Below are numerous links and resources that teachers can use to extend conversations and ideas that began during Andy’s presentations.
ENVIRONMENT
- Global Warming at the New York Times
- Global Carbon Emissions Data from Global Carbon Project
- Climate Change Resources from NASA
- BBC Earth: Atmosphere and Climate
- Grist.org: Environmental News with Humor
- 100 Views of Climate Change (Colorado State University)
- US EPA Climate Change Page
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
- Teach Climate Change, from Climate UK
- The White House Climate Change Page
- US State Department Climate Change Page
- Carbon Emissions Data from The World Bank
- The Paris Climate Agreement, Dec. 12, 2015: FULL TEXT / SUMMARY
- TD Architects (Theo Deutinger) “Walled World” Map, North/South Global Divide
MYTHS AND MULTITIUDES
- Library of Congress Maps: Collection of Historical and Contemporary Maps of the US and its Territories
- The True Size: Compare Nations for their Actual Size, without Mercator projection
- The Racial Dot Map: Interactive US Population Map from the Cooper Center
- The US Census Bureau
- Census data visualizations: Lots of Good Stuff!
- Election Maps from 2012 that Show Population and Influence in the Electoral College
- “How the Electoral College Works” by CGP Grey (YouTube)
- “The Trouble with the Electoral College” by CGP Grey (YouTube)
- Historical Photos from the UW Digital Collections
- History of Washington before European Contact (University of Washington Library)
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- Center for the Study of the First Americans
- National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institute)
- Indigenous Foundations (Canada)
- Article on Clovis Culture and the Early Migrations into N. America
- Lesson on Columbus (EdSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Indian Country Today Media Network
- “Seattle Challenges Columbus Day” (NPR)
- Article on Sami Reindeer Herders (National Geographic)
- 1892 Speech by Richard Pratt on American Indian Assimilation Policies/”Americanization” (Warning: This is a viciously racist speech)
- “America’s Native Prisoners of War” by photographer Aaron Huey (TED Talk)
- Honor the Treaties
US CONSTITUTION
- “Charters of Freedom” (Texts of US Founding Documents at the National Archives)
- Primary Documents at the Library of Congress
- The White House and the Executive Cabinet (whitehouse.gov)
- EdSITEment Classroom Resources for the Constitutional Convention (National Endowment for the Humanities)
- EdSITEment Lessons on the Federalist Papers
- EdSITEment Lesson on Slavery at the Nation’s Founding
CIVIL RIGHTS
- A piece I wrote for Aschehoug’s Targets on Civil Rights in America, along with reading questions, discussion prompts, and research activities for VG1 students.
- Library of Congress Teaching Resources on Civil Rights
- Civil Rights at The New York Times
- America under Jim Crow (PBS)
- “A Conversation on Race”: A series of short films by The New York Times featuring Americans talking about their racial identity and experience in the US
- PROOF: A National Geographic Special Project on Race
- The Race Card Project by NPR Correspondent Michele Norris
- “Jeg er født i Norge. Og svart.” Article in Dagbladet by an African-Norwegian student about black experience in Norway
- QuickFacts about US Demographics (US Census Bureau)
- The Racial Dot Map: Interactive Map of American Population by Race from the Cooper Center
- The Sentencing Project: Information on Incarceration in the US
- Economic Policy Institute: Research on Civil Rights and Economics
- Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City (Start at 32:55 for footage)
- “The Case for Reparations,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, in The Atlantic
- NY Times Debate: “Are Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Reparations Due?”
- NPR Interview with President Obama, Dec. 21, 2015
- NPR Coverage of Reactions to the Tamir Rice Grand Jury Decision
- Vox summary of Factors in Tamir Rice Case
- Vox article on Implicit Bias among Police Officers
- Vox article on Media Coverage of White Protest Groups vs. People of Color
- APA Study on Perception of African-American Boys as Older, Less Innocent
- Study of Racial Bias in Police Officers’ Decisions to Shoot
- “Is Everybody a Racist?” by Princess Ojiaku, article in Aeon about implicit bias and unconscious racism