Beyond heroes and holidays : a practical guide to K-12 anti-racist, multicultural education and staff development / editors, Enid Lee, Deborah Menkart, Margo Okazawa-Rey.

An incredible, informative, collection of essays, articles, analysis, interviews, primary documents and interactive & interdisciplinary teaching aids on civil rights, movement building, and what it means for all of the inhabitants of the planet. With sections on Critical Literacy, The Arts, Mathematics, Technology, Science, Geography, Language, School-Wide Activities, Holidays and Heritage, Talking Back, Early Childhood, Readings and Teaching Aids. Packed into nearly 450 oversize pages are photographs, songs, statements, and work form the likes of such great writers, historians, and activists as Bill Bigelow, James Loewen, Peggy Mcintosh, Luis Rodirguez, Kai James, Clem Marshall, Marta Urquilla, Julie Bisson, the editors and dozens more.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

School Staff, Family, and Community Development -- Overview. Anti-Racist Education: Pulling Together to Close the Gaps / Enid Lee -- Educating for Equality: Forging a Shared Vision / Louise Derman-Sparks -- Affirmation, Solidarity and Critique: Moving Beyond Tolerance in Education / Sonia Nieto -- Educating for Critical Practice / Margo Okazawa-Rey -- Approaches to Multicultural Curriculum Reform / James A. Banks -- Lessons Learned. Teaching Whites About Racism / Christine Sleeter -- White Racial Identity and Anti-Racist Education: A Catalyst for Change / Sandra M. Lawrence and Beverly Daniel Tatum -- The True Colors of the New Jim Toomey: Transformation, Integrity, Trust in Educating Teachers About Oppression / Cindy Cohen -- Activities for Workshops, Courses and Institutes. Personal Cultural History Exercise / Margo Okazawa-Rey -- De-Tracking the Tracking Dialogue / Deborah Menkart -- Tracking Teacher Expectations and Student Outcomes / Noni Mendoza Reis and Irene McGinty -- What Is the Bias Here? Staff Development for Critical Literacy -- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack / Peggy McIntosh -- White Privilege in Schools / Ruth Anne Olson -- Developing Positive Racial Attitudes / CIBC -- Readings. Do You Know Where the Parents of Your Children Are? / Hugh McKeown -- Why Do You Force Your Ways? / Frank Fingarsen -- Growing Up Gay / Katherine Whitlock -- Understanding the Needs of Youth: "Who 'You Calling Violent?" / Luis Rodriguez -- A B.S. in Education (poem) / Toni Blackman -- When the Frame Becomes the Picture / Clem Marshall -- Dear High School Teacher / Kai James -- Dear Principal / Muriel Clarke -- What I've Learned About Undoing Racism / Andrea Ayvazian -- Distancing Behaviors Often Used by White People / James Edler and Bruce Irons -- "Every one of our teachers believed in us." (essay) / Debbie Wei -- Butterflies (short story) / Patricia Grace -- Reading Between the Lines: Critical Literacy. Lies My Textbook Told Me: Racism and Anti-Racism in U.S. History / James Loewen -- The Men (poem) / E. Ethelbert Miller -- Bias in Children's Movies: Pocahontas / Tom Roderick, Laura McClure and Chief Roy Crazy Horse -- So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans (poem) / Jimmy Santiago Baca -- Arab Stereotypes and American Educators / Marvin Wingfield and Bushra Karaman -- Media Myths Contribute to Hunger in Africa / Deborah Menkart -- Language. The Best of Both Worlds / Marlene Carter -- Language Diversity and Learning / Lisa Delpit -- "Say 'ask', Deneese" (story excerpt) / A.J. Verdelle -- Racism in the English Language / Robert B. Moore -- Mathematics. Exploring Economics Inequities / Jan M. Goodman -- Reading the World with Math: Goals for a Critical Mathematical Literacy Curriculum / Marilyn Frankenstein -- The Algebra Project / Liz Hottel -- Science and Geography. A Question of Biology: Are the Races Different? / Richard C. Lewontin -- An Issues Approach to Chemistry -- A Theme for Biology: Crop Diversity / Louis Werner -- Environmental Racism and Native American Reservations / Lynette Selkurt -- The Arts. Taking a Stand: Student-Led Drama and Dialogue / Karen Donaldson -- Busting Ads with Art / Liz Hottel -- Technology. Global Learning Networks: Gaining Perspective on Our Lives with Distance / Kristin Brown, Jim Cummins, Enid Figueroa and Dennis Sayers -- On the Road to Cultural Bias: A Critique of "The Oregon Trail" CD-ROM / Bill Bigelow -- Schoolwide Activities. Cultural Clubs in Publics Schools / Bakari Chavanu -- School Mascots / Barbara Miner -- Girl Power / Lisa Berndt, Amy Epstein and Valerie Minor -- Holidays and Heritage. Heritage Months and Celebrations: Some Considerations / Deborah Menkart -- Holidays: An Anti-Bias Approach / Julie Bisson -- A Native Perspective on Thanksgiving -- Asian American (poem) / Joyce Miyamoto -- Activists for Social Change -- La Llorona: Exploring Myth and Reality / Marta Urquilla -- Where I'm From: Inviting Student Lives into the Classroom / Linda Christensen -- Negotiating Pitfalls and Possibilities: Presenting Folk Arts in the Schools / Debora Kodish and William Westerman -- On the Question of Race (poem) / Quique Aviles and Michelle Banks -- Talking Back. Looking Through an Anti-Racist Lens / Enid Lee -- Compassion and Improvisation: Learning to Stand Up For Others / Linda Christensen -- "Talking Back" Stories.