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Denying Civil Rights
Learners continue their examination of the United States Constitution. Individually, they identify events in which the government has limited our civil rights and write an essay. In groups, they debate the issue and answer...
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Quotas and Jim Crow Laws
Young scholars examine the use of quotas and Jim Crow laws. They discuss discrimination against minority groups both historically and in contemporary society. Students examine an affirmative action case and discuss the controversies...
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Who Participates? Identifying Diversity
Students listen to sound bite of producer/director Nick Giannopoulos, and discuss issue of stereotypical portrayals of cultural groups presented in the media. Students then use questionnaires and view popular television shows to observe...
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Outside the In-Group
Students pretend they are the person who is kept out of a group. As a class, they examine the behaviors of each person in a group situation and discuss how the role-play made them feel. They examine situations in which they kept...
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Free Speech Comes At a Price
Pupils use communicative activity strategy, Go, Ask and Tell, or more traditional whole text comprehension activity to read, discuss and explore issues in article, Free Speech Comes at a Price, by Hugh Mackay.
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Challenging Regional Stereotypes
Students analyze the regional stereotypes that exist in Whales and formulate personal opinions about these views. Students discuss the impact of adjectives used to describe people from different regions of the U.K.
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Anne Frank: Movement - Isometric Exercises
Third graders review the main points in the novel, "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl". Using the text of their hiding, they explain the need for a healthy diet and movement for proper health. In groups, they practice different...
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Timely Tolerance
Eighth graders work together to focus on an oppressed group of society. Using the information they gather, they create a museum exhibit to educate their community on the group. They present their PowerPoint presentation to the class to...
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The Great Migration: Two American Tales
Students compare and contrast experiences of European immigrants and African American migrants in U.S. cities. After examining the topic, they write essays evaluating the differences and similarities of the groups' experiences.
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U.S. History: The Second Great Migration
Students examine the migration of rural African Americans to northern cities following World War !!. After predicting the effects of cultural and economic factors, they write essays explaining the impact of migration on communities and...
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Older People
Students investigate the meaning of stereotypes as they relate to the elderly. They examine media portrayal of both older and younger people, and examine how the government treats age discrimination. They participate in an...
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Writing About Race
Fourth graders explore racial discrimination focusing on Jim Crow laws. They read an excerpt from Richard Wright's autobiography and discuss how viewing the subject from the his point of view affects their opinions.
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Wolves and Loons
Seventh graders listen to the sounds of loons and wolves and write down words which come to mind. They compare and contrast factual information about wolves with that from fairy tales and legends.
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Borders Within: Social Interaction on the Border
Students analyze social interaction, racism, and prejudice on the border through exploration of their own experiences.
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Maniac Magee
Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.
Trinity University
Trinity University: Inequality and Education
Trinity University offers an overview of the problems of inequality in the education system in the United States. Has links to charts and articles about income and education.
Digital History
Digital History: The Struggle Continues
This resource addresses the discrimination issues still in the air following the significant progress made between 1960's-1990's.
Stanford University
Mlk and the Global Freedom Struggle: Albany Movement
Encyclopedia entry examines the Albany Movement, a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Ga. in 1961 with the purpose of ending all forms of racial segregation in the city.
The Book Report
Teenreads.com: To Kill a Mockingbird, Review
Here you can find a brief review of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," as well as a biography of the author and along excerpt from the novel.
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Talk It Over
A research-led resource designed to support educators in facilitating empathetic, honest, and evidence-based conversations on online hate and how to tackle it with secondary aged pupils. Talk it over includes a slide presentation with...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Eeoc)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established in 1964 to eliminate discrimination in employment, based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin and now also age or disability.