BlackLivesMatter: Faculty Resources

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Online Resources for Teaching
Ferguson and Black Lives Matter

• The Death of Michael Brown: Teaching About Ferguson | NYT
• What is Happening in Ferguson, MO? | Anti-Defamation League

  Lesson planning from the Anti-Defamation League's Current Events Classroom. Geared more toward K-12 but a helpful start for higher education classrooms.
• Teaching about Ferguson | Teaching for Change

  Suggestions for teaching about police brutality, the history of racism, international human rights, militarization of the police, student fear and resilience, and housing inequality
• How Professors in St. Louis Are Teaching the Lessons of Ferguson’s Unrest | The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Teaching #Ferguson: Current Events in the Classroom | Google docs

  Collaborative document created by mostly K-12 teachers, but there is useful info that higher education instructors could incorporate.
• How to Teach Kids About What's Happening in Ferguson | The Atlantic

  A crowdsourced syllabus about race, African American history, civil rights, and policing (see also #fergusonsyllabus on Twitter).
• Knowing When to Teach Current Events | The Chronicle

  5 questions faculty members should ask themselves before they weave a recent controversy into their courses.
• Do's and Dont's for Teaching about Ferguson | The Root
• The Making of Ferguson | Dissent Mag
• #FergusonSyllabus on Twitter
• Resources on Social Justice Education | Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
• Ferguson Syllabus | Sociologists for Justice
• Approaching Classroom Discussions about Ferguson | University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning & Teaching
• Teaching Police, Black Americans, and Society | SocImages

  Many excellent resources listed to use in your course to teach aspects of race and policing, perceptions of black men and boys as inherently criminal, how Americans have less empathy for black people, and the existence of white supremacy in American society
• Charleston syllabus