US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Nuremberg Race Laws
This site from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum explains the Nuremburg Race Laws and how they institutionalized Nazi racial theory. This pertained not only to Jews, but also to the Roma and blacks. Be sure click on the links...
Curated OER
History Matters: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot
An article by NAACP executive secretary, Walter White, discusses the eight reasons he saw for the Chicago Race Riots in July, 1919. He goes into great detail to support these causes.
Curated OER
History Matters: Race and Racism at the 1886 Knights of Labor Convention
This interesting excerpt from Terence Powderly's autobiography discusses the problems he encountered as head of the Knights of Labor in terms of race relations in the unions.
Other
Tulsa Historical Society: The Tulsa Race Riot
A brief, but compelling description of the Tulsa Race Riot along with photographs showing the devastation of Black Tulsa as a result of the looting and burning by the white rioters.
Yale University
Gilder Lehrman Center: The Causes of the Chicago Race Riot
From a contemporary article in The Crisis, Vol. XVIII, October, 1919, Walter White enumerates what he sees as the causes of the Chicago Race Riot. Very interesting to read a viewpoint written only a few months after the riot.
A&E Television
History.com: The Soviet Response to the Moon Landing? Denial There Was a Moon Race at All
Until 1989, Russians claimed they were not trying to reach the Moon first and that the U.S. was in "a one-nation race." Until 1989, a group of American aerospace engineers went to Moscow and finally saw the Soviets' failed lunar-landing...
PBS
Pbs: What Is the Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?
Experts give their views on the differences between race and ethnicity.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Jfk's Race to Space Speech
A learning module that begins with "JFK's Race to Space Speech" by President John F. Kennedy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Race to Sequence the Human Genome
In 1990, The Human Genome Project proposed to sequence the entire human genome over 15 years with $3 billion of public funds. Then, seven years before its scheduled completion, a private company called Celera announced that they could...
Vroma Project
V Roma Project: The Circus: Roman Chariot Racing
Provides an excellent look at the chariot racing at the Circus Maximus, the history of chariot racing, and gives an example of a day at the races. this page was created by Barbara F. McManus of The College of New Rochelle.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sandburg on Race
This article from the University of Illinois covers the work of Carl Sandburg as a reporter in Chicago during the riots of 1919.
Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Carl Sandburg, the Chicago Race Riots, July 1919
Read a part of an article written by Carl Sandburg for the Chicago Daily News reporting on the Chicago Race Riots of 1919.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots
A lesson plan unit with good background information for learners. Details the history of lynching and race riots in America and the treatment of African-Americans from 1880 to 1950.
Northwestern University
Homicide in Chicago : 1919: The Race Riot
Find information about the race riots in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Read case details, causes of the riots, and photographs of the incidents.
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma Historical Society: Tulsa Race Riot
Learn about the history of Oklahoma with emphasis on the Tulsa race riot of 1921, one of the worse acts of racial violence ever to occur in the United States.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: 'Race to the Top' Aims to Overhaul the u.s. Education System
Fixing America's public school system is not an easy task, but Obama has promised that the youth of the country will be prepared to face an "ever-changing global society." Obama has also promised funding, but there are strings attached...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Robot Races, Assessment Variation
In this lesson plan students watch a video of robot races then answer questions in regards to the given graph.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Bird and Dog Race
In this race between a bird and a dog, 8th graders are provided with information about their starting locations on a map and their speeds. They are asked to predict a winner, draw the paths they might follow, decide how to determine who...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Tortoise and Hare Race
Step through the tortoise and hare race, based on Zeno's paradox, to learn about the multiplication of fractions and about convergence of an infinite sequence of numbers.
Live Science
Live Science: What Is the Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?
A brief explanation of the distinction between race and ethnicity.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: One Step Equations Math Racing Game
Quickly solve these one-step algebraic equations in this fast-paced racing game.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Multiply Within 100 Math Racing Game
Think you know your multiplication facts? Try this fast pace game where you race your car by multiplying numbers that are within 100.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Race and Ethnicity: Prejudice and Racism
This lesson looks at the functions of race and ethnicity in society.
Northern Arizona University
Racing Against Time: Navajo Immersion Project
This is an anecdotal report on the state of Navajo language use today. It is a good source of information to increase the sensitivity of teachers of multicultural classes, including native Americans.
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