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African American Race and Culture Books
Teachers/Community Leaders
- Not Light, But Fire by Matthew R. Kay
- Leading Diverse Communities by Cherie R. Brown
- Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms by Dr. Richard Milner
- Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas Blackmon
- The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings
- The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class are Undermining the American Dream by Sheryll Cashin
- Reducing Prejudice and Stereotyping in Schools by Walter Stephan
- The Fight For Equality: The U.S. Civil Rights Movement by Carole Marsh
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
- A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
Adult
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life by David Billings
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by Eddie Glaude Jr. - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- Place Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America by Sheryll Cashin
- The History of White People by Nell Irivin Painter
- The New Jim Crow: Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (suitable for high school)
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Race by Robin DiAngelo (suitable for high school)
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
High School
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Lesson from Little Rock by Terrence Roberts - Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir by Ta-Nehesi Coates
- The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Middle School
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi (suitable for high school)
Dear Martin by Nic Stone (suitable for high school) - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison (suitable for upper elementary)
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown
- Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Pre-K/Elementary School
- The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
- Skin Like Mine by Latashia M. Perry
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
- Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkey
- Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford
- I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes
Website with other selections
- https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/tips-and-tricks/project-lit-communitys-2019-2020-book-selections/
- Anti-Racism for Kids 101: https://booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/
- The Children’s March, Teaching Tolerance
Websites
- YWCA Hanover: https://www.ywcahanover.org
- Confronting Racism Coalition: http://confrontingracism.org/
- Crispus Attucks Association: https://crispusattucks.org
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- https://www.naacp.org
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism: https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/resources-for-white-people-to-learn-and-talk-about-race-and-racism-5b207fff4fc7
- “Why is this happening?”: An introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials– https://hastingsnow.com/anti-racism-resources
- Anti-Racism Project: https://www.antiracismproject.org/events
Videos/Film
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) Netflix
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) Netflix
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr) Hulu with Cinemax
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) Available to rent
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) Available to rent
- American Son (Kenny Leon) Netflix
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin documentary) Available to rent
Toolkits
- Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit?- https://www.raceforward.org/practice/tools/racial-equity-impact-assessment-toolkit
- 15 Tools for Creating Healthy, Productive Interracial/Multicultural Communities- https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/idr.pdf
- Safe@School- https://www.safeatschool.ca/resources/resources-on-equity-and-inclusion/racism/tool-kits-and-activities
- 15+ Tools and Resources to Challenge Racism- https://www.compasspoint.org/blog/15-tools-and-resources-challenge-racism
Podcasts
- Podcasts that address race and racism head-on- https://about.radiopublic.com/2019/02/27/podcasts-that-address-race-and-racism-head-on/
Latino/Latina/Latinx Culture
Adult/Community
- The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (suitable for high school)
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda
- When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
- Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano
High School
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
- The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Mararita Engle
- Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (suitable for 7th and 8th grade students)
- The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Middle School
- The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan (upper elementary)
- The Everything I Have Lost by Sylvia Zeleny
- I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin
- Moon Within by Aida Salazar
Pre-K/Elementary School
- Max Love Munecas! By Zetta Elliott
- Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
- Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
- Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mende and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Si Se Puede Yes We Can Janitor Strike in LA by Diana Cohn and Francisco Delgado
Toolkits
- Latino Center Smithsonian https://latino.si.edu/learn/teaching-and-learning-resources
Websites
- Latinos for Education https://www.latinosforeducation.org
- Latino Studies https://latinostudies.duke.edu/resources/websites
Podcasts
- Latino USA: NPR https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510016/latino-usa
- The Latin America History Podcast https://latinamericanhistory.podiant.co
- DeColores Radio https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/de-colores-radio/id1244903280
Movies/TV
- The Book of Life
- The Latino List
- Like Water for Chocolate
- McFarland USA
- My Family
- Quinceanera
- Dora The Explorer
- East Los High
- Coco
Native American Books
Adult/Community
- Rethinking Columbus by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Debbie Reese
High School
- Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices by Lisa Charleyboy
- Code Talker Stories by Laura Tohe
- Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth
- Blue Horses Rush In by Luci Tapahonso
- House of Purple Cedar by Tim Tingle
- The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
- Waterlily by Ella Cara Deloria, Susan Gardner, and Raymond J. Demallie
- Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich by Annie Boochever and Roy Peratrovich
- A Name Earned (Pathfinders) by Tim Tingl
Middle School
- If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (suitable for high school)
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich (suitable for upper elementary)
- Hidden Roots by Joseph Bruchac
- In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III
- Three Feathers by Richard Van Camp
- My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
Pre-K/Elementary School
- Fall in Line, Holden by Daniel W. Vendever
- I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer (upper elementary)
- This Land is My Land by George Littlechild
- We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
- Skysisters by Jan Bourdeau Waboose
- When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell
Websites
- Indian Law Resource Center https://indianlaw.org/issues
Toolkits
- Lessons on Native Americans/Education World https://www.educationworld.com/a_special/native_americans.shtml
News/Podcasts
- 8 Native American News Sites We Love for Honoring Culture & Diversity https://mediablog.prnewswire.com/2019/11/13/native-american-heritage-month-top-native-american-news-sites/
- My Favorite Native American Podcasts https://www.powwows.com/my-favorite-native-american-podcasts/
Asian American and Pacific Islander
High School
- Tiger Girl by May-Lee Chai
- Wait For Me by An Na
- Up From the Sea by Leza Lowitz
- Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Middle School
- Step Up to the Play Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
- Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time by Lisa Yee
- The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
Pre-K/Elementary School
- Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Ellie Crowe and Richard Waldrep
- Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey and Dow Phumiruk
- Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee by Marissa Moss and Carl Angel
- Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo and Dom Lee
- Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo and Lin Wang
- Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho
Movies/TV
- Kim’s Convenience (Netflix)
- Parasite (Hulu)
- Tigertail
Holocaust Education
Books
Adult/Community
- The Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson by Frances Brent
- Rescue Board by Rebecca Erbelding
- The Girl in the Cellar: Surviving the Holocaust in Nazi-Occupied Poland by Gerda Krebs Seifer
- Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women by Sarah Helm
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
- Ordinary Men: Reserve Polica Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
High School
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Train by Danny M. Cohen
- Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
- The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman
- This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
- Salvaged Pages by Alexandra Zapruder
- The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman
Middle School
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Four Perfect Pebbles by Lila Perl
- Maus 1 and 2 by Art Spiegelman (graphic novel)
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
- The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
- The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
- The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yole
- What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
- Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Saviet
- Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz by Michael Bornstein and Debbie Bornstein Holinstat
Pre-K/Elementary School
- The Tree in the Courtyard: looking Through Anne Frank’s Window by Jeff Gottesfeld
- The Harmonica by Tony Johnston
- Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott
- The Champion of Children: The Story of Janusz Korczak by Tomek Bogacki (upper elementary)
Websites
- Centre for Holocaust Education: www.holocausteducation.org.uk
- Echoes and Reflections: www.echoesandreflections.org/the-lessons/lessons-components
- Facing History and Ourselves: www.facinghistory.org
- Yad Vashem- for Educators: www.yadvashem.org
- USC Shoah Foundation- The Institute for Visual History and Education: https://sfi.usc.edu
Resources for Educators
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum www.ushmm.org
- Nazi Propaganda (for teachers) https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ww2era.htm
Books to Empower Girls
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
- Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
- Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World by Kate Pankhurst
- Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
- The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
- Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky
- Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Disability
Books
Adult/Community
- Disabling Characters: Representations of Disability in Young Adult Literature (Disability Studies in Education) by Patricia A. Dunn
- Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Exploded Views) by Amanda Leduc
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- The Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (And Their Parents) by Elizabeth Verdick and Elizabeth Reeve, M.D.
- The Asperkid’s (Secret) Book of Social Rules: The Handbook for Tweens and Teens with Aspberger Syndrome by Jennifer Cook O’AToole
- Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notboh
High School
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a 13-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robinson
- When Mr. Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan
- The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe
Middle School
- Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
- We Could Be Heroes by Margaret Finnegan (suitable for upper elementary)
- Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
- El Deafo (Graphic Novel Memoir) by Cece Bell
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
- Mascot by Antony John
- Firegirl by Tony Abbott
- Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
- Blind by Rachel Dewoskin
- A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel
- The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- OCDaniel by Wesley King
- The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
Pre-K/Elementary School
- We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Kates and Joe Mathieu
- Yes I Can! A Girl and Her Wheelchair by Kendra J. Barrett, Jacqueline B. Toner, Clair A. B. Freeland
- Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book by Celest Shally
- Anxious Ninja: A Children’s Book About Managing Anxiety and Difficult Emotions
- by Mary Nhin
- Playing and Learning Together Meeting Mimi: A Story about Different Abilities by Francie Dolan
- Special People, Special Ways by Arlene Maguire
Websites
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Disability Rights (PA)
- Jan Accommodation Network
- National Business and Disability Council
- National Center for Accessible Media
- National Organization on Disability
Podcasts
- Xceptional Leaders with Mai Ling Chan
- Disability Matters
- An Apple a Day
- The Accessible Stall
- Disability News
Movies/TV
- Wonder
- The Brooke Ellison Story
- The Theory of Everything
- Sesame Street: Meet Julia
- Finding Nemo
- On the Way to School
- Where Hope Grows
Religion
Parents/Community
- The Spiritual Child by Dr. Lisa Miller
- Ethics for the New Millenium by The Dalai Lama
- One World, Many Religions by Mary Pope Osborne
- What Do You Believe? By DK Publishing
High School
- Does My Head Look Big in This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah
- Your Voice is All I Hear by Leah Scheir
- Playing with Matches by Suri Rosen
- Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
- Blaze by Hope Bolinger
Middle School
- The New Recruit (The Mission League) by Jill Williamson
- All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
- Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson
Pre-K/Elementary School
- Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing
- A Moon for Moe and Me by Jane Breskin Zalben
- But…Who is Allah? By Bachar Karroum and Tanja Varcelija
Websites
- American Jewish World Service
- Islamic Society of North America
- Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
LGBTQ
Adult/Community Books
- This is How it Always Is: A Novel by Laurie Frankel
- Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer
- The Book of Pride: LBGTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk
- Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
High School
- The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Odd One Out by Nic Stone
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
Middle School
- Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
- Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: The Century Long Struggle for LGBT Rights by Jerome Pohlen
- Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
Pre-K/Elementary School
- Donovan’s Big Day by Leslea Newman
- I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
- Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
- Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer
Websites
- Gender Spectrum: https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2013/the-gender-spectrum
- My Pronouns: https://www.mypronouns.org
- National Center for Transgender Equality: https://transequality.org
- Safe Zone Project: https://thesafezoneproject.com
- LGBTQIA Resource Center of York/Equality Fest: https://www.facebook.com/equalityfestyork/
- Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: https://rainbowpush.org
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network: https://www.glsen.org
- Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: https://pflag.org/our-story
- Trans Central PA: http://www.transcentralpa.org
- LGBT Center of Central PA: https://centralpalgbtcenter.org
Podcasts
- Still Processing
- Making Gay History
- One from the Vaults
- Hoodrat to Headwrap
- To L and Back: An L Word Podcast
- Nancy
- The Read
Movies/TV
- Everything Sucks!
- The Fosters
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Queer Eye
- Philadelphia
- Rent
Socioeconomic Books
- Maddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
- Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
- The Lady in the Box by Ann McGovern
- Lives Turned Upside Down: Homeless Children in Their Own Words and Photographs by Jim Hubbard
- The Lunch Thief by Anne C. Bromley
- A Shelter in Our Car by Monica Gunning
- Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
You and your child could collect food and clothes or volunteer:
- God’s Meal Barrel: https://www.facebook.com/godsmealbarrel/?rf=111079772288223
- New Hope Ministries: https://nhm-pa.org
- Hanover Area Council of Churches: https://hanoverareacouncilofchurches.org
Books for Adults
- Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America by Linda Turado
- When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson
Where Are You in the Class System? by Paul Kivel
Websites
- National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) –