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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedic definition of discrimination, an examination of the many different types, and a discussion of different theories.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
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Other

Arts Connected: James Ensor's "Intrigue"

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only a picture of James Ensor's "Intrigue" but an analysis of the painting's depiction of racial prejudice as well. Vocabulary terms are included. Painting can be enlarged for better viewing. Discussion questions and a profile of the...
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Scottsboro, an American Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, designed in conjunction with the PBS film, explores the Scottsboro Boys trials. Content includes biographies, transcripts, maps, timelines, special features, and a teacher's guide.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Anti Filipino Sentiment of the Early 1900s

For Students 9th - 10th
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....
Article
Other

The History Teacher: Incarceration of the Japanese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A historical article in which a well known historian argues that given today's current political climate, what happened to the Japanese Americans in World War 2 could happen again.
Website
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Eugenics Archive: Eugenics Popularization

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Eslarp: Race Riot at East St. Louis, 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Website
PBS

Nova: Julian the Trailblazer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how chemist Percy Julian overcame prejudice and segregation to become one of the leading scientists of the 20th century. These NOVA documents show milestones in Julian's life and career.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Class Divided 3: An Interview With Jane Elliott

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Web-exclusive interview for FRONTLINE, Jane Elliott discusses her abiding sense that her lesson on bigotry is as necessary today as it was in 1968.
Activity
Friesian School

Fresian.com: Stereotypes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives an essay regarding various prejudices. Very informative and easy to understand.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" S. Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (17) reading passages (grades 5-11) to pair with "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" by Sharon Robinson. In Promises To Keep, Sharon Robinson, daughter of the baseball legend, shares memories of her famous...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Blink (Lesson Plans About Hate Crimes)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lesson plans about the nature of hate crimes can be found at this P.O.V. site. Students identify elements that make up a hate crime and try to determine what motivates those who commit them. They also analyze how hate crimes are...

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