Use these short evocative videos and films to engage young people in conversations about identity, diversity, bias and social justice.
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It took centuries for people with disabilities to be given equal rights and legal protection. Learn about the disability rights movement of the 1960s and onwards.
This book looks at common circumstances of bias and bullying that children encounter through the eyes of the bystander, until they become a target.
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful.
When Brayden talks, his words get caught in his mouth. He has bumpy speech—and that’s okay! Sometimes, though, he doesn’t feel anyone really understands what it feels like to be a person who stutters.
As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes—big or small—in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves.
Cameron will soon be starting kindergarten and her whole family is nervous. How will they manage without her when she goes off to school?
When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he'd like, a concerned and compassionate father and a walk by the river helps him find his voice. (Ages 6-9)
Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister, Emma, is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. The world is going to treat Jilly, who is white and hearing, differently from Emma, just as it will treat them both differently from their cousins who are Black. (Ages 8-12)
Fauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn't allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn't stop him.
This modern Jewish folktale will resonate with those who love crafts, anyone who’s encountered someone with physical differences—and with everyone who has ever lost a mitten in the depths of winter.
This picture book shares the Wonder message that stars Auggie and his dog Daisy on an original adventure. This book taps into every child's longing to belong, and to be seen for who they truly are.
Henry sometimes feels out of place at school, but through his own rich imagination and his friendship with Joel, Henry learns to define himself on his own terms.
A disaster leads Kaori, Gen and Valencia on an epic quest to find missing Virgil. Through luck, smarts, bravery and a little help from the universe, a rescue is performed, bullying behavior is put in its place and friendship blooms. (Ages 8-12)
A little girl uses rhyming verse to describe the unique traits of Benny, her friend who has autism.
Teach students what ableism is, the many ways it manifestsand how theycan be allies and take actions to confront and challenge ageism.
This elementary lesson provides an opportunity for students to watch and reflect upon the film, The Present, learn more about people with disabilities and create their own comic strip based on the film or another story about a person with a disability.
Every time Ally lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions.