Why an anti-bias curriculum? -- Creating an anti-bias environment -- Beginnings: working with 2-year-olds -- Learning about racial differences and similarities -- Learning about disabilities -- Learning about gender identity -- Learning about cultural differences and similarities -- Learning to resist stereotyping and discriminatory behavior -- Activism with young children -- Holiday activities in an anti-bias curriculum -- Working with parents -- Getting started: a self-education guide
Summary
Found it invaluable in helping me create a classroom that tangibly respected the diversity of our families (chapter 2, "Creating an Anti-Bias Environment" was especially helpful with this task). When I first came upon the book I was well versed in helping children develop high self-esteem, but this book helped me realize that sometimes that positive identity is based on ethnocentrism or stereotyping