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Read Martin's Big Words
Students read Martin's Big Words. In this social studies lesson, students read and discuss the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bureau of Justice Statistics: Victim Characteristics: Race/ethnicity
Provides downloadable reports on rates and types of criminal activity in the United States in different years and regions. Includes data on crimes against various ethnic groups and races.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Ethnic Minorities
Scholastic gives a detailed and complete evaluation of ethnic minorities in relation to the United States. It explores migration patterns, demographics as well as minority identity and assimilation. Excellent and thorough investigation.
PBS
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Is race for real? Learn about what "race" really is and how society has shaped its own definition. See if you are able to identify people according to they way they view themselves and look at a timeline about how ideas of race has changed.
Stanford University
Gendered Innovations: Race & Ethnicity
Explains the definitions of race and ethnicity, and how the terms have been used. Also lists several problems with labeling people or groups as a particular race or ethnicity.
The Guardian
Guardian: Race v Ethnicity: Curious Case of Rachel Dolezal, Explained
Rachel Dolezal was an NAACP chapter president who was discovered to be white while claiming to be black. This article tells the story of her downfall, and looks at the possible motivations for her deceit. It discusses the controversy...
PBS
Pbs: What Is the Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?
Experts give their views on the differences between race and ethnicity.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Nutrition
Read the passage "Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Nutrition," and complete the related five-question quiz.
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Eeoc: Facts About Race/color Discrimination
This site contains U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission information about race discrimination.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fbi: Crime in the United States 2012: Table 43: Arrests by Race, 2012
Three tables of arrest statistics in the United States for 2012. The types of offenses committed are listed, and the ethnic information for the perpetrators. The first table shows all the data. The second one shows data for arrests of...
Live Science
Live Science: What Is the Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?
A brief explanation of the distinction between race and ethnicity.
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Grammarist: Ethnicity vs. Race
Explains the difference between race and ethnicity, giving examples.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Baseball, Race, and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases
Using primary documents as resources, students examine the connection between America's favorite pastime, baseball, and race.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Megan Asaka, "Unsettled City: Migration, Race, and Seattle"
Megan Asaka's current book, "Unsettled City: Migration, Race, and the Making of Seattle's Urban Landscape," explores the role of mobile populations in shaping urban regions through a case study of late nineteenth and early...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Race and Ethnicity: Prejudice and Racism
This lesson looks at the functions of race and ethnicity in society.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Whose Streets?: Lesson Plan Clips
This instructional activity provides a framework for critical analysis of current and historic race relations in America through the lens of the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., a young unarmed black man, by white police officer...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media
Contains plans for five lessons that teach learners how to recognize and avoid stereotyping in media. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Black and White"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson plan includes making students aware of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in a positive way. Good resource.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wide Angle: Complications of Identity
Wide Angle video tells the story of two identical twins, one of whom was classified as white and the other as black, highlighting the difficulty in defining race in Brazilian society. [2:53]
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Philip D. Erenrich, "Bring in the Gypsies: A Case Study in Race and u.s."
This article focuses on an article in July 1909 New York City newspapers reporting the immigration and immediate deportation of a family consisting of 24 Gypsies.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
An online exhibit that displays many artifacts and documents relating to the medical experiments done to European Jews by the Nazis.
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The Human Right to Freedom From Discrimination
This site discusses the "human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or other opinion, age, or any other status,...
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Texas Population Growth, Projections, and Implications [Pdf]
A report analyzing the population changes that have occurred in Texas since the middle of the 20th century, and the expected projections for the future. It breaks the numbers down by race and ethnicity to show that Hispanics will...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Social Inequality: Sociology
Comprehensive learning module on social inequality. Course examines inequality of race, gender, ethnicity and age. Students navigate through informational text, activities, assignments, review and assessment. Links to further reading and...
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