Lesson Resources for LGBT+ Month
While the US celebrates Black History Month, the UK nominates February as time to celebrate LGBT+. Of course, raising awareness and promoting positive action shouldn’t be relegated to 1 month of the year so whenever you find this post, grab some ideas to make your teaching space more culturally-sustaining for
Protocols for Equity in the Classroom
Say What Now? For our macaronic students, we want to ensure they are not complete bumfuzzled on the first day of school. We know there are going to be the taradiddles who might unwittingly cause collywobbles and a bit of perspiring of the oxters. As for the abibliophiles, no doubt
Innocent Questions? Colour-Blindness
Can I confess something I don’t love about my story? I have lived most of my life not being anti-racist. It’s possible I held some implicitly racist views, even against myself. I would hate to sound flippant, but I did – after all – grow up in the same society
Multilingual Captions on YouTube Videos
What Are Captions? Captions are subtitles on YouTube videos that are automatically generated. This means they are not produced by a human and are therefore a ‘rough guide’ to the audio you hear. Although they are not perfect, they can help viewers – especially those with hearing difficulties – catch
Mirrors, Windows & Sliding Glass Doors – Culturally Sustaining Classrooms
Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Doors “ONE DAY in the school playground they’d said, Eeny, meeny, miney, Mo’, Catch a nigger by his toe, and they’d all looked at Ginny and laughed. They called her Eeny Meeny after that. In the bath she told Dad to wash her harder. “Why?” he