About Equity ED

Hello and welcome to Equity ED!  My name is Stephanie Bass. I'm a Black and Indigenous (Southern Tuscarora/ Lumbee) middle school teacher (pronouns she/ they) in Ontario.  I wanted a place for reflections, and to share the lessons I do in the subjects I teach: Language Arts/ English, Math, Social Studies, Health and Drama that focus on Social Justice. 

The difference between this and some other (and equally awesome) education blogs, is that all the lessons and resources on this blog will be devoted to social justice, equity and character development.  The quote pictured to the right is what drives my pedagogy: next to the curriculum, I think that education's main role is to help students grow into good people.  Educators have a uniquely powerful position, in that, next to a child's parents and guardians, they are the adults that help to shape a child into the person they are to become.  I take that responsibility very seriously, and work to help my students develop the kindness and empathy towards others in hopes that they will become thoughtful, kind, critical thinkers. 

And so, this is why I decided to share my resources here, for free.  One of the things I love about teaching and education today, is the opportunity to share our work and ideas on the internet.  I've been in love with the idea of free idea exchange since university and I love a blog's ability to provide that idea exchange and opportunity to share. 

What you will find on this blog:

• Lesson plans in Language, Math, Health, Drama and Social Studies that have social justice woven through them or as the topic, that will be available for you to print/ use in your own classes
• Printable worksheets and plans
• Printable posters and signs for your classroom

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  IMG text: The picture is the quotation 
  "The function of education is to think 
  critically.  Intelligence plus character-
  that is the goal of true education. Martin
  Luther King, Jr."
  
  

  Reviews of topical books and resources that are created to introduce topics of equity to students
• Reflections from me about how my lessons worked (or why they failed)
• And anything else that I think wold be interesting!

I hope you will consider checking in on this blog once in a while so that you can join me and infuse some social justice learning into your classroom.  I also hope that you will join the discussion in the comments sections and share your ideas and thought too!