Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Race to the Moon
In 1955, the US and the USSR each announced plans to launch a satellite into orbit. Thus began the race to the moon. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the American space program and its new classes of astronauts achieved breakthroughs in...
University of California
History Project: Chicago Race Riot, 1919
This lesson for high school students explores the race riot in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Students are asked to explain the reasons for the riot and address the questions in the lesson. Included are excerpts from 26 primary source...
Other
University of Illinois: Gangs and the 1919 Chicago Race Riot
Features an article describing the history of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot and the crucial role that white gangs played in this riot, as told in the 1922 report of The Chicago Commission on Race Relations.
Curated OER
History Matters: "Says Lax Condidtions Caused Race Riots"
Read several articles from the Chicago Daily News on July 28, 1919, reporting on the various aspects of the Chicago race riots. One article, by Carl Sandburg, used sources from the black community.
Other
Tulsa Historical Society: The Tulsa Race Riot
A brief, but compelling description of the Tulsa Race Riot along with photographs showing the devastation of Black Tulsa as a result of the looting and burning by the white rioters.
A&E Television
History.com: The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre: How Fearmongering Led to Violence
In the center of downtown Atlanta, a handful of streets intersect, forming what locals know as Five Points. Today, a park, a university, high-rise buildings and throngs of motorists and pedestrians make this a bustling area, belying its...
PBS
Pbs: What Is the Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?
Experts give their views on the differences between race and ethnicity.
Black Past
Black Past: East St. Louis Race Riot: July 2, 1917
Encyclopedia entry that discusses the race riots in East St. Louis in 1917 that began when African American workers replaced white workers that had gone on strike in February and escalated to the violence that erupted in July.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Who Won the Space Race?
Jeff Steers describes the history and benefits of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. [4:47]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Race to Sequence the Human Genome
In 1990, The Human Genome Project proposed to sequence the entire human genome over 15 years with $3 billion of public funds. Then, seven years before its scheduled completion, a private company called Celera announced that they could...
Curated OER
History Matters: Recollection of 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
Walter White, who later became head of the NAACP, recalls witnessing the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots at age 13.
Northwestern University
Homicide in Chicago : 1919: The Race Riot
Find information about the race riots in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Read case details, causes of the riots, and photographs of the incidents.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Bike Race
Eighth graders are presented with the distance-time graphs of two bike riders in a race. They are to identify the winner and write a story describing what is happening during the race based on the shapes of the graphs. Aligns with 8.F.B.5.
Digital History
Digital History: Race
Read about the racial unrest in the turbulent times right after World War I when African Americans were moving north and black veterans were demanding their civil rights. Find out about the violent race riot in Tulsa in 1921, and the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.g Bird and Dog Race
In this race between a bird and a dog, 8th graders are provided with information about their starting locations on a map and their speeds. They are asked to predict a winner, draw the paths they might follow, decide how to determine who...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Tortoise and Hare Race
Step through the tortoise and hare race, based on Zeno's paradox, to learn about the multiplication of fractions and about convergence of an infinite sequence of numbers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Sequencing Race Begins
This video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at one of the key players in the race to decode the human genome.
Other
Grammarist: Ethnicity vs. Race
Explains the difference between race and ethnicity, giving examples.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Addition With Regrouping Math Racing Game
Race to a win with this math game where students have to do addition with regrouping.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Balance the Addition Equation Math Racing Game
Use your quick thinking and addition math skills to play this math racing game.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Space Race
Provides interesting facts and an overview of the Cold War Space Race (1957-1975), a competition in the exploration of space between the United States and the Soviet Union.
BBC
Bbc: Space Race
There are galaxies far, far away, but just how big is our own solar system? Scroll through this interactive to quickly observe just how much we know and have learned about our solar system.
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...
Northern Arizona University
Racing Against Time: Navajo Immersion Project
This is an anecdotal report on the state of Navajo language use today. It is a good source of information to increase the sensitivity of teachers of multicultural classes, including native Americans.
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