Classrooms everywhere should be inclusive, safe, and culturally responsive learning spaces for all learners. The following resources have been curated by the CDE in order to connect educators to amazing existing lesson plans, texts, and engaging activities.
If you have a great resource for us to add, email diversityed@unca.edu.
UNC Asheville Center for Diversity Education Publications
CDE Year-Long Heritage and Awareness Months, 2024
Native American Heritage Month, November 2023
(K-12) Resources to address antisemitism and Islamophobia, updated Nov 2023
(Higher Education version) Resources to address antisemitism and Islamophobia, updated Nov 2023
Latinx Heritage Month for Educators
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Celebrating Diverse
Months
Teaching Black History All Year Long
Black Lives Matter at School Week
Community Padlet on Holocaust Resources
Culturally Responsive
Pedagogy
Facing History Back-to-School Toolkit
Classroom Resources from Learning for Justice
Cultivating Critical Consciousness in the Classroom
Supporting LGBTQIA+
Students
LGBTQIA+ Resources from Facing History
Queer People Have Always Existed-Teach Like It
Resources for supporting trans youth in NC from Campaign for Southern Equality
Welcoming Schools from Human Rights Campaign
LGBTQ Lesson Plans from the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center
Elementary Resources from GLSEN
K-12 Resources from the Stonewall National Museum Archives and Library