Ethnic Studies and Racial Groups Resources
Course must be offered at least once every school year beginning July 1, 2017
- Course Description
- SEA 337 (Ethnic Studies) Guidance Memo
- The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies
- Teaching Tolerance Social Justice Standards (Southern Poverty Law Center)
- Peopling Indiana: The Ethnic Experience
African American Studies Resources
- African-American Studies
- Teaching Black History: Resources For All Ages
- Teaching Tolerance Classroom Resources (Southern Poverty Law Center)
- The National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian)
Native American Studies Resources
- 2015 Heritage Month Event (Videos)
- Education Resources (Teacher Grants, Scholarship Resources, etc.)
- IlluminNative - Native American Education for All
- Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission (INAIAC)
- Muscogee Creek Nation Distance Learning Platform
- National Indian Education Association: Recommended K-12 Reading List
- Oneida Community Native American Education Resources for the Classroom
- Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Indian: “Native Knowledge 360 Degrees”
Hispanic American Studies Resources
- Latin American Studies (example from Trenton Public Schools)
- Latin American Studies (example from Consortium of Latin American Studies; CLASP)
- Perspectives on Latin America (example from Consortium of Latin American Studies; CLASP)
- Latino Americans (from PBS)
- Lesson Plan for Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood by Richard Rodriguez
- Hispanics in America’s Wars
Sikh American Studies Resources
- Who are Sikhs? What is Sikhism?
- History of Sikhism
- Introduction to Sikhism
- "Who Are the Sikhs?" video
- Dastaar: Defending Sikh Identity
Civil Rights
- 1963: The Struggle for Civil Rights
- Amistad Digital Resource: Civil Rights Era
- Annenberg Classroom: Best Civics Sites for Teachers
- Beyond the Bus: Teaching the Unseen Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Black Hoosier Heritage: This Far by Faith
- Civil Rights 101
- Civil Rights Done Right: A Tool For Teaching the Movement
- Civil Rights: Library of Congress Primary Source Sets
- Civil Rights: Library of Congress Web Guides
- Civil Rights Teaching – Teaching about 1963: Civil Rights Movement History
- Facing History and Ourselves: Civil rights Resource Collection
- History of the Civil Rights Movement (YouTube Video)
- Mary Bateman Clark:
- A Woman of Colour and Courage: Explores the pursuit of freedom and equality—a theme central to American history and to the complex and changing notions of race, slavery, and the law that existed in antebellum America, even in the North. This program examines the legal status of indentured servitude in antebellum Indiana through the biography of Mary Bateman Clark, who was freed in a precedent-setting case heard before the Indiana Supreme Court. The 56-minute video program is available for viewing at https://vimeo.com/154902254. The password is: Indiana.
- The Fall Creek Massacre:
- Examines a crucial incident in the evolution of Native American civil rights. The video program tells the story of the murder of nine Native Americans by white settlers in Madison County, Indiana, on March 22, 1824. It focuses on the arrest of the perpetrators and their subsequent trials and executions. This was the first documented case in which white Americans were convicted, sentenced to capital punishment, and executed for the murder of Native Americans, under the laws of the United States. The 26-minute video program is available for viewing at https://vimeo.com/153808209. The password is: Indiana
- Popular Civil Rights Resources
- Smithsonian Black History Teaching Resources
- Talking about Race – National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian)
- The March Continues: Five Essential Practices for Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
- Treasures of American History – Civil Rights
Ethnic Education
- Ancestors in the Americas :Exploring the history of Asians in the Americas
- Asian-American Experience, Issues, and Resources
- Asians/Pacific Islanders: Education Issues
- I Am Asian American
- Institute of International Education
- Library of Congress Lesson Plans for Ethnic Studies
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Smithsonian American Indian Heritage Teaching Resources
- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Heritage Teaching Resources
- Smithsonian Hispanic Heritage Teaching Resources
- Teaching Tolerance Classroom Resources
- The Longview Foundation
