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Minority Report
Students examine race relations in Great Britain. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to understand the impact of immigration on the country as well as multiculturalism in the country.
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Mosaic America on Film: Fact Versus Fiction
Seventh graders define race, ethnic group, and culture. They identify the ways in which words are used in political cartoons and examine the way visual elements in a cartoon determine the meaning of words and enhance their impact. They...
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Home Away from Home
Young scholars explore ways that diverse populations impact cities by investigating local immigrant populations. They, in small groups, create 'immigration profiles' of the nationalities of immigrants reflected in their community's or...
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Modeling African American Scientist Ernest Just's Experiment on Parthenogenesis
A multicultural science instructional activity, students read a brief biography of Ernest Just and create a talk show in which they will perform an experiment after Just's work. With this instructional activity, students are taught to...
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Burial "Rights"
Students, after viewing several segments of the video, "Stories Under the Stones," discuss the pros/cons of separate burial areas for different groups of people. They analyze a series of documents regarding the burial policy of one...
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Why Do We Suffer From The Rights Of Others?
Learners examine how diversity within populations has caused problems. In groups, they develop their own definitions of racism and discrimination. They participate in role-plays in which they gather the appropriate techniques to deal...
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Genocide: Past & Present
Young scholars visit the Holocaust Musuem through an interactive program. They examine Hitler's Final Solution and where concentration camps were located. They analyze how the situations in Auschwitz are similiar to Darfur.
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Social Studies: Haitians in America
Students examine Haitian culture, including its discovery, colonization, and political and economic development. Role-playing in two ethnic groups, they caucus and develop strategies for the Haitian Revolution. In learning centers,...
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Our Place in Space
Third graders identify the different planets that make up the solar system. For this space science lesson, 3rd graders construct a scale model of the major planets. They explore their different unique features and dress up as planets.
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Teaching Tolerance
Students examine several case studies on multiracial individuals and the technology used to identify them by race and ethnicity. They present their findings to classmates.
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Politics: From Royalty to Democracy
Students explore forms of government in the Middle East. In this government systems lesson, students watch videos, listen to lectures, and explore websites regarding the forms of government in the Middle East
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What Shall We Remember on 11 November?
Students take a closer look at the proposed British Day. For this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to read Gordon Brown's proposal and examine British cultural symbols.
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I Hate All . . .
Students examine the concept of prejudice of human beings towards other human beings. They define prejudice and analyze the history of the word, read a U.N. Commission Report on prejudice, and examine textbooks for prejudice.
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African Americans and the Move West
Students examine the phases of westward migration in the United States during the 19th century focusing on the incentives that led many African Americans to make the move.
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Priorities and Power: Migrants and Voting
Middle schoolers examine the African-American migrants entry into the political process. They summarize their findings in a short essay.
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Yi Peoples--Sanctioning Taboo In China
High schoolers identify the minority and ethnic groups in China. Using the internet, they discover the types of languages spoken and research the policies in place to manage minorities. In groups, they role-play the different ethnic...
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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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Not the Stereotypical Immigrant?
Young scholars complete a Venn diagram comparing the stereotypes of modern African immigrants to those of other major immigrant groups in the U.S. They write an essay on their observations.
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Nervous Conditions
Pupils read Nervous Conditions and explore freedom and oppression. They discuss types of oppression and list examples of discrimination. They create collages or timelines about the novel. They research present day Zimbabwe and make a...
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English as an Additional Language: Topic Book 5 Prepositions
In this ESL prepositions worksheet, students respond to 5 matching questions, 12 drawing questions, and 55 short answer questions pertaining to colors, directions, and counting, and the location of items.
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English as an Additional Language: The Street
In this ESL street-related worksheet, students respond to 13 matching questions 4 short answer questions, and 4 fill in the blank questions pertaining to what one might encounter on a city street.
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Students Speak Out: A Discussion Activity
Learners read a collection of student essays addressing racism and racial disparities and discuss them. In this racism lesson plan, students discuss the essays and talk about their impact.
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South Asians in Canada: Unity through diversity
Ninth graders explore the elements of culture and their role in a multicultural society. In this World History lesson, 9th graders examine the concepts of diversity.
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The African-American Struggle for Equality in the World War II Era
Students respect and appreciate the challenges people faced during World War II. They develop the different perspectives on race during WWII. Students develop that the nation's actions may not exemplify a nation's stated ideals. Students...