Anti-racist education resources for teachers, parents and children
The Fairtrade Schools Team are aware of a variety of anti-racist education resources, which may be of use to teachers, parents and children. Please contact schools@fairtrade.org.uk if you have further recommendations for this list.
Books
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
- Vogue: 10 Books to help teach your children about race
- New York Times: These books can help you explain racism and protest to your kids
- New Beacon Books: Specialists in African and Caribbean Literature since 1966
- The Brown Bookshelf: KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-racist resources for children, families and educators
- Diverse Book Finder: Finding Diverse Electronic Picture Books
- Time Magazine: Teacher’s List of Anti-racist books for kids goes viral
Podcasts
- Parenting Forward: episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
- Fare of the Free Child
- Integrated Schools: episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
- NPR: Talking with young children about racism
Articles
- PBS: Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Pretty Good Design: Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race
- The Conscious Kid: Critical Conversations
Resources specific for educators
- Sign-up for the Black Cultural Archives mailing list; 90-minute classroom workshops of variety of topics
- EIS: New Anti-racist Education Resources
- Read the EmbraceRace article about 8 tips for choosing ‘good’ picture books featuring diverse, BIPOC characters and explore their library of resources
- Layla Saad’s Anti-Racist Reading List published on the Guardian website
- Check out Global Dimension‘s list of education resources for Black History Month
- Explore the Education Publications published by Runnymede Trust