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Interethnic Relations in Macedonia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly article on the issues facing the Albanian minority in Macedonia and why there are ethnic tensions between the two groups.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Culture of Bahama Islands

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete cultural guide to the Bahamas. Features detailed information divided into categories such as location, population, language, symbolism, ethnic relations, urbanism, food, economy, social class, political life, social welfare,...
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California Digital Library

Loc: Chinese in California: Agriculture, Fishing, and Related Industries

For Students 9th - 10th
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
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BBC

Bbc: Young in the Arab World Bbc News

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow a BBC reporter as she visits four contrasting Arab countries to speak with young people about their lives, aspirations, and identity as Arabs today. Stops include Beirut (Lebanon), Cairo (Egypt), Manama (Bahrain), and Rabat...
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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...
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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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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Maya Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
The Science Museum of Minnesota presents this site that highlights science activities and information related to ancient and modern Maya culture.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BBC

Bbc News: Milosevic Indictment: Text

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed summary of the indictment and charges against President Slobodan Milosevic related to his conducting a war against Kosovo and other ethnic area sin Serbia in the 1990s. The indictment was released in October 2001. (2004).
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Bemba

For Students 9th - 10th
The Bemba are the largest ethnic group in the Northern Province of Zambia. Seventeen or eighteen ethnic groups in this general area of Zambia comprise the Bemba-speaking peoples, and they form with the Bemba a closely related culture...
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: u.s. History Lessons: Immigration

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This personal site provides a list of links and lesson plans related to immigration up to the current time.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kanuri

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kanuri are the dominant ethnic group of Borno Province in northeastern Nigeria. They number over 3 million in Nigeria, about 500,000 in Niger, 100,000 in Chad, and 60,000 in Cameroon. They are called "Beri-beri" by the Hausa, but...
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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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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Zoroastrians

For Students 9th - 10th
The ethnic identity of this Iranian minority group is derived from their religion, Zoroastrianism. They constitute only 0.18 percent of the Iranian population. The term "Zoroastrian" is taken from the name of their prophet Zarathushtra...
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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.
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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.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

For Students 10th - 12th
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. In this novel about family connections and racial equality, Lily Owens and Rosaleen, Lily's housekeeper, run away to Tiburon, South...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Surprising Beginnings (Episode Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the first episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State") broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying how and when the Nazis...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Center: Feeding America

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital database of American cookbooks from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries provides insights into the social history of Americans across three centuries through a consideration of women's labor in the household,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nyamwezi and Sukuma

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nyamwezi and Sukuma are two closely related ethnic groups that live mostly in the region to the south of Lake Victoria in west-central Tanzania. Beliefs in a High God are widely held but involve no special cult. Belief in witchcraft...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...

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