Resources

The New York Times – Schools in Ferguson Prepare for Emotional Opening Day:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/schools-in-ferguson-area-prepare-for-an-emotional-opening-day.html?_r=1

 

Teaching Tolerance – Students Are Watching Ferguson: http://www.tolerance.org/blog/students-are-watching-ferguson

 

Teaching for Change – Teaching About Ferguson: http://www.teachingforchange.org/teaching-about-ferguson?utm_source=FBTW&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=20140822

 

NPR – Helping Students Make Sense: http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/15/340394980/helping-students-make-sense-of-a-young-black-mans-death-in-missouri

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility – What Happened in Ferguson and Why: http://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/what-happened-ferguson-and-why

 

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility – Exploring the mainstream media portrayal of Michael Brown: http://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/challenging-stereotypes-michael-brown-and-iftheygunnedmedown

 

Practical Theory: Blog article and syllabus for helping “young people grapple with and address the messiness of the world around them.” This was created by educators around the Jordan Davis killing, but the same theories apply.   http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/5978

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