Black History: PBS Resources for Parents

• Consider these tips from Nefertiti Austin for teaching your child about Black history.
• Look through this list of 12 books that celebrate Black history curated by Dolisha Mitchell.
• Complete some of these 7 Easy and Inspiring Activities to celebrate Black history.
• Watch the Award-Winning episode of PBS KIDS Talk About: Race and Racism hosted by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.
• Play Xavier Riddle's game "Hero Maker" and learn about important figures in history.

Teaching Black History: PBS Resources for Educators

Educators, if you have not had an opportunity to explore PBS LearningMedia, I would highly recommend it. This entirely free resource is continually updated with relevant lesson plans, resources, and collections by and for educators surrounding PBS content. You can filter by subject and grade. They include state and national standards for reference to approved curriculum. 

Consider these collections and lesson plans as a springboard for your deep dive:

• Celebrating Black History & Culture collection, showcasing Black excellence through contributions, achievements, and ideas across subjects and eras.
• Meet astronaut Mae Jemison in this video profile from NOVA’s “The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers.”
• In this video segment, Freedom Riders Create Change | Freedom Riders, adapted from American Experience: "Freedom Riders," view newsreel footage, archival photos, and interviews to explore how the Freedom Rides of 1961 brought about the end of racial segregation in interstate transportation. 
• Or simply visit the PBS LearningMedia homepage that is continually updated with updated lesson plans and collections.
   

Black History: What's happening in Utah?

• Check out PBS Utah's very own Lonzo Liggins and Danor Gerald for their second season of Roots, Race, & Culture. Watch (or listen!) to open, honest conversations about identity and culture, centered around the experiences of Black and People of Color communities in Utah.
• Revisit the below This Is Utah episode featuring Alyssha Dairsow's organization Curly Me, focused on helping girls gain self-confidence and learn to learn their natural, curly hair.
• PBS Utah's Let's Talk series was introduced to me just today by a fellow PBS Utah employee and I cannot get enough! In this video series, host Karen Tao sits down with parents to have lively 15 or so minutes conversations about race and racism and how these topics inform their family life. Highly recommend!
• Have you had a chance to visit the Utah Black History Museum Bus? This mobile museum goes to communities where they are and offers a creative, immersive way to learn about Black History.
• The University of Utah Black Cultural Center which is teaming with events, a newsletter, programs and initiatives!
• The Semi Hadithi Foundation works to tell the stories of Black Utahns throughout history.