Resources for Talking about Race in the Classroom
General Resources
The following resources provide general overviews and training broadly pertaining to anti-racist teaching. Many of these resources include excellent additional bibliographies and recommendations for further reading:
Brown University, Center for Teaching and Learning, “Effective Teaching Is Anti-Racist Teaching”
Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, “Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps”
Nicole Daniels, Michael Gonchar, and Natalie Proulx, “Resources for Teaching About Race and Racism with The New York Times”
Greater Good Science Center, “Resources to Support Anti-Racist Learning”
Multiculturalism, Race & Ethnicity in Classics Consortium (MRECC) Website’s Antiracist Teaching Resources
National Museum of African American History and Culture, “Talking About Race”
University of California Berkeley Library, “Antiracism Resources”
University of Colorado Boulder, University Library LibGuide on “Anti-Racism Resources”
University of Colorado Boulder, Coursera courses “Anti-Racism I” and “Anti-Racism II”
University of Missouri, Teaching for Learning Center’s “Anti-Raicst Pedagogy Resources”
Wheaton College, “Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator”
Yale University, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, “Anti-Racist Pedagogy”
Resources Specific to Teaching the 18th and 19th Centuries
The following resources support teaching about race specifically in classrooms studying the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:
Brycchan Carey, “Teaching & Learning Guide for: Slavery and Romanticism,” Literature Compass 3.3 (2006): 397-408.
Shelby Johnson, Brigitte Fielder, and Kerry Sinanan, “Race, Pedagogy, and Whiteness in the Long 18 C: A Teach-In”
Kathleen Lubey, “Teaching Eighteenth-Century Black Lives.” Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture 49 (2020): 145-149.
Guides and Activities
The following resources include tailored discussions of subtopics pertaining to anti-racist teaching:
Megha Anwer and Antonia Roach, “Recommendations for Challenging & Engaging Peers in Conversations about Racial Equity and Inclusion.”
Boston University Teaching Writing, “Teaching the Hidden Curriculum: Inclusive Teaching Guides & Tips”
Kevin Gannon, The Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Grand View University, “Equity as a Mindset”
University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Teaching and Learning, “Stereotype Threat”. See also the tabs on microaggressions, Black Lives Matter, and trauma-sensitive approaches.
Andrea Uptmor, University of Minnesota, Center for Spirituality and Healing, “Mindfulness for Racial Justice”
Yale University, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, “Awareness of Implicit Biases”
Yale University, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, “Encouraging Metacognition in the Classroom”