Unit 1, Day 1-2 Classwork: Race & Racism

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Note from the author:

Content Objective: I will be able to determine the historical roots of race and racism.
Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated central ideas or themes in text.

Warm Up: Please label the following statements as true or false as true or false the following questions based on your own experiences.

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to determine the historical roots of race and racism.
Standard Objective: I will be able to identify explicitly stated central ideas or themes in text.

Warm Up: Please label the following statements as true or false as true or false the following questions based on your own experiences.

Race is a real biological part of humanity.

Humans invented the idea of race only a few hundred years ago.

Racism is very real and extremely powerful.

Racism has been a major problem in the USA since the very beginning.

American slavery is caused by ignorance and racism.

Racism is natural. Humans need to be educated so they lose their natural racism.

Building Knowledge Together: Use the following table to take notes. Bullet-points are okay and encouraged!

Review: Why did African kings and merchants sell other African people to Europeans?

Review: What was one effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

What do you notice about the diagram on the left?

What do you wonder about the diagram on the left?

The refers to the trans-Atlantic sea voyage that brought branded and bound slaves to the New World during the Atlantic Slave Trade, also referred to as the triange trade.

On the Middle Passage, death rates ran as high as ______, and captives were packed tightly into small corridors. For over 300 years, the “African Diaspora” scattered nearly 12 million slaves.

Make a Prediction: Biologically speaking, which two people are of the same race?

Were you surprised by the answer to #14? Explain.

It can be reasonably inferred that while Europe was suffering from plague, famine, and political unrest, Africa was

Mansa Musa helped turn the city of Timbuktu into

Make A Prediction: What do you think will happen as a result of Zurara's writing?

Exit Ticket: Why does slavery cause racism and not the other way around?

If you have any thoughts or questions about today's lesson or what we will learn about in Unit 1: Collision of Worlds (1453-1763), please drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how much you enjoyed today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4 [circle one]:

Unit 1, Day 1-2 Classwork: Race & Racism

Race is a real biological part of humanity.

Humans invented the idea of race only a few hundred years ago.

Racism is very real and extremely powerful.

Racism has been a major problem in the USA since the very beginning.

American slavery is caused by ignorance and racism.

Racism is natural. Humans need to be educated so they lose their natural racism.

Building Knowledge Together: Use the following table to take notes. Bullet-points are okay and encouraged!

Review: Why did African kings and merchants sell other African people to Europeans?

Review: What was one effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

What do you notice about the diagram on the left?

What do you wonder about the diagram on the left?

The ________________ ________________ refers to the trans-Atlantic sea voyage that brought branded and bound slaves to the New World during the Atlantic Slave Trade, also referred to as the triange trade.

On the Middle Passage, death rates ran as high as ______, and captives were packed tightly into small corridors. For over 300 years, the “African Diaspora” scattered nearly 12 million slaves.

Make a Prediction: Biologically speaking, which two people are of the same race?

Were you surprised by the answer to #14? Explain.

It can be reasonably inferred that while Europe was suffering from plague, famine, and political unrest, Africa was

Mansa Musa helped turn the city of Timbuktu into

Make A Prediction: What do you think will happen as a result of Zurara's writing?

Exit Ticket: Why does slavery cause racism and not the other way around?If you have any thoughts or questions about today's lesson or what we will learn about in Unit 1: Collision of Worlds (1453-1763), please drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how much you enjoyed today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4 [circle one]:

The refers to the trans-Atlantic sea voyage that brought branded and bound slaves to the New World during the Atlantic Slave Trade, also referred to as the triange trade.

Exit Ticket: Why does slavery cause racism and not the other way around?

If you have any thoughts or questions about today's lesson or what we will learn about in Unit 1: Collision of Worlds (1453-1763), please drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.