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Responding to Antisemitism and Islamophobia
On May 25, 2023 the Biden-Harris administration released the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Along with this newly released strategy, the administration announced over 100 new actions and over 100 calls to action to "combat antisemitism, including new actions to counter antisemitism on college campuses and online."
Good teaching includes helping students process their thoughts and feelings about the world and creating space for them to bring their full selves to school. This document, Courageous Conversations with Students, provides tools, lesson plans, and practical advice for facilitating dialogues with students about power, privilege, oppression, and resistance. They were adapted by the Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity. LAUSD published Guidelines Addressing Challenging/Sensitive Topics about the Middle East that educators may find helpful. Additionally, the Division of Instruction has curated lesson on the conflict in the Middle East.
Please find a collection of curated resources and articles to help your school community respond to antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Addressing Antisemitism in Public Schools
- Antisemitism and Jewish Middle Eastern Americans lesson plan; Oral history project video series
- Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA) aims to achieve "universal recognition for the heritage and history of the 850,000 indigenous Jewish refugees from the Middle East and North Africa." JIMENA’s lesson plan has been adopted by the California State Department of Education.
- The Roots and Impacts of Antisemitism lesson plan
- Facing History focuses on using lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.
- Resource: Educating About Antisemitism Prevention - ShineALightOn
- Resource List: Remembering and Honoring the Holocaust Instructional Resources - LAUSD Department of Instruction
- On May 25, 2023, the Biden-Harris administration released the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Along with this newly released strategy, the administration announced over 100 new actions and over 100 calls to action to "combat antisemitism, including new actions to counter antisemitism on college campuses and online."
Addressing Islamophobia in Public Schools
- Countering Islamophobia: Learning for Justice
- Confronting Islamophobia in Education: Intercultural Education
- Educating for Cultural Literacy and Mutual Respect: Islamic Networks Group (ING) Ing.org, joined State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond to discuss understanding and countering Islamophobia, January 2021
- A History of Muslims in America: Islamic Networks Group (ING) Ing.org
- Muslim Contributions to Civilization
- How to Help When Muslim Students Get Bullied: We Are Teachers
- Rethinking Islamophobia: Rethinking Schools
- Stereotypes, Media, and Islamophobia: Facing History and Ourselves
- Dismantling Islamophobia - Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Antisemitism and Jewish Middle Eastern Americans lesson plan; Oral history project video series
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Department Contact
Coordinator:
Judy Chiasson, Ph.D
Office email: humanrelations@lausd.net
Phone: (213) 241-0754
