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Texas Population Growth, Projections, and Implications [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report analyzing the population changes that have occurred in Texas since the middle of the 20th century, and the expected projections for the future. It breaks the numbers down by race and ethnicity to show that Hispanics will...
Unit Plan
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Columbus Museum of Art: Art and Social Issues in American Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Great reference tool for exploring American history and culture through artistic images. The visual images shown relate to issues Americans face today: economics, war, and race & ethnicity. Included is a teacher resource page with...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ethnic Minorities

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholastic gives a detailed and complete evaluation of ethnic minorities in relation to the United States. It explores migration patterns, demographics as well as minority identity and assimilation. Excellent and thorough investigation.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Racial Identity, Making of African American Identity: Vol 2, 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from a novel and a short story that explore the phenomenon of passing. These works examine the self-judgment and scrutiny often invoked upon oneself as a result of belonging to more than one race.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Can Health Care Be Cured of Racial Bias?

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the history and current status of racial bias in the health care industry. Includes an audio version of the story.
Website
United Nations

Un: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this day devoted to reversing racial discrimination and how you can take part in the activism.
Website
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit that displays many artifacts and documents relating to the medical experiments done to European Jews by the Nazis.
Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Eladio Bobadilla, "It's Giving Back to the Community"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on race issues and sports players. It discusses the when then San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem in to protest police brutality, racism, and "a country that...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Nutrition

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Nutrition," and complete the related five-question quiz.
Activity
A to Z Teacher Stuff

Ato Zteacherstuff: We're All the Same on the Inside

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Site from AtoZteacherstuff utilizes hands-on activity in order to illustrate how people may look different because of race or ethnicity.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Whose Streets?: Lesson Plan Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides a framework for critical analysis of current and historic race relations in America through the lens of the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., a young unarmed black man, by white police officer Darren Wilson in...
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Other

The Human Right to Freedom From Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the "human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or other opinion, age, or any other status,...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert E. Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Robert E. Park, an American sociologist noted for his work on ethnic minority groups, particularly African Americans, and on human ecology, a term he is credited with coining. One of the...