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Use our elementary, middle and high school curriculum guides to promote safe, respectful and inclusive classroom environments.
Anti-bias curriculum guides have been prepared for educators to use as supplementary materials for students. The guides are available for elementary through high school students. The lesson plans assist students in creating environments of mutual respect and inclusiveness, and promoting justice for all.
Curriculum Professional Development
When ADL Education’s anti-bias curricula are packaged with a professional development workshop, educators are provided with a framework and strategies for utilizing the lesson plans effectively with their students. Participants have an opportunity to engage with these topics before they address these same topics with their students.
Anti-Bias Curriculum Professional Development Programs:
- Familiarize participants with the structure and content of the curriculum guide(s).
- Prepare educators to teach and integrate the curriculum’s lessons into their standard curriculum and use them effectively with students.
- Provides educators with a context for understanding the principles of anti-bias education curricula.
Please reach out to your local ADL office to schedule a training. Alternatively, you can also buy the curricula online in print and digital formats.
Anti-Bias Building Blocks: An Elementary Curriculum (Revised 2023)
GRADE LEVELS: Kindergarten and elementary school grade levels (K-5)
TOPICS: Communication, Respect, Identity, Differences, Bias, Bullying
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language
Anti-Bias Building Blocks is a K–5 curriculum designed to assist educators and students in exploring ways to ensure that the principles of respect for diversity, freedom and equality become realities. The anti-bias curriculum is organized into five instructional units and there are 26 lesson plans for Grades K–2 and 26 lesson plans for Grades 3–5. The lesson plans help children build a strong foundation for analyzing and confronting bias. Read more >
ABBB Common Core State Standards Alignment
ABBB Table of Contents
ABBB Sample Lesson
Empowering Students, Challenging Bias: A Middle School Curriculum
GRADE LEVELS: Middle School (grades 6, 7, 8)
TOPICS: Communication, Conflict Resolution, Identity, Media, Bias, Bullying and Cyberbullying, Injustice
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language
Empowering Students, Challenging Bias is a middle school curriculum organized into five instructional units with 30 sequential lessons for grades 6–8 that facilitate students building a strong foundation for analyzing and confronting bias. The lesson plans were designed to encourage students to: (1) reflect on their identity; (2) understand and appreciate differences; (3) explore societal issues arising from bias and discrimination; (4) understand how people have historically confronted bias and injustice; and (5) take leadership roles in promoting justice and equity in their schools, community and society. Read more >
ESCB Overview of Units
ESCB Table of Contents
ESCB Sample Lesson
ESCB Common Core State Standards Alignment
Confronting Bias, Working Toward Equity: A High School Curriculum
GRADE LEVEL: High School (grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
TOPICS: Respectful Dialogue, Culture and Values, Bias, Bullying and Cyberbullying, Media and Stereotypes, Social Injustice
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS: Arts, Behavioral Studies, Civics, History, Language, Writing
Confronting Bias, Working Toward Equity provides teachers with 36 sequential lesson plans that encourage grade 9-12 students to (1) explore identity, bias and discrimination; (2) understand how systems of power and control work to oppress marginalized groups in society; (3) improve critical-thinking skills; (4) examine diverse viewpoints; and (5) take leadership roles in promoting justice and equity in their schools, communities and society at large. Read more >