Additional Resources and Media
Lesson 1
Story Books
God’s Dream by Desmond Tutu
I Am God’s Dream by Matthew Paul Turner
Lesson 2
Additional Resources on History
NATIVE AMERICANS
- US Begins its Reckoning on Native American Children
- The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
- Stolen Words, by Melanie Florence
On Diversifying your children’s book library with Indigenous Books:
- 10 Beautiful Indigenous Children’s Books To Add To Your Library
- Kids’ Books That Share True Stories of Native Peoples
- Kids’ Books About Reconciliation
- Kids’ Social Justice Books
This Land is My Land by George Littlechild, with lesson plans for grades 2-5
Episcopal Church’s statement by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on Indigenous Boarding Schools
BLACK HISTORY
- Kids’ Books About Black History
- Teaching Children About Slavery
- Struggle with Pictures Books in teaching this topic
- Kids’ Books About Slavery
On Culturally Responsive Learning vs. CRT
Lesson 3
Book Lists about the Immigrant and Refugee Experience
Lesson 4
The Art Project for this lesson calls for the children to make protest signs, and one of them can be something silly. Some examples to use as a jumping off point for ideas of “Silly” Protest Signs can be found here. Please note that these are for the leaders’ resources, and should not necessarily be shown to the children. If showing signs to the children, please preview and use discretion.
Lesson 5
More stories of Children Making a Difference
- Video of William’s Weekend for Backpack Buddies: An 8 year old boy in North Carolina has collected hundreds of pounds of food to feed the hungry in his county. This video describes his project and also invites others to join him in his efforts.
- Chelsea’s charity (art supplies for foster kids)
- Lucy’s Love Blankets (makes blankets for kids who need some extra love)
- Duck and Chick (two sisters who make really cool leather goods and donate the money to Heifer International)
- Hailey’s Harvest (a girl built homeless shelters and started a garden to feed the hungry at 9 years old)
Additional Resources on Children Making a Difference