“We need to be teaching inclusive history. Not as a way to tear down our heroes but as a way to lift up other voices. We do that by telling the story of those whose stories have been left out in the past.”
Brandon Dillard
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Presentation about Black Excellence & HistorySlide presentation can be found here. Feel free to use in your class, we recommend one slide each day to start of the class.
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Black History Month Posters
Our team of student volunteers have put these posters around the school. Feel free to discuss the meaning behind each poster with your students! Info below:
28 Moments of Black Canadian History
Consider this, when it comes to Black History Month and the lessons you might have had in elementary school, what do you remember? Perhaps you'll remember lessons on Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks - mostly African American history and nothing on Global Black History. Although African American history is very important to know, the fact that it is the only thing we get to hear about highlights the great erasure of Black Canadians in our history lessons.
UNILEARNAL hopes to address this issue with 28 Moments of Black Canadian History. For each of the 28 days of February (2020), UNILEARNAL released videos of a Black Youth speaking about their experiences in Canada, their goals, aspirations, and interests. They will then be giving a small history lesson on an important moment or figure in Black Canadian history. Through this project, they ultimately hope to establish a link between our present and our past, allowing us to have a greater understanding of our collective challenges and successes. |
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Resources from Educators, for Educators
Abolitionist Teaching Network: https://abolitionistteachingnetwork.org/resources-for-agitators
Anti-Oppression Educators Collective (AOEC): https://aoec.ca BCTF's Black History Month Resources: https://bctf.ca/SocialJustice.aspx?id=17660 BCTF Equity and Inclusion webpages featuring articles, videos, books addressing racism: https://bctf.ca/SocialJustice.aspx?id=44338 BCTF Equity and Inclusion Tools: https://bctf.ca/SocialJustice.aspx?id=44328 Broadbent Institute Black History Month policy series: https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/black_food_insecurity_in_canada?utm_campaign=blackhistorymonth&utm_medium=email&utm_source=broadbent Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario: Beyond Black History Month - ETFO UBC Teacher Education Office Anti-Racism Resources: https://teach.educ.ubc.ca/anti-racism-resources/ UBC EQUITY & INCLUSION GLOSSARY OF TERMS: https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/equity-inclusion-glossary-of-terms/ |
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“My Life in Education as a Native Teacher with Shgen George: A personal look at culturally responsive education." (62 mins) Shgen George is a Tlingit educator. https://youtu.be/H6WtQz40rN0 |
Grading for Equity (60 mins): “Joe Feldman describes how grading practices that are accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational can reduce those gaps, improve learning for all students, minimize grade inflation, and become a lever for creating stronger teacher-student relationships and more caring classrooms.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE4RmeuPT-w |
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Canadian History
Black Canadians: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/02/27/black-canadians_a_23372125/
Being black in Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/beingblackincanada Black History Month: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month/black-canadians.html Canada's Slavery Secret (CBC Podcast): https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/canada-s-slavery-secret-the-whitewashing-of-200-years-of-enslavement-1.4726313 The Secret Life of Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada The Viola Desmond Story- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI00i9BtsQ8 Black 2SLGBTQIA+In the following folder, you will find documents focusing on QTBIPOC (Queer/Trans/Two Spirit/Black/Indigenous/People of Colour) History in Canada.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LwTmGf_YFVhs39rqzmca1BFa5vGRMSwg?usp=sharing Periodic Table of Canadian Black History |
Black 2SLGBTQIA+
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Local History Resources
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BC Pioneers: https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/bc-black-pioneers_les-pionniers-noirs-de-la-cb/?utm_source=pique%20newsmagazine&utm_campaign=pique%20newsmagazine&utm_medium=referral Strathcona: https://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/place-that-matters/hogans-alley/ Hogan's Alley • Vancouver Heritage Foundation “There has been a Black community in Vancouver since before there was a Vancouver." Wayde Compton. If you are looking to support one of the organizations currently working on Hogan’s Alley related projects such as the Hogan’s Alley Society, please scroll down to the Related Organizations and Online Reources section for the link or google "Hogan's Alley Society". www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org http://blackstrathcona.com/ Black Strathcona - 10 video stories about Vancouver's black communityBlack Strathcona From the early 1900s to the late 1960s, the East Side neighborhood of Strathcona was home to Vancouver’s first and only black community. The ten video stories of Black Strathcona celebrate some of the people and places that made the community vibrant and unique. blackstrathcona.com Black History in Canada (Summary) https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/black-history-in-canada-summary Nora Hendrix- new street name
Article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nora-hendrix-way-2021-vancouver-1.5907896 |
Science and Math
Black Scientists: https://www.blackscientists.ca Black Mathematician Month: http://kristopherchilds.com/black-mathematician-month What Does Race Have to Do With Math by Alice Aspinall: https://www.edumatchpublishing.com/post/what-does-race-have-to-do-with-math |
Math and Anti-Racism: A discussion of math and antiracism led by Dr. Luis Leyva and Dr. Nicole Joseph (83 mins). https://youtu.be/5cX4jWFVCu4 .
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Dr.Leyva and Dr. Joseph used Chapter 2 from “The Brilliance of Black Children in Mathematics”. The Novel gives the historical perspective of the math education of Black children from 1900 to the present and “The Man Who Counted” (author: Malba Tahan, a pseudonym). It is a wonderful novel, a collection of stories that shares much of the PERSIAN MATH, illuminating Islamic origins of many beautiful math elements. Connects math with some spiritual connections and history.
Consider creating similar documents/examples for Canadian students and Canadian context: Go to Math Section and you will see a couple of examples including Not Just White Dudes Mathematics and Black Mathematicians Monthly.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/182TX6yIFecg9bILGXdAmB0dRHRvhi2-ordWXPErM070/edit
**Not Just White Dudes Mathematics: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AOc7RHJr0TJQbjiyhuReFYjP3g-oN_ycRQISQuyPfSw/edit#gid=239042764
https://docs.google.com/document/d/182TX6yIFecg9bILGXdAmB0dRHRvhi2-ordWXPErM070/edit
**Not Just White Dudes Mathematics: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AOc7RHJr0TJQbjiyhuReFYjP3g-oN_ycRQISQuyPfSw/edit#gid=239042764
Poetry & Novel Studies Resources
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"I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK!" BY ANTWON ROSEA poem written in English class, weeks before he was shot and killed by police.
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I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK!
by Antwon Rose 5/16/2016 I am confused and afraid I wonder what path I will take I hear that there’s only two ways out I see mothers bury their sons I want my mom to never feel that pain I am confused and afraid I pretend all is fine I feel like I’m suffocating I touch nothing so I believe all is fine I worry that it isn’t, though I cry no more I am confused and afraid I understand people believe I’m just a statistic I say to them I’m different I dream of life getting easier I try my best to make my dream true I hope that it does I am confused and afraid |
Book of Negros Resources:
Historica Canada's Black History in Canada: Education Guide: The purpose of this revised Guide is to enhance your students’ critical awareness and appreciation of the Black Canadian experience, grounded in Lawrence Hill’s award-winning historical fiction, The Book of Negroes, the remarkable journey of Aminata Diallo and the historic British document known as the “Book of Negroes.”
http://education.historicacanada.ca/files/19/EN_BlackHistory_Digital.pdf |
Sports
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Becoming Canadian: The Alphonso Davies Story
In 2017 Alphonso Davies became a Canadian citizen and earned his first call-up to the senior men's national team. This is his story. A story of hardship. A story of triumph. A story of Canada. |
Harry Jerome : The Fastest Man on Earth
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Ice Breakers (15 min)- National Film Board Josh Crooks is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him are chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of a pioneering Black hockey league in Atlantic Canada, as Crooks discovers that his unshakable passion is tied to a rich and remarkable heritage. https://www.nfb.ca/playlists/nfb_celebrates_black_history_month/playback/#1
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Visual Arts Resources:
https://www.fieldtrip.art/
https://artprojectsforkids.org/category/view-by-theme/black-history-month/
Black History Archives · Art Projects for Kids
https://artclasscurator.com/black-history-month-art-lessons/
Teaching the Past, Creating the Future: Black History Month Art Lessons
Movies and Podcasts
National Film Board Black Communities in Canada: A Rich History: "Now more than ever is the time to consider the realities of Canadian-Black communities. Explore our collection of films by distinguished Black filmmakers, creators, and allies. We’ve selected a group of NFB films that portray the multi-layered lives of Canada’s diverse Black communities. The incredible stories of strength, courage and perseverance in the face of adversity that these films present are not often found in mainstream history books. Black communities and cultures have been part of Canadian history from its earliest days, but sadly, their contributions and the lessons they can teach are rarely studied at the elementary or secondary level in schools."
www.nfb.ca/playlist/nfb_celebrates_black_history_month/ Black History Movies to watch: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/01/21/great-black-history-movies-watch-with-families-kids/2619269002/ Podcasts on Black History: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/eight-black-history-podcasts |