We Are The Student Ignition Society
Free resources for progressive early childhood educators
Family Action Toolkits
Quick-action guides to teach kiddos about social issues and the power they have to change the world. Please credit Raising Luminaties when using these resources.
Lenses & Tools
Critical lenses and tools to use when choosing curriculum resources. Please credit Raising Luminaries when using these resources.
Lesson Planning Resources
The following lesson planning resources have been hand-picked, tested, and vetted by members of the Luminary Braintrust.
Indigenized professional learning free digital micro-courses. Educators and leaders are invited to learn from Native American educational, cultural, and tribal experts.
Ten K-12 curriculum to help students understand the approaches of punitive, restorative, and transformative justice responses to conflict and harm. Created Mariame Kaba and others from the Abolitionist Toolkit
Lesson plan, vocabulary, discussion prompts & activity guides to support radical disability justice for elementary-aged students. Created by the authors of We Move Together.
Project NIA — ‘nia’ meaning ‘with purpose’ in Swahili—is a grassroots organization that works to end the arrest, detention, and incarceration of children and young adults. Find educational resources to help grassroots activists teach transformative and reformative justice practices in their communities.
“Founded in 1986 by activist teachers, Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit, independent publisher of educational materials. We advocate the reform of elementary and secondary education, with a strong emphasis on issues of equity and social justice.”
“Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education. We encourage all educators, students, parents, unions, and community organizations to join our annual week of action during the first week of February each year.”
“Geared toward universities and middle schools/highschools, social justice and community-based organizations, foundations, religious and cultural institutions”…”the ‘Curriculum on Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation’ is devoted to understanding and challenging antisemitism.“
“The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the country…Our website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and grade level.”
“We produce materials that support a strong sense of individuality along with a community model of real inclusion. Our materials teach social awareness, critical thinking skills, as well as provide much needed reflection and respect.”
“TIES (Time, Instructional, Engagement, Support) Center works with states, districts, and schools to support the movement of students with disabilities from less inclusive to more inclusive environments.”
“Our mission is to help K-16 educators enhance students’ critical thinking, metacognition, and civic engagement through media literacy materials and professional development.”
Curated teaching resources, toolkits, recommended children’s books, and discussion starters to support educators discussing the Palestine-Israel conflict for middle & high-schoolers.
“How do we create nurturing, productive, and transformative spaces for learning, work, and growth?” “In this session, we will use the resource ‘How to Share Space: Creating Community in Classrooms and Beyond’ as a springboard to explore the opportunities presented by these changing norms and the challenges they bring.” via Abolitionist Tools & Atom Fire Arts
Advocates for Youth’s ‘Rights, Respect, Responsibility’ curriculum “seeks to address both the functional knowledge related to sexuality and the specific skills necessary to adopt healthy behaviors.”
A step-by-step guide to help teachers and school board members ensure their school curriculum reflects the diversity of the communities they serve, via HEAL Together & Local Progress
Children's Books To Help With Hard Topics
Picture books to illustrate social justice issues and make hard conversations easier.
About US
- The Student Ignition Society was founded in 2019 by April B. (The Dean of Rebellious Educators) and Ashia R. (Head Custodian of Cahoots) to support educators within the Raising Luminaries community.
- Why are our resources free? As a sub-set of the Raising Luminaries community, we adhere to the Raising Luminaries Accountability Guidelines. Behave accordingly in in our spaces and when using our resources. Or misbehave accordingly. I guess it depends on the situation.
- Contact April with questions & feedback at April@RaisingLuminaries.com or connect with us in the Student Ignition Society Facebook Group.
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This page was last updated in January 2025 by Ashia R.
