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Confronting Racism

By jbossio
Grade Level
9-12
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LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How do our various group identities shape us as individuals?
  • What part do culture and history play in the formation of our individual and collective identities?
  • How do our intersecting identities shape our perspectives and the way we experience the world?
  • What is the difference between feeling proud and feeling superior?
  • How do we remain true to ourselves as we move in and out of different communities, cultures and contexts?
  • How do power and privilege change the way we express and present ourselves?
  • What privilege do people have based on their identity?
  • How could one person’s identity threaten another person’s rights?
  • How does struggle help define who we are?
  • How do our similarities and differences impact the relationships we have with people inside and outside our own identity groups?
Texts
Informational

Rebel Yells

Like many schools being called on to reconsider their mascot, the University of Mississippi convenes a student-run committee to find a replacement for theirs—a Confederate soldier.
by
Robbie Brown
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 5, 2014
Literature

Saffron Dreams

Although her husband died in the September 11 attack, Arissa is targeted for being Muslim. In this excerpt, she is held up by a group of men who berate her and threaten to kill her until they realize she is pregnant.
by
Shaila Abdullah
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Religion
Social Justice Domain
Identity Justice
July 7, 2014
Informational

The Communist Manifesto

This excerpt from the first chapter of The Communist Manifesto establishes the dichotomy between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, which is merely a new relationship of oppressor vs. oppressed in the history of class struggles, as Marx and Engels argue that all societies have had these kinds of contending classes.
by
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Economics
Topic
Class
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
January 5, 2015
Informational

Race Riots

In this essay, the author gives a short history of race riots, showing how they were originally organized by whites in an effort to show dominance over African Americans, particularly in the South.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Justice
June 20, 2016
Informational

Blankets for the Dead

In 1830, the government began systematically removing all Native Americans from the Eastern United States. The removal of Cherokees from Georgia in 1838 has become known as the Trail of Tears. But there were, in fact, many such trails, as the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Seminoles and other tribes were forced to abandon their homelands.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
August 22, 2016
Informational

Una Vida de Esperanza

In this interview, Luis Rodriguez describes how the systemic demoralization he faced in school and society at a young age drove him to join a street gang and how writing his book, Always Running, was an attempt to call his son and other young people in similar situations to change their lives.
by
Luis Rodriguez and Sara Bullard
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration Bullying & Bias
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
June 20, 2016
Informational

The Power of Language

In this essay, the author identifies vague terminology used by the United States government during World War II to describe their actions toward Japanese Americans and outlines terms that would more appropriately describe the government's actions.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice
April 28, 2016
Visual

Hunger

In this cartoon, people of all sexes, ages, shapes and sizes are lined up outside the Gospel Mission, waiting for food. A mother in line remarks that they donated to this Mission just last year, inciting the feeling that circumstances can quickly change.
by
David Fitzsimmons
Grade Level
3-5 6-8 9-12
Subject
Economics
Topic
Class
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice
July 9, 2014
Informational

Insult or Honor?

Are American Indian names, mascots and logos insulting or honorable? Veronica Majerol outlines the debate, citing evidence from local high school students, the N.C.A.A, and a founder of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and the Media.
by
Veronica Majerol
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
January 21, 2016
Informational

A Very Special Delivery

'Henry Brown left Richmond, Va. a slave and arrived in Philadelphia—in a freight box—a free man. Abolitionists who cheered Brown's 27-hour journey to freedom chose not to publicize it, fearing that others following in his path would be in danger.
by
Alison Leigh Cowan
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Justice
July 5, 2014
Visual

Crazy Versus Eccentric

In this ironic cartoon, the same man is depicted twice—once with tattered clothing and unkept body hair as a poor man and a second time in a suit with a clean-cut image as a rich man. As a poor man, he's regarded as crazy, but as a rich man, he's eccentric.
by
Andy Singer
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Topic
Class
Social Justice Domain
Justice
July 2, 2014
Informational

Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt was a pioneer in women’s empowerment and grassroots development. In addition to establishing the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India, Bhatt also founded India’s first women’s bank, Cooperative Bank of SEWA, and served as a member of the Parliament of India from 1986 to1989.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Economics
Topic
Class Gender & Sexual Identity
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
August 7, 2017
Informational

This Land is Ours

“The Ponca’s challenge of the U.S. government marked a turning point on the long path of Indian resistance. Increasingly, after Standing Bear v. Cook, the fight for Native rights would shift from the battlefields to the courtrooms of the growing nation.”
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Subject
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
August 9, 2017
Informational

Freedom's Main Line

One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city’s black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.
by
Maria Fleming
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
December 6, 2017
Literature

(A)wake

In this poem, the speaker traces the senseless killings taking place abroad and at home, with a particular focus on the African-American community. The speaker also calls communities to action to "grow our hope and heal our hearts" in order to live together in peace.
by
Jessica Kobe
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Religion Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
September 26, 2016
Informational

A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Economics
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Immigration Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
August 22, 2016
Informational

An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America

Henry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and newspaper editor. Garnet delivered “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America” at the National Negro Convention in Buffalo, N.Y., on Aug. 16, 1843.
by
Henry Highland Garnet
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Religion Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Diversity Justice Action
July 2, 2014
Informational

Executive Order 10730

In early September 1957, nine African-American students faced a violent mob when they attempted to enter the newly desegregated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed this executive order on September 23, 1957 to enforce an orderly desegregation.
by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
Civics
History
Geography
Topic
Civil Rights Movement Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 4, 2014
Literature

An Angry Black Woman on the Subject of the Angry White Man

Jordan's poem takes on an sarcastic tone as she describes the duties, punishments, emotions and false promises endured by African Americans since slavery in response to Bill Clinton's description of affirmative action as "a psychologically difficult time for the so-called angry White man."
by
June Jordan
Grade Level
9-12
Subject
History
Economics
Topic
Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism
Social Justice Domain
Justice Action
July 7, 2014
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