The "Culturally Responsive Book List for High School" on Goodreads features 64 titles by diverse authors, aiming to celebrate rich cultural experiences and histories. These books provide students with perspectives that foster empathy and understanding across various backgrounds.
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Role(s): Teachers, Parents/Caregivers, Students
Topic(s): Welcoming & Affirming Environment, Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Tips/Checklist
This brief defines culturally responsive classroom management (CRCM) as an approach to running a classroom that serves all students with equitable learning opportunities. Further, it defines five components of CRCM: recognition of one's own cultural lens and biases; knowledge of students' cultural backgrounds; awareness of the broader, social, economic and political context; ability and willingness to use culturally appropriate management strategies; and committment to creating caring classroom communities. Under each component are practical examples from outside resources to help guide educators.
Topic(s): Welcoming & Affirming Environment
Podcast
In the Teaching Today podcast episode titled "Culturally Responsive Curriculum," Dr. Marcelle Mentor from Teachers College, Columbia University, discusses the critical need for integrating culturally relevant materials into traditional curricula to better reflect and celebrate students' diverse identities and lived experiences. The episode emphasizes that culturally responsive and sustaining curricula are essential for improving academic outcomes among students of color by bridging the gap between curriculum and culture.
Topic(s): Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Curriculum
This document created by NYU Steinhardt outlines how to implement culturally responsive curriculum and assessment through the steps of curriculum evaluation, development, and assessment. Additional resorces, as well as information specific to cultural responsiveness in the wake of Covid-19 are provided.
Topic(s): Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Framework
This Learning for Justice webpage outlines the importance of culturally responsive curriculum and provides resources to implement it. Included on their website are articles, lessons, films, webinars, and frameworks that can help foster shared learning and reflection for educators, young people, caregivers and community members.
Topic(s): Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Framework
This module outlines culturally responsive curriculum ideas that aim to embrace student diversity. Multiple examples of activities are included such as writing a biography on a community member, show and tell with cultural artifacts, and creating a world map of where students are from.
Topic(s): Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Research Article/Report
Fouses on transforming data into actionable insights by considering students' cultural backgrounds and life experiences, such as personal strengths and challenges. This approach extends beyond academic performance, emphasizing a holistic view of students to avoid deficit thinking and reduce implicit bias. CRDL encourages educators to gather and interpret diverse data, including informal observations and contextual factors, to support equity and inclusion in the classroom. Educators can enhance CRDL by integrating it into teacher preparation programs, using it to create more responsive and culturally relevant teaching practices.
Topic(s): Ongoing Professional Learning
Research Article/Report
This article outlines the importance of culturally responsive teaching practices and provides related resources. For example there are materials for supporting LBGTQ-inclusive teaching, materials for promoting cultural responsiveness at the district and state levels, and reflection guides for teachers.
Topic(s): Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Framework
NYU Metro Center designed these scorecard tools to help stakeholders determine the extent to which their schools’ English Language Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) curricula are (or are not) culturally
responsive. The seven steps for completing the scorecard are outlined and a toolbox is provided to address next steps.
Topic(s): Inclusive Curriculum & Assessment
Activity
This all-grade activity uses puzzle pieces to help students share their culture and traditions, promoting a culturally responsive classroom community.
Topic(s): Welcoming & Affirming Environment
Professional Learning
The "Culturally Responsive Instruction for Native American Students" learning module by WestEd offers educators a framework centered on experiential, active, and student-centered teaching that integrates Native students' cultural knowledge and community values. Rather than prescribing specific lessons, it guides teachers in adapting their instruction to honor Native traditions, promote student agency, and foster academic success through culturally grounded practices
Topic(s): High Expectations & Rigorous Instruction, Ongoing Professional Learning
Tips/Checklist
The New York State Education Department's resource on Culturally Responsive Instruction through Technology emphasizes the role of educational technology in creating inclusive and equitable learning environments. It highlights how technology can support personalized learning, strengthen family-school connections, and develop culturally relevant curricula that reflect students' diverse backgrounds. Additionally, technology facilitates collaborative projects, enhances instructional strategies to accommodate various learning styles, and enables communication with diverse audiences, thereby promoting a more inclusive educational experience.
Topic(s): Ongoing Professional Learning
Curriculum
Offers free, downloadable teaching units for grades 1–6, designed to integrate students' cultural backgrounds into the learning process. These units include nonfiction and fiction stories, creative writing prompts, and project-based activities that encourage students to share personal experiences and explore diverse perspectives, fostering a sense of belonging and community in the classroom.
Topic(s): Welcoming & Affirming Environment
Guide/Tool
Brighten your classroom with culturally responsive anchor charts that highlight a variety of literary genres. This free resource includes genres like fiction, poetry, folktale, and more, designed to support early learners in identifying and understanding different types of texts.
Topic(s): Welcoming & Affirming Environment
Book Recommendation
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Teaching Like Our Students' Lives Matter emphasizes the importance of educators affirming students' cultural identities, experiences, and community knowledge in the classroom. It encourages teachers to actively challenge systemic inequities and adopt teaching practices that center student voice, foster critical thinking, and promote social justice.
Topic(s): High Expectations & Rigorous Instruction