FYI AFT hosts a platform called ShareMyLesson.com<http://ShareMyLesson.com>. It’s free, peer reviewed lesson plans and curricula for educators, by educators. We just posted content for people to better understand, talk about and teach about the border crisis and these systemic human rights violations. Please feel free to use these materials in whatever way is most useful. Here’s the link: https://sharemylesson.com/collections/familiesbelongtogether More information: Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S. Border: Families Belong Together We have been hearing parents, teachers and students question what happened and express worry, anxiety and fear about the humanitarian crisis on the U.S. southern border. Our members have a special role in the community, and our educators have a powerful responsibility to our students and their families. We have assembled lessons and resources for when you address the sensitive and emotionally charged topic of family separations and detentions at the border with your students and children. The curated resource collections included here will be of help as you talk and teach about these current events. You may also want to check out: * AFT's resources and statements on the Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S. Border<https://www.aft.org/our-community/immigration/humanitarian-crisis-us-border> * Anti-Defamation League's Table Talk on Family Separations and Detentions at the Border<https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/family-separations-and-detentions-border> * Re-Imagining Migration's Resources for Talking and Teaching About Immigrant Family Separations<https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/resources-talking-and-teaching-about-immigrant-family-separations> * PBS NewsHour Extra's Study Guide: How Separating Families Became Official U.S. Government Policy<https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/study-guide-how-separating-families-became-official-u.s.-government> * Teaching Tolerance blog from a middle school teacher in Texas: Teaching on the Border<https://sharemylesson.com/blog/teaching-border> Our students and their families deserve to know that we are allies in the fight against human rights injustices. ________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the named addressee(s). If you are not a named addressee, you should not copy, alter, post, forward, distribute or disseminate the contents of the e-mail or attachments. When responding, please refrain from including information such as social security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive types of data in non-encrypted emails and non-password protected email attachments. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the individual and do not necessarily represent those of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). ________________________________ To unsubscribe from this listserv please send email to bigtable-unsubscribe@civilrightscoalition.org<mailto:bigtable-unsubscribe@civilrightscoalition.org>