Black Lives Matter Curriculum 2022
This page highlights some of the work done by a group of teachers as part of a course in collaboration with the Baltimore Teachers Union Professional Development Center and TDP. The goal of the course was to research and design Black Lives Matter focused curriculum that can be shared and used during the Black Lives Matter week of action in Baltimore City Schools (Feb. 1-5). Please feel free to download, adapt and use.
BLM Principles
This high school visual arts curriculum covers some of the principles of the BLM movement— restorative justice, celebrating queerness, diversity in Black families, youth activism and Black women artists.
The Avenue
This high school history curriculum celebrates blackness through learning about Baltimores Black arts district on Pennsylvania Avenue then and now.
FLight Features
This 3-5th grade ELA curriculum engages young learners in Black lives through culturally relevant books and exploring the idea of freedom.
Black History & Math
This high school math curriculum covers the history of African mathematics and its contributions to arithmetic and algebra, modern history of Blacks in math and maths relationship to civil rights.
Student Teach-In
This curriculum has students analyze the legacy of teach-ins in social change movements and connect that legacy to the BLM movement. Throughout the week students plan their own teach-in.
Equitable Communities
In this high school ELA curriculum, students design a community where Black lives matter
Raising Your Voice
This elementary ELA curriculum covers the history of how black Americans have used their voice to raise awareness about equality
African Empires
This 4th grade French immersion curriculum allows students to analyze great African Empires before colonization in West Africa.