Curated Booklists Teaching for Change has carefully selected the best multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators on 70+ topics. 

Wish more of your students saw science and engineering as career possibilities? These resources can help. The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers is an Emmy-nominated web-series from the acclaimed PBS series, NOVA. The series profiles today’s leading scientists—and shows what they’re like when the lab coats come off—showing viewers a human side of science that many students can relate to.

This guide provides strategies to help you navigate the challenging times and support your students to develop effective skills for civic participation.

Want your students to actively engage in addressing inequality? Explore this annotated bibliography of resources for teaching students about social justice.

We are living through a moment that calls us, as educators, to have brave conversations about race, culture and identity.

The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level.

How can teachers prepare for diverse classrooms? There isn't a definitive answer, but there is a wealth of resources online. Discover some helpful links for teachers.

Our periodically updated list of beautiful, free posters—along with a few good reasons why you should display them in your classroom.

Recognized in many states as a holiday, Juneteenth celebrates June 19th—the day in 1865 that word of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, two years prior, freeing all enslaved people, made its way to the state of Texas.

Project Look Sharp provides lesson plans, materials, training and support to help teachers integrate media literacy and social justice into their classroom curricula.

These robust, ready-to-use classroom lessons offer breadth and depth, spanning essential social justice topics and reinforcing critical social emotional learning skills.

Based on the work of 19th century Black literary societies, this fresh approach to curriculum focuses on identity, skills, intellect, and criticality.

Some educators wonder if multicultural and social justice education are relevant if most of your students are white. The answer is yes.

NEA EdJustice engages and mobilizes activists in the fight for racial, social and economic justice in public education.

EmbraceRace supports parents to raise children who are brave, informed and thoughtful about race. Join the movement!

Building social justice starting in the classroom.

Nikkolas Smith, a native of Houston, Texas, is a Master of Architecture recipient from Hampton University. As an illustrator of color and an Artivist, Nikkolas is focused on creating captivating art that can spark important conversations in today's world and inspire meaningful change.

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