Middle and High School Resources

Video Resources

• CNN’s “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” 60-minute episode on the Sikh community. C3 viewing and discussion guide for this episode available here.
• “Confused Islamophobes Target American Sikhs” Comedy Central Daily Show segment on Sikh identity with Trevor Noah (April 15, 2016). 5-minute video.
• “Sikhs in Seva” video series features Sikhs from across the United States who are making an impact through seva (selfless service) in their local communities. Five videos each under 4-minutes.
• “Stockton Gurdwara: A Brief History” by Bainiwal, Tejpaul S. (2021). 3-minute video.
• “Religion & Identity in Young America” is a CBS television special examining religious-based bullying in schools. It features the stories of Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim students and examines how religious minorities face bigotry with faith and resolve. Plus, check out the classroom discussion guide for the 27-minute episode.
• “Religious Groups Find Common Ground as Targets of Hate” featuring Sikh Coalition, by News 21 (2019). 10-minute video.
• “Pearson Sikhism Documentary” featuring cartoonist Vishavjit Singh by Pearson PLC in collaboration with Sikh Coalition, SALDEF, and Blue Chalk). Can be used as supplemental content for two world religions textbooks as students learn about Sikhism. 5-minute video. 
• “Drawn Together: Comics, Diversity and Stereotypes” by Kaur Films. Challenges the notion of race, appearance, and gender stereotypes through cartoons, comics, and cosplay, and it features Sikh American and comic Vishavjit Singh. 2-minute video.
• “Divided We Fall” by Valerie Kaur and Sharat Raju, on the Sikh experience following 9/11 (2008). 90-minute film – opening sequence 7 minutes. Lesson plans available here.
• “Waking in Oak Creek” by Milwaukee PBS, exploring the most widely known hate crime committed against the Sikh community, the horrific 2012 Oak Creek Massacre (2014). 60-minute documentary.
• “Who are the Sikhs” by the Sikh Coalition and Fresno Unified School District. 5 minute 30 seconds video.
• “Neel” by David Woo on bullying against Sikh students. Appropriate for grades 5 – 12 . 5-minute video.
• “Dastaar” by Kevin Lee presenting the struggle of the Sikh American community against discrimination and violence caused by ignorance of an essential Sikh article of faith—the dastaar, or turban. Appropriate for grades 7 – 12. 12-minute video. 
• “Article of Faith” by Christina Antonakos-Wallace. Appropriate for grades 7 – 12. 10-minute video.

Case studies – Media Profiles of Sikhs:

• Mandeep Sethi (hip-hop artist)
• Sikh Motorcycle Club
• Vishavjit Singh (Cartoonist)
• Singh Twins (Artists)
• Rupi Kaur (Poet)
• Captain Simratpal Singh
• Inderjit Singh Mukker

Case studies – Media Profiles of Sikhs in Service:

• Seva Truck Foundation
• Yuba City’s Sikh Parade
• Langar at Harmandir Sahib, (Golden Temple), Amritsar, Punjab, India

Books:

• Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair
• A Very Short Introduction to Sikhism by Eleanor Nesbitt
• The Sikhs by Patwant Singh
• Translations of passages from the Guru Granth Sahib, Sacred Scripture, and eternal Guru of the Sikhs: “The Name of My Beloved: Verses of the Sikh Gurus” by Nikki-Guninder Kaur Singh and “Teachings of the Sikh Gurus: Selections from the Sikh Scriptures” by Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair and Christopher Shackle
• Guru Nanak by Eleanor Nesbitt, Gopinder Kaur
• The Encyclopedia of Sikhism by Harbans Singh

Short stories:

• “Her Name is Kaur: Sikh American women write about love, courage and faith” edited by Meeta Kaur
• “A Citizen Fights for His Civil Rights after 9/11” by Amric Singh Rathour, taken from Untold Civil Rights Stories by Karen K. Narasaki  Appropriate for grades 11 – 12.  Useful information on how the Sikh community was affected by 9/11.
• Kultar’s Mime: Stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre.  By Sarbpreet Singh and J. Mehr Kaur. Also related is a theatrical performance, Kultar’s Mime, based on a poem written by a Sikh-American gentleman about riots in Delhi against the Sikh community in the 1980s.