Justice For All Web resources for students and teachers in the aftermath of September 11
These resources are intended to be helpful for students and teachers to reflect on the attacks of Septmeber 11, learn more, and take action. It is by no means an exhaustive list. However GSA Network has reviewed each of these sites and recommends them. Please note that there are a variety of political perspectives represented in this material. Resources for Students
Organizing Against Hate
Make It Real: A Student Organizing Website for Implementing California's School Non-Discrimination Law (AB537) www.ab537.org United States Students Association organizing manual to organize against hate www.usstudents.org/cdp/hatecrimes/QuickXresponseXXtoXHate.pdf Geared toward college campus organizing, but definitely useful for all activists. CA Attorney General's informational brochures about hate crimes in several languages. www.ag.ca.gov/civilrights/content/hatecrimes.htm Respond to Media Coverage www.media-alliance.org/pacifica/peace.html Resources to help you respond to the media directly about the calls for war and racism in reporting. We Interrupt This Message: Strategies for Reframing the Media Debate www.interrupt.org Make Stickers! Make Posters! Make Flyers! www.ieeha.org/stickers/ www.ten12.com www.protestgraphics.org/images/pix_9-25/warm.html Join the National Day of Action, November 3, 2001 nomorelostlives.org News, History, Analysis
Youth Media Website www.soros.org/youth/pointofview.htm Devoted to young people's responses to the September 11th tragedy. The page also includes links to 9/11-related calls for entry and to resources for youth and youth workers dealing with the aftermath of these horrific events. BBC News (Middle East): news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/default.stm AlterNet: www.alternet.org/911 Common Dreams: www.commondreams.org Z Magazine: www.zmag.org Independent Media Center: www.indymedia.org English language news from targeted regions: www.paknews.com/ (Pakistan) www.dawn.com/2001/09/14/ (Pakistan) www.afgha.com/ (Afghanistan) www.afghandaily.com/ (Afghanistan) www.arabnews.com/ (Saudi Arabia) www.arabia.com/news/article/english.html Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies: www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/inMEres/inMEres.html
Resources for Educators American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee www.adc.org American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) web site offers resources and advice for educators as well as news, commentary, and history. ADC will help school officials, student groups, and others who want films, speakers or other help in discouraging hate speech, harassment, and other action that is anti-Arab and/or anti-Muslim. Teaching for Change www.teachingforchange.org/Sept11.htm Key articles and links to web sites for those who want to place this tragedy in its larger historical and contemporary context. The articles and web sites on this page were selected to provide alternative perspectives to the mainstream press. They were not selected for their reading level, but for the critical background information they provide. Educators for Social Responsibility: www.esrnational.org Information and resources to help you discuss, learn more, and take appropriate action. Education Development Center, Inc.: Beyond Blame: Reacting to Terrorist Attacks www.edc.org/spotlight/schools/beyondblame.htm Free 30-page curriculum for middle and high school students focused on issues of justice and mislaid blame. Lesson Plans for Teaching about Terrorism and Peace www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html In the "America Responds" section of the PBS website you will find the following lesson plas: Tolerance in Times of Trial (Uses the treatment and media portrayals of citizens of Japanese and German ancestry during World War II-as historical examples of ethnic conflict during times of trial), Afghanistan Today: Civil War and Human Rights: Help students understand the Taliban and Afghanistan today), Afghanistan And Its Neighbors: Model Summit (Help students understand the complex relationships America has with countries in Central Asia and the Middle East), and Taming Terrorism (Poses the question, "Who can stop international terrorism?") Rethinking Schools www.rethinkingschools.org Rethinking Schools presents a list of websites that provide factual information, different perspectives, and teaching ideas on this rapidly evolving issue. Media Literacy Clearinghouse www.med.sc.edu:1081/ Media Literacy principles applied to media coverage of 9/11 attacks and the war on Afghanistan. The National Council for the Social Studies www.socialstudies.org/resources/moment/socialeducation.shtml Provides information and activities for teachers, and is requesting the same from teachers in the field. United Nations "CyberSchoolBus" www.un.org/cyberschoolbus Provides teaching materials about international issues, including a new curriculum on anti-discrimination. National Association of School Psychologists www.nasponline.org September 11 Tragedy section with materials translated into Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. The New York Times Learning Network www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/mediastudies.html Lesson plans, articles, and photographs about September 11, the response, and historical information. Incite! Women of Color Against Violence www.incite-national.org/ INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing. The web site includes organizing and curriculum resources.
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