Increasing Student Awareness around Race and Bias (Gr 3-8)

This unit teaches students how to be anti-racists.

This will increase racial awareness and create a more socially respectful environment for students to learn in.

You will see an increase in positive social interaction and a heightened sense of self among your students.

Lends itself to ELA integration.

This collection of 10 lessons is 180 pages of resources designed to get students talking about race, racism, bias, and anti-racism.

This unit includes:

• 10 lessons
• 7 posters
• Lesson plans/unit overview
• 12 Activities
• 100 slide Slideshow
• Bulletin Board materials
• Parent letters
• List of books

The unit can take anywhere from 7 to 9 hours of class time.

The goals of the unit are:

• Students explore what bias and racism are and what they means.
• Students explore our feelings about these topics.
• Students explore what injustice is and what we can do about it.
• Students discuss ways we can become anti-racist.
  

Other similar resources include:

Gr 3-4:

• MLK JR 14 ELA activities GR 3-4
• Learning about Racism Gr 3-4
• Civil Rights Movement Timeline of Key Events Gr 3-4
• The History of Black History Month Gr 3-4

Gr 5-6:

• MLK JR 14 ELA activities Gr 5-6
• Learning about Racism Gr 5-6
• Civil Rights Movement Timeline of Key Events Gr 5-6
• The History of Black History Month Gr 5-6

• Learning about Bias, Stereotypes, and Racism Gr 3-8
• Learning about Civil Rights Activists Gr 6-8
• Learning about Civil Rights Activists Gr 3-5