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Over the years educator activists who have worked with NYCoRE to struggle for social change have developed resources for teachers, parents, and youth. Below are a few resources that have been developed.


Transforming Mainstream Curriculum into Social Justice Teaching

Created by the Transofmring Mainstream Curriculum into Social Justice Teaching ItAG, this resource includes a collaborative definition of social justice, a unit plan template and model for a social justice unit, and best practices of social justice teaching. A list of references is included.

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Media Resources

This is a project generated by the members of the ITAG (Inquiry to Action Group), Combatting the Banking Mentality: Integrating Media and Youth Culture into the Classroom in the Winter of 2009, facilitated by Kahlil Almustafa and Charan P. Morris. This wiki has been created to help log and update media resources that we have found to be useful in our teaching practice, as we seek to integrate media and youth culture into our classrooms. See something you like? Use it! Have a resource to add? Add it!

http://itag-media-resources.pbwiki.com/


Resources for English Language Learners

NYCoRE's Making Schools Responsive to Immigrant Youth Inquiry to Action Group (ItAG) created resources for parents and teachers of young people who are English Language Learners (ELLs). You can download PDF versions below.

A Guide for Parents

A Guide for Teachers


Language and Power: Voices from the ESL Classroom

Produced by the "How can we better serve the English language learner student population in New York City public schools?" ItAG.

Powerpoint Presentation

Annotated Bibliography