Organizations
Islamic Networks Group (ING)
Educating for cultural literacy and mutual respect, is a non-profit organization with affiliates and partners around the country that are pursuing peace and countering all forms of bigotry through education and interfaith engagement in schools and different organizations. Those interested can find guest speakers from different faiths, including Islam, and use their online curriculum guides on a variety of topics related to cultural awareness and building bridges.
- Curriculum examples
Learning For Justice
- What is The Truth About American Muslims (Grades 7+): This publication by the Religious Freedom Education Project of the First Amendment Center and Interfaith Alliance for Islamic Understanding provides answers to some of the frequently asked questions about religious freedom and American Muslims.
- Who Are American Muslims?: Why is anti-Muslim bias on the rise in the United States? How much do your students know about Islam and its followers? Explore these questions with two student-friendly videos.
- Busting Common Myths About Islam
- Lesson: Common Religious Clothing (Grades 3-5): In this lesson, students will explore how articles of clothing are linked to different religions.
- Lesson: Countering Islamophobia (Grades 9+): This lesson explores, confronts and seeks to deconstruct stereotypes and fears targeted at Muslims. Students will understand the meaning of Islamophobia and its effects on Muslims.
- Lesson: Debunking Stereotypes About Muslims and Islam (Grades 6-12): Using charts and graphs, this activity will help students identify similarities and differences between the U.S. Muslim population and the entire U.S. population. It will also help dispel common stereotypes about Islam.
Social Justice Books
A project of Teaching for Change, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write and change the world. Social Justice Books offers carefully selected lists of books for children and educators, book reviews, and articles on social justice, multicultural children’s literature.
Guide for Selecting Anti-bias Children’s Books: a best practices guide on analyzing books for racism and sexism.
Teaching While Muslim
Teaching While Muslim works towards equity in education and promotes “social justice, anti-racist, and anti-Islamophobic, curricula and educators” in schools. Offering workshops and classroom resources, TWM creates networks for Muslim educators while challenging all who teach to bring critical lens and framework to their classrooms.
Collections and Discussion Guides
Evaluating Muslims in KidLit: A Guide for Librarians, Educators, and Reviewers (Hijabi Librarians)
Our two part guide identifies resources for learning more about Muslim Americans while providing context for media representation, and offers guiding questions for reflection and analysis of collections and individual works.
Muslims in Story: Expanding Multicultural Understanding Through Children’s and Young Adult Literature
This resource by Gauri Manglik and Sadaf Siddique of Kitaab World, published by ALA Editions, provides an overview of Muslims in America, Islamophobia and its impact, and how literature can be used to promote long-term systemic change. The second part provides book lists and programming ideas, with books categorized by theme. The appendices include frequently asked questions, suggested guidelines for book evaluation, a timeline of Muslims in America, a glossary of terms, and additional resources.
Discussion Guides and Lessons
Amira’s Picture Day: Review with Extended Discussion and Lesson (Hijabi Librarians)
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet Review and Discussion Guide (Hijabi Librarians)
Teachers Guides for Using Rukhsana Khan’s Books (Rukhsana Khan)