compassionate and relationship building people is the strongest it has ever been. Building relationships is key to achieving success in any industry. Building relationships is key any classroom; a student will only allow a teacher to teach them, if they trust them. Trust comes from a relationship. The intention of this text is to provide relationship building strategies to teachers of urban students. Building Bridges, Not Walls – Guide to Relationship Building in Urban Classrooms (Final Revision)

Tell the Truth… about the History of the United States and its Black People: Weeks 1 through 4. Lessons and discussions of Black history should not be limited to one month. Black history is American History. However, when students learn Black history, it is a rehashing of the familiar. Dr. Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman and the various “Black Firsts” are important aspects of American history that deserve our attention and reverence. Yet there is so much more to learn… so much more knowledge to discover; if we simply tell the truth about American history and the role of Black people in that history. This document is a compilation of articles designed to do just that: tell the truth. Broken into 5 parts, this document will explore lessons of history rarely told in the American classroom. Along with the Bloom’s Taxonomy of Higher Order Thinking Rubric, teachers can use this text to engage students for Black History Month in a way that presents new information while facilitating engaging conversations. This text is for students of all ages: Teachers please adapt lessons for your age group.

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 1 Text

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 2 Text

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 3 Text (Part 1)

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 3 Text (Part 2)

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 4 Text

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 5 Text (Part 1)

Tell The Truth… About the History of the United States and its Black People (2018) – Week 5 Text (Part 2)

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School Leader/Administration Resources for Immediate Application in the District:

A Few Good Men: A Common Sense Guide for Procuring, Preserving and Promoting Black Male Teachers. Black teachers represent only 7 percent of the teaching population and Black male teachers represent an even smaller percentage, 2%. The message is clear: More Black male teachers are needed in America’s classrooms and more has to be done to keep them there. This text is a common sense guide for how to find new leaders for America’s classrooms, how to retain them and how to build capacity for leadership from the pool of Black male teachers, written by a former Black male teacher. The purpose of this text is to help increase the numbers of Black male teachers across the nation. a-few-good-men-black-male-teacher-handbook-final-revision