About Anti-racist RE
The Free Churches Group and Methodist Schools are delighted to be able to offer these resources free of charge to teachers. They have been written and developed by Lat Blaylock from RE Today Services, and a team of teacher-volunteers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds has provided valuable contributions.
In our society it is no longer sufficient to be non-racist, but we need to be equipped to be anti-racist. Many members of the Free Churches Group are engaged in their own conversations about how to combat the inequalities in our society. These resources are a tangible expression of that concern and a contribution to engage with the issues in the public square.
We are grateful to the Westhill Endowment for providing financial support, without which this project would not have been possible.
The Resources
The resources include a unit of work each for primary and secondary RE, a professional glossary, video interviews with teachers, film reviews and book reviews. They can be used as a discrete unit on anti-racism, or elements can be used at relevant points throughout a scheme of work.
Each resource can be found by clicking on the relevant link.
Professional Glossary
Primary Classroom resources
What can be done to reduce racism? Can religion help? Unit of work for 8-11s
Racism: what is it, and why is it unfair? What can we learn from 6 examples?
What can we learn from the stories of two statues in Bristol? Colston & Wesley
Anti-racist people from different religions – what can we learn from some examples?
How can I express my own vision for justice and equality? ‘More unites us than divides us.’
Book reviews
We are all different by Twinkl. Review by: Caroline Featherstone
We are Britain! by Benjamin Zephaniah. Review by: Caroline Featherstone
Film reviews
Secondary Classroom Resources
How could we and why should we reduce racism in our communities? Unit of work for 11-14s
What can we learn from the stories of two statues in Bristol?
Anti-racist people from Islam – what can we learn from two examples (Malcom X and Dr Hany El Banna)
Anti-racist people from different religions – what can we learn?
How bad is racism in our school and community? What can reduce it?
How can I express my own vision for justice and equality? ‘More unites us than divides us.’
Can ‘singing for freedom and justice’ help in the struggle against racism?
Book reviews
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo. Review by: Leah Davenport
Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History by Vashti Harrison. Review by: Saima Saleh
Natives: Race and Class in the ruins of Empire by Akala. Review by: Fiona Moss
Natives: Race and Class in the ruins of Empire by Akala. Review by: Mugeni Sumba
The Colour Blind Boy by Mohammed Yaseen. Review by: Imran Mogra
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge. Review by: Mary Attueyi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. Review by: Natasha Boyce (short)
Film reviews
A series of short films by teachers (and others involved in RE) on the importance of anti-racist RE