Representation

Representation truly matters! Every student should be able to see themselves represented in a positive way on the wall of your classroom, in the characters within the books they read, through a diversity of authors, influential voices, cultures, landscapes and much more. Look around your classroom, review the anchor texts your students read, and check your textbooks, what do you notice?

Explore the resources below related to building representation in an equitable learning environment

Designing Equitable Learning Environments: Getting to Know Your Class - Use this reflection tool to reflect on the design of your equitable learning environment.

Representation in Your Learning Environment - Use this tool to evaluate and reflect on the representation of your classroom population and curriculum resources.

The Danger of a Single Story - In this Ted Talk, novelist and speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, explains the misunderstandings that can happen when we look at people and places through the lens of a single story.

Representative Curriculum - This lesson from ETeachNY will support you in analyzing your curriculum through the lens of representation

Why Representation Matters - Read this article for more insight on why representation matters.