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Period 2, Day 1 Classwork: Race, Slavery, and Colonization

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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.

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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.

Absent? Just want to review the notes? Click here for the slides.

Warm Up: Please answer the following questions based on your understanding of last night’s EdPuzzle.

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One interesting historical fact I learned is…

If you didn't do the EdPuzzle, come back to this question by the end of the lesson.
If you have any questions from the EdPuzzle, drop them under "Show Your Work."

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Please rate how well you understood the EdPuzzle on a scale from 1 to 4

Building Knowledge Together: Today we are going to learn from one another by doing a 4 Corners activity.

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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Race is a real biological part of humanity

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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Humans invented the idea of race only a few hundred years ago.

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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Racism is very real and extremely powerful.

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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Racism has been a major problem in the USA since the very beginning.

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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: The ignorance of American racism caused the evils of slavery.

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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Racism is a natural part of human ignorance. Humans need to be educated so they lose their natural racism.

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4 Corners Reflection: Please finish the following two sentences.
  • Before the activity, I thought...
  • After the activity, I thought...

Applying Knowledge: Let's find out how slavery originated from colonization and not the other way around!

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

Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

  • A
  • C
  • B
  • D
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Were you surprised by the answer to #11? Explain.

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Which statement best expresses a central idea of the passage?

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By 1444, the Portuguese brought _______ people from Africa to work on their sugar plantations off the coast of Morocco. The slave trade then expanded across the Atlantic Ocean as the _______ , Dutch, and _______ all followed the Portuguese in enslaving African people to support their _______ , which had an ever-increasing demand for free labor.

Exit Ticket: Please answer the following question in complete sentences based on today’s key takeaways.

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What is the relationship between race, racism, slavery, and colonization?

  • Slavery
  • Racism
  • Race
  • Colonization
  • Not a real thing
  • Came second [Effect]
  • Used to justify the Atlantic System
  • Came First [Cause]
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Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4 [circle one]: