Anti-Racism Activities

Explore these children's books. Which ones look interesting to you?

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Make a Quilt Block with an Artist's Statement

The inspiration for this activity comes from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sjsacademy.com/what-we-do.html">Social Justice Sewing Academy</a>. Sketch your block piece. Shapes can be cut out from fabric using scissors, a Cricut machine or laser cutter. An artist statement (like the example) is then written.

Create a multi-media presentation of your I Am poem using <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/">Adobe Spark</a>.

I Am Poem

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Kids Listen: Art as Activism (or Artivism) with The Butterfly Effect

Create a podcast and/or write a song related to anti-racism. You can create an opinion piece where you discuss your thoughts and opinions about anti-racism, you can create a show where you interview other learners about your thoughts, or you can write and record a song. Examples are above. <a href="https://anchor.fm/">https://anchor.fm/</a> or <a href="https://online-voice-recorder.com/">https://online-voice-recorder.com/ </a>can be used to make your podcast.

Write an ebook using Book Creator or create a Scratch interactive about actions that can be taken to educate others about anti-racist practices.

Open Your Eyes

Equal Rights

Illustrations can be drawn and painted (like the examples) using&nbsp;<a href="https://kidmons.com/game/paint-online/">Paint Online</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://sumo.app/paint/en">Sumopaint</a> or created with Pixel Art using <a href="https://www.pixilart.com/draw">https://www.pixilart.com/draw</a> or <a href="https://www.piskelapp.com/">https://www.piskelapp.com/</a>. These art pieces can be downloaded as images and then uploaded to Book Creator or Scratch where you can add text for the ebook or can add code for a Scratch piece.

Explore the videos and links on this slide. Note how you feel as you explore them.

bitmoji anti-racism

Contents • <a href="bookcreator://page/a6Bz1deYQ3yo3rGwGProPQ">Bitmoji Classroom of Anti-Racism Resources</a> • <a href="bookcreator://page/4EnHC4gYTxSy46rC9GPXQA">Wakelet of Children's Books Related to Anti-Racism</a> • <a href="bookcreator://page/z2G7bsM0T9CcncxP3tPOtw">Write an I Am Poem as a BIPOC Youth</a> • <a href="bookcreator://page/AaBLlBMGSxWbqF3Ejos0eQ">Create an Adobe Spark Presentation of the I Am Poem</a> • <a href="bookcreator://page/RDtYpl0wRL605AjUHOZRXQ">Make a Podcast</a> •<a href="bookcreator://page/88V8AFC2Qb-b1thBAQJ1bg"> Make a Quilt Block</a> • <a href="bookcreator://page/UyvbQuzZS9GCrAzxM_fmHQ">Create a Book Creator Zine or a Scratch Interactive </a>

prepared by Jackie Gerstein. For more information, contact me at jackiegerstein@gmail.com.

Write an I Am poem using <a href="https://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/i-am-poem/">https://freeology.com/worksheet-creator/poetry/i-am-poem/</a> about one of the young people of found at <a href="https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/g5188/kids-who-changed-the-world/">https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/g5188/kids-who-changed-the-world/</a> as if you were that person.

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