Chapter 1: Overview: Why Do We Need an Instructional Theory of Critical Literacy?

• http://www.readwritethink.org/ Read Write Think website.
• http://www.tolerance.org Teaching Tolerance website.
• http://www.tolerance.org/blog/today-mix-it-lunch-day Today is Mix It Up at Lunch Day! Schools mix up their lunch situations as part of an anti-bullying focus and use conversation starters to break down barriers.

Chapter 2: Personal and Cultural Resources: Using Life Experiences as an Entrée into Critical Literacy

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWzIfz5SKZQ Read aloud of Mary Hoffman’s Amazing Grace (1991).
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsdNgn7BRbI A video about Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6jUQ73OVJU A video about discrimination in Baseball Saved Us and related issues.

Related Material for Chapter 2:

• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice-exposing-anti-immigra Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice: Exposing Anti-Immigration Sentiment.  This is a Teaching Tolerance activity that includes a photo and discussion questions to address immigration.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/editorial-cartoons-historical-example-immigration-debates Editorial Cartoons: A Historical Example of Immigration Debates. This is a Teaching Tolerance activity that examines a cartoon about the Chinese Exclusion Act and provides questions to discuss immigration.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/immigration-myths Immigration Myths. This is a Teaching Tolerance activity that uses six work situations to address common myths about immigration.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice-exposing-anti-immigra Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice: Exposing Anti-Immigration Sentiment.  This is a Teaching Tolerance activity that includes a photo and discussion questions to address immigration.
• http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-34-fall-2008/feature/dancing-languages Dancing with Languages. This is a Teaching Tolerance article about bilingual education and the use of dance in the classroom.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_02/Labo172.shtml Exploring Child Labor with Young Students. Books, resources, and ideas from Rethinking Schools to talk about child labor in the classroom.

Chapter 3: Cultural Resources: Using Popular Culture to Promote Critical Practice

• http://www.bratzpack.com The official Bratz website.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pswJ8gpeQkQ A short video critique about Bratz.

Related Material for Chapter 3:

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-437343/The-little-girls-sexualised-age-five.html The little girls are “sexualized” at the age of five. This is an article on the sexualization of young girls and how Bratz contributes to this phenomenon.
• http://healthyliving.msn.com/pregnancy-parenting/kids-health/are-bratz-dolls-too-sexy-1 Are Bratz Dolls Too Sexy? This article questions what Bratz dolls communicate to children.
• http://www.jewishjournal.com/education/article/bratz_theyre_cool_hot_and_controversial_20071102 Bratz: They’re cool, hot and controversial. This is an article about the thought behind Bratz merchandise and the Bratz Movie.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pswJ8gpeQkQ The LAMPlatoon critique of Bratz is a short video critique about the dolls using a Bratz commercial.
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/meet-the-doll-that-teaches-your-daughter-to-pluck-and-shave/article Meet the doll that teaches your daughter to pluck and shave. An article on the controversial Monster High character obsessed with removing body hair.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/14_03/girl143.shtml Girls, Worms, and Body Image. A teacher addresses gender inequalities and body image with second and third graders by role-playing an “old-fashioned” school day.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/restrict.asp?path=archive/20_04/mind204.shtml Warning signs of eating disorders and collage activity.
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/nerf-rebelle-sexist-heartbreaker-bow-blaster-hasbro_n_4408572.html Are Nerf's “Rebelle” Archery Toys for Girls Sexist? An article on Nerf toys made especially for girls and their implications.

Chapter 4: Cultural Resources: Using Children’s and Young Adult Literature to Get Started with Critical Literacy

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6R8_MkY58M Lady in the Box read aloud.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbknFwNTiI4 Video introduction to So Far From the Sea.
• http://www.storylineonline.net/white-socks-only/ Read aloud of White Socks Only.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9vRHYMiFM Interview with Sherman Alexie after winning the National Book Award for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which mirrors his life.

Related Material for Chapter 4:

• http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/homeless-not-hopeless Homeless, Not Hopeless. A class explores homelessness by reading, writing, visiting shelters, visiting a cemetery, creating and selling an anthology, and donating the proceeds.
• http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/poetry-home-homelessness-middle-grades Poetry for Home: Homelessness (Middle Grades) is a poem by a homeless individual, which includes guiding discussion questions.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice-exposing-homelessness Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice: Exposing Homelessness and Poverty. This is a Teaching Tolerance activity that uses a photograph and questions to discuss homelessness.
• http://www.tolerance.org/blog/homeless-not-so-far-away Homelessness is Not So Far Away. This is a short article on how close and personal homelessness can be.
• http://zinnedproject.org/materials/the-other-internment/ The Other Internment: Teaching the Hidden Story of Japanese Latin Americans During World War II. A class role plays, journals, and writes to government officials addressing the Japanese Latin Americans brought to the United States during World War II to be put into internment camps.
• http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-38-fall-2010/department/war-peaceful A War on the Peaceful. An easy-to-read article on the mistreatment of the Hutterites during World War I.
• http://zinnedproject.org/materials/learning-about-the-unfairgrounds-a-4th-grade-teacher-introduces-her-stud Learning About the Unfairgrounds: A 4th-Grade Teacher Introduces Her Students to Executive Order 9066. Activities to explore Japanese internment camps.
• http://www.tolerance.org/activity/editorial-cartoon-censorship Editorial Cartoon: Censorship. Cartoon about censorship and discussion questions.
• http://collaborate.iearn.org/ The iEARN website that allows educators to learn about opportunities and connect with classrooms around the world.
• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=262370 Clean and Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems in Chad. Video about how clean water has been implemented in Chad.

Chapter 5: Critical Social Practices: Disrupting the Commonplace Through Critical Language Study

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_CWBjyIERY A short video on Lakoff describing Idea Framing, Metaphors, and Your Brain.
• http://www.understandingprejudice.org/nativeiq/columbus.htm Understanding Prejudice website. Christopher Columbus: The Untold Story.
• http://zinnedproject.org/materials/a-lesson-on-the-japanese-american-internment/ The Zinn Project/Rethinking Schools A Lesson on Japanese Internment.
• http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/10/these-2-words-will-make-you-more-selfish/280943/ These 2 Words Will Make You More Selfish. An article on how the words “Wall Street” change people’s actions.

Related Material for Chapter 5:

• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/war/readings/kids174.shtml Can we field questions honestly, or does “age appropriateness” require soft-pedaling the awful truth of war? An article on how to talk to young kids about war in an honest, loving way.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/how-advertising-breaks-down-stereotypes How Advertising Breaks Down Stereotypes. In this Teaching Tolerance activity, students design their own ads.
• http://zinnedproject.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/whystudentsshouldstudyhistory.pdf Why Students Should Study History: An Interview with Howard Zinn. A resource on how to teach history through a multi-cultural, justice-oriented lens.
• http://legaciesofwar.org/about/ The website for Legacies of War, an organization that tells a counter-narrative on the Vietnam War.

Chapter 6: Critical Social Practices: Interrogating Multiple Perspectives

• http://jeromeharste.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Understanding-Reading-Multiple-Perspectives-Multiple-Insights.pdf An expanded version of Table 6.5 in article form.

Related Material for Chapter 6:

• http://zinnedproject.org/materials/draft-riot-mystery/ The Draft Riot Mystery. A teaching activity in which students explore why the 1863 riots happened and the underlying beliefs present.
• http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-45-fall-2013/there-are-no-bullies There Are No Bullies. An article on how to see bullying as a behavior and not an identity.

Chapter 7: Critical Social Practices: Focusing on the Sociopolitical

• http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-gre2.htm Green Famine. An article on green famine, a phenomena where crops are growing and people are starving.
• http://www.oxfam.org/ Oxfam International website.
• http://foodfirst.org/publication/12-myths-about-hunger 12 Myths about Hunger. This article addresses the reality behind commonly believed myths about hunger.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/20_04/hung204.shtml Hunger on Trial. An article and role play on the Irish potato famine.
• http://actfast.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/events/banquet Oxfam America’s Hunger Banquet.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml Rethinking Schools website.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781937730475 This volume breaks the curricular silence on the U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9780942961478 Rethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9780942961379 Rethinking Our Classrooms:  Teaching for Equity and Justice, Volume 1.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=0942961250 Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9780942961485 Rethinking Popular Culture and Media.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/ProdDetails.asp?ID=094296120X Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years.
• http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Related Material for Chapter 7:

• http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-43-spring-2013/value-of-community The Value of Community. Using the Hunger Games to address hunger and build community.
• http://www.oxfamamerica.org/articles/featurestories Feature stories about hunger from the Oxfam website.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/progressive-city-planners Progressive City Planners. Students are given materials and are instructed to design a city divided by people’s jobs. Take notes on discussions that happen and use them to talk about environmental racism.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/27_01/27_01_christensen.shtml Burned Out of Homes and History: Unearthing the Silenced Voices of the Tulsa Race Riot.  Using a tea party, poetry, and reading and writing, students explore the Tulsa Race Riots. Students also determine what action should be taken in response.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/anti-racism-activity-sneetches Anti-Racism Activity: The Sneeches. Based on The Sneeches by Dr. Suess, kids are divided into groups, treated differently, and asked to respond.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/introducing-kids-idea-environmental-racism Introducing Kids to the Idea of Environmental Racism. Students use candy to explore environmental racism.
• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice-exposing-racism Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice: Exposing Racism. A Teaching Tolerance activity that includes a photo of Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine and discussion questions to address racism.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/15_02/Int152.shtml Diversity versus White Privilege. This interview with Christine Sleeter talks about white privilege and how to combat it in the classroom.

Chapter 8: Critical Social Practices: Focusing on the Sociopolitical

• http://www.freetheslaves.net Free the Slaves is an organization dedicated to ending slavery worldwide.

Related Material for Chapter 8:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIVXkN15GwU Every Human Has Rights. A short video on the Every Human Has Rights campaign that touches on the Declaration of Human Rights.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/13_04/edit134.shtml The Columbine Tragedy. An article on school shootings.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/cmshandler.asp?archive/26_02/26_02_haga.shtml Chicago’s Peace Warriors. An article on implementing Kingian Nonviolence.
• http://zinnedproject.org/materials/the-truth-about-helen-keller/ The Truth About Helen Keller. This article tells about how Helen Keller took political action.
• http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-39-spring-2011/feature/human-trafficking Human Trafficking. An article with lots of resources to address the topic in the classroom.
• http://www.fdfi.org/aboutus.html The website for Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives with curriculum, photo and news archives, action points, calendar, and so on.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CLCXzfaR8&list=PLA24395CE2C351812 Series of 30 short videos on the 30 articles of the Declaration of Human Rights.
• http://earthpulse.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/earthpulse-map Vital Statistics from National Geographic. World maps comparing global features, including environmental issues.
• http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/about-us.html Youth for Human Rights website.

Chapter 8 Table 8.1 Issues

• Chapter 8 Table 8.1 Issues

Chapter 9: Taking a Critical Stance: Outgrowing Ourselves

• http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/common-core-standards-hardly-an-evidence-based-policy/ Common Core Standards: Hardly an Evidence-based Policy, a Larry Cuban article critiquing the Common Core Standards.
• http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development Tracking and Supporting Student Learning with Kidwatching. A strategy guide for Kidwatching from ReadWriteThink.

Related Material for Chapter 9:

• http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/farmworkers-and-union-lesson-viva-la-causa Farmworkers and the Union: A Lesson from Viva la Causa. A lesson plan from Teaching Tolerance on Viva la Causa and labor unions.
• http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/11_01/AyersFrd.shtml City Kids, City Dreams. This article talks about the importance of not seeing students (specifically city students) from a deficit perspective.

Chapter 10: Invitations for Students

• http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/ Don’t Buy It: Get Media Smart! is a media literacy website for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers.
• http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/cerealbox.html Design a Cereal Box activity.