Please find a selection of resources which may be useful to talk to your children about recent events in the world linked to diversity, racism and equality.
They are roughly grouped by ages but picture books are an extremely good resource to share with all ages to allow conversations about ideas to develop.
Epic! Online Library
- Race and racism: https://www.getepic.com/app/user-collection/15699868?utm_source=t2t&utm_...
- Black Lives Matter: https://www.getepic.com/app/user-collection/15699960?utm_source=t2t&utm_...
Suggestions for further books to read and share
- Parent Magazine – 30 books to help you talk to your kids about racism (lots of these are on the epic link above).
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/books/kids-books-that-talk-about-rac...
- Children’s literature with Black Representational Role Models
https://drive.google.com/file/d/143-8n6D_d1bSll7IfmfFNcW9nXnxAUib/view
- Children’s Literature with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic representation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Q9YlliS2xa1O6uC6gQiQOpI_nTCNn8N/view
Younger Children
- Mrs Ellis has found this beautiful resource called 'Making Little Allies to be' it is a fantastic way to explore diversity and equality for our younger children. You can find it on this link: https://www.goldsboroughprimary.co.uk/news/2020/raising-little-allies-be...
- We are all different - Twinkl ebook (free at the moment). There is a download of this story as an attachment below.
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/tf-or-7-we-are-all-different-ebook
- The School Run - great sets of pictures, videos, information and activity suggestions at the bottom of the page.
Mary Seacole - https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/mary-seacole
Older Children
- Show Racism the red card activity for home learning (see below)
- Black people in Britain before the Slave Trade:
https://www.100greatblackbritons.co.uk/docs/black%20people%20in%20Britai...
- Windrush Stories
https://www.bl.uk/teaching-resources/windrush-stories-primary-creative-w...
- The School Run - great sets of pictures, videos, information and activity suggestions at the bottom of the page.
Atlantic Slave Trade - https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-atlantic-slave-trade
Martin Luther King – https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/dr-martin-luther-king-jr
Nelson Mandela - https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/nelson-mandela
For Adults
Parents Guide to Black Lives Matters document.
Quite often it is hard to know where to start, the right things to say and even the right words to use. This link has some good ideas.
http://www.raceconscious.org/2016/06/100-race-conscious-things-to-say-to...
There is also a document in the attachments which explains the Black Lives Matter Guiding Principles in child friendly language.