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Discouraging Prejudice in the Classroom
Students investigate at least two types of prejudice in the classroom and create a KWL chart. Students identify prejudice that they have witnessed and write a paragraph explaining how the situation could solve differently.
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The American Civil War: Segregation
Students examine the feelings associated with segregation and then act out a scene based on those feelings.
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Open Door, Closed Door: Discrimination in Immigration and Migration
Students select a nation and explore its immigration policies, both current and (where possible) in the past. Then, students add their information, either on a bulletin board chart or map, or a computer spreadsheet.
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Push and Pull Factors: Tug O' War
Young scholars define the concepts and create a list of push and pull factors after reading a narrative about migration. Each distinct factor be written up on index cards labeled "Push" or "Pull." students engage in a tug of war to...
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News Watch
Learners examine newspaper articles that deal with human rights issues, prejudice, ethnic wars, antisemitism, racism, and inequality.
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Campaigns For Economic Freedom
Students examine how racial discrimination affected the economic outlook for African Americans in the 20th century. They view primary source materials to examine two demonstrations, and analyze economic strategies of the mid- to- late...
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Anne Frank: Tiles - Discrimination Themes in Art Production
Students brainstorm a list of past or present acts of discrimination of which they are aware. They think about the feelings of the victims of these acts. They attempt to make a graphic visual of how those feelings might look.
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Prejudice Discussion
Students discuss ethical dilemmas in a cooperative setting, and compare today's social problems with those present during the rise of the Nazi party.
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Maniac Magee
Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.