Use these materials with middle and high school students to help them understand the long history of anti-Black racism in the United States, and think about ways to address it in their own families and communities.
Learn about the origins, objectives, and makeup of Black Lives Matter, an activist black youth-led movement that campaigns against police brutality and other forms of racism, in this video from Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now.
This MPT compilation of short narratives sheds light on the events of the day with the hope that our viewers will gain better insight into a community that feels their voices have been unheard for decades.
This article from Common Sense Media discusses how movies, TV, and books can be powerful teaching tools when it comes to helping kids understand race, racism, and a history of racial oppression.
Explore this collection of resources, including books, podcasts, and websites, to learn more about race, where and how injustice and inequality operate in society, and ways to take action for equity and inclusion.
in this interactive lesson students gather evidence of discriminatory policing practices, examine the perspectives of police and community, and learn about changes that have been proposed or implemented to try to improve the situation.
In this lesson, students create a plan of action to submit to local bodies of government with suggestions for improving relations between police departments and the people in the communities that they protect and addressing other disparities in our country’s criminal justice system.
These clips provides a framework for critical analysis of current and historic race relations in America through the lens of the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., a young unarmed black man, by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
In this lesson plan from KQED's The Lowdown, students evaluate the findings of the 1967 and 2014 commissions in light of the current national debate about police violence in communities of color.