Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Joel Chandler Harris
Creator of Uncle Remus and other African American folklore tales, journalist Joel Chandler Harris is featured as a revolutionary writer regarding oppression and prejudices. For more resources click the "Joel Chandler Harris Activities" tab.
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Plugger Publishing: Coming Together: Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Era
A collection of stories told by those who personally struggled through the 1960's Civil Rights Movement in the South. Forty of the thousands experienced hatred and prejudice speak out to share their experience.
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Asia/canada: Meeting of Cultures
Asians immigrants have had to battle hardship and prejudice to make new lives for themselves in Canada. That path is described here as well as the defining moments that politicized Chinese Canadians and acted as catalysts towards...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Behind Closed Doors: "Colorism" in the Caribbean by Michel Martin
In this interview, Michel Martin discusses Frances Robles's report on colorism in the Dominican Republic. Colorism is a form of prejudice based on the darkness of a person's skin color. Discrimination based on colorism often occurs...
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Three Speeches From Frederick Douglass
The actor Fred Morsell provides the text of three speeches given by the abolitionist Frederick Douglass: "The Church and Prejudice", "Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand", and "What the Black Man Wants".
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Richard Wright, a black boy living in the Jim Crow South, travels north in hopes of escaping the violence and prejudice that rules his childhood. Selected (8) reading passages (grades7-12) to pair with "Black Boy" by Richard Wright....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Fiction Can Change Reality
Reading and stories can be an escape from real life, a window into another world -- but have you ever considered how new fictional experiences might change your perspective on real, everyday life? From Pride and Prejudice to Harry...
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For Many, One: Kulturkampfen (Wars for Civilization) of the 1920s
A brief overview of the tumult and change happening in the United States in the 1920s. Read about the resurgance of the KKK, prejudice against immigrants, modernism for women, and evangelical Protestantism. Hyperlinks to a more detailed...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Asians of Africa
The Asian population of Africa is a small but significant minority. Whereas there have been Asians, primarily merchants, who lived on the east coast of Africa for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, a great influx of Asians came to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Anti Filipino Sentiment of the Early 1900s
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Filipino Americans faced racial prejudice and discrimination during the early 1900s. This anti-Asian racism is connected to U.S....
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Jane Austen Emma
This website provides the full text of Jane Austen's novel, "Emma." Also included is a brief paragraph with information on the novel's context, main characters, and major events.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Jane Austen Mansfield Park
At this website, read the full textr of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park." Novel's chapters are preceded by a brief paragraph introcuding the novel, its characters, and its major events.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Jane Austen Lady Susan
Here, read the full text of Jane Austen's epistolary novel, "Lady Susan." Included is a brief paragraph introducing the text and its major characters.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Spotlight on Muslim Identity [Pdf]
This downloadable booklet is a comprehensive teacher's guide you can use to help students' understand Muslims and their countries and cultures of origin. 100 pages include background information and teaching tips, activities and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Segregation
Steven Lawson, Professor of History at Rutgers, explores how racial segreagation changed from before the Civil War up to the 1950s and the differences in segregation between the North and the South. Students should understand the legacy...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience: Chinese Exclusion
This lesson plan is from a larger unit examining the Chinese immigrant experience in America in the 19th century. Students will examine actions that were taken to discriminate against the Chinese and exclude them from American society.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Eslarp: Race Riot at East St. Louis, 1917
This chapter from a book about East St. Louis relates the horror of the East St. Louis Massacre where maurading whites fired on African Americans and torched their homes. Read about the aftermath of the massacre and what happened to...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "Raisin in the Sun" Teacher Guide [Pdf]
"Raisin in the Sun" (screenplay) teacher guide includes in-depth introduction and synopsis. Also featured are tips for reading a screenplay. Masterfully explores themes, symbolism, and film techniques. Consists of 16 pages. This is a...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Eugenics Archive: Eugenics Popularization
This article explains how the idea of eugenics, based on poor science, became popular in the 1920s as a reaction against immigration and African Americans.
PBS
Pbs: Tolerance in Times of Trial
This lesson compares the treatment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II and the treatment of Arab-Americans after September 11th.
Other
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
This site is dedicated to the German memorial of the murdered Jewish people from the Holocaust. This site also offers information on other memorials dedicated to other persecuted groups throughout German history.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Little Blue and Little Yellow
This site on the book "Little Blue and Little Yellow" by Leo Lionni, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Democracy in America: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality
This unit embraces those individuals who have brought change to the United States in both social and political equality through a Video on Demand, activities, and other enlightening resources.
BBC
Bbc: Week of 6 9 14: Natural Hair Advocates Take on the Us Army
Recent changes to the regulations for women's hairstyles within the military have raised questions of bias against black women and their natural hair texture.
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