New York City recently introduced a pilot curriculum around ageism for students at 13 Brooklyn high schools. It was launched to help students learn about the harmful effects of age discrimination and to guide them to engage in meaningful conversations with older adults in their lives. We’ve put together a collection of titles to foster classroom discussions, touching on themes of family, intergenerational relationships, empathy, as well as professional reading recommendations about ageism.
Books for Teaching Anti-Ageism
By Kaitlyn Spotts | April 14 2023 | General
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > Asian American
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Coming of Age
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Dating & Sex
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Drugs, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Emigration & Immigration
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Physical & Emotional Abuse
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism
- Social Studies > Sociology > Race / Class / Gender
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- Education & Professional Learning > Counseling > Student Life & Student Affairs
- Education & Professional Learning > Counseling > Student Life & Student Affairs
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > People & Places > Inclusive, Diverse, and Multicultural
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism
- Social Studies > Sociology > Introduction to Sociology
- Social Studies > Sociology > Race / Class / Gender
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- English Language Arts > ESL / ELL > Nonfiction
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Cultural Heritage
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Women
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Family > Multigenerational
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Family > Parents
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Graphic Nonfiction > Biographies & Memoirs
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Graphic Nonfiction > Social Topics
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > People & Places > Inclusive, Diverse, and Multicultural
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Social Themes > American Dream
- English Language Arts > Genre: Nonfiction > Social Themes > Emigration & Immigration
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the United States > Asian American
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the United States > Middle Eastern American
- Social Studies > Sociology > Family
- Social Studies > Sociology > Race / Class / Gender
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- History > United States History > By Topic > History of African Americans
- History > World History > Africa > Slave Trade and European Imperialism (15th - Early 19th Century)
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the United States > African American
- Social Studies > Anthropology > People and Cultures in the World > Africa
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- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Family > Multigenerational
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > Family > Parents
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > Asian American
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > Inclusive, Diverse, and Multicultural
- English Language Arts > Genre: Fiction > People & Places by Group > LGBTQIA+
- English Language Arts > Literature: American > Contemporary
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