Culturally Responsive Student Approach
We each play a part in supporting students through building relationships and reinforcing their resiliancy. Use their voice and along the way- they will demonstrate their perseverance. Here are a few resources available that may help you on your journey.
Books
Freak the Mighty (I’m secondary, though) so I’m not sure your grade level? What I like about this is also when there are parents who “hover” this novel is “safe”.
“This Book is Antiracist” by Tiffany Jewell is meant for kids to approach issues of race within their own context. There are writing prompts and built in.
“Wonder” by Rj Palaci
Online Videos
Show documentaries about the Children’s March
Restorative Justice in the Classroom
https://edsource.org/2018/the-rise-of-restorative-justice-in-california-schools-brings-promise-controversy/597393
Look up NAACP Youth Coalition of Seattle on YouTube and you can show real life students
https://bettinalove.com/ "This book is exactly what we need - a powerful indictment of our education system as an industry which robs dark children of their potential. Dr. Love challenges us to become abolitionists" — Mandy Manning, 2018 National Teacher of the Year