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[In Class Work] What is Race?

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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.
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.

Building Knowledge Together: Today we are going to discuss different true/false statements, and learn how they connect to race and racism.

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

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But first! 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 the previous question? Please explain why or why not.

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The answer to the previous true/false statement is _______ EXPLANATION: Racial _______ didn't always exist. Of course, there were always people in different parts of the world who had some _______ in common, but they weren't forced into rigid _______ . Discrimination and _______ existed, but they were based on _______ , not so-called scientific racial distinctions.
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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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The answer to the previous statement is _______ EXPLANATION: Racism is _______ natural at all! The idea of “race” is actually new in world history. The idea _______ until the _______ when it appeared in a French dictionary for the first time. Race is not a natural biological fact, instead it was _______ in human society.
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Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Back then, race justified slavery.

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The answer to the previous statement is _______ EXPLANATION: Slavery _______ to the idea of race. If "whites" were in their _______ — with innate (undeniable) differences backed by science — then that category could be deemed _______ . As a result, they could _______ their own rights and freedoms while enslaving, excluding, and mistreating people who had been placed in _______ racial categories.

RACE IS A MANMADE STRATEGY TO JUSTIFY TREATING SOME PEOPLE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

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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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The answer to the previous statement is _______ EXPLANATION: We know this from what we’ve seen and/or experienced in our lives, especially these past few years.
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Have you ever experienced racism in your life before? What happened and how did it make you feel? If not, what is an act of racism that you have seen or heard about?

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So what does all this have to do with the Atlantic Slave Trade? We will continue learning more about this tomorrow, but for now, do you have any questions about today's lesson that you'd like answered?

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How well did you understand the concepts talked about in today's lesson?