Anti-Racism Resources for Educators, Parents and Children

At Freshwater we believe that education is an important instrument to enact change. We wanted to share some of the most useful anti-racism resources we have found during our period of learning and reading. These are resources we believe educators and pupils will particularly appreciate.

We continue to have conversations about how we as a company can educate ourselves, develop our knowledge of black history and how we can then share this with educators and children in the future.

The resources below may be best suited to share with colleagues, parents or pupils directly themselves. Some resources have age guidance or are more suitable for teachers rather than pupils, so please use your discretion before disseminating any of the following material.

Reading and Articles:

• Black Lives Matter Global Network (includes resources specific to aiding anti-racism in the UK especially, see more)
• Red Cross – Black Lives Matter: session plan and presentation
• Yoopies – A Parent’s Guide to Black Lives Matter (includes a list of further resources for families segmented by age group)
• Show Racism the Red Card – Education packs (SRtRC is the UK’s largest anti-racism educational charity, established in 1996)
• Twinkl – Black Lives Matter: free resources
• Childline – Racism and racial bullying: info and advice
• Penguin Random House – Children’s books with black characters
• Book Riot – Children’s books written by black authors
• Additional to the above reading lists, our team recommends the new children’s book Anti-Racist Baby by Dr Ibram X. Kendi (also author of bestseller How to be Antiracist for adults)
• blackhistory4schools promotes  Black and Asian British history in schools. This website has been used by over 120,000 people.

Audio and Video:

• Bitesize Primary Parents’ Survival Guide – How to talk to your children about Black Lives Matter podcast
• BBC Newsround – children’s news programme: (1) Kids tell us about their experiences of racism in the UK ; (2) Advice to help you if you’re upset about racism; (3) US protests and racism
• A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory video (read aloud by the author, featuring visuals of the book itself)
• All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold video (read aloud)
• Black and British: A Forgotten History, four-part tv series by David Olusoga (also author of book of the same name)
• Naomi O’Brien – teacher and educator’s Youtube channel: How I Teach Kids About Racism (also has other anti-racism resources including “How I (Would Never) Teach Kids About Slavery”)

Freshwater teaches about black history through various workshops and storytelling sessions. If you would like to see how we can support your teaching in the future, please click here.

If you have any suggestions about what else you would like to featured in this programme please do get in touch.