Unit 3.3 Classwork: What is Race?

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.

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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."

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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, racism caused 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 EXCUSE 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.

Applying Knowledge: Why did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin in the first place? Let's find out what Africa was like before Europeans arrived to carve it up.

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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.

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Exit Ticket: What is the relationship between race, racism, and slavery?

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Race		Not A Real Thing
Slavery		An Effect of European Colonization
Racism		Used to justify the Atlantic System

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Exit Ticket: 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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Unit 3.3 Classwork: What is Race?

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

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

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

Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

Were you surprised by the answer to the previous question? Please explain why or why not.

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.

Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Back then, racism caused slavery.

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

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

Applying Knowledge: Why did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin in the first place? Let's find out what Africa was like before Europeans arrived to carve it up.

Exit Ticket: What is the relationship between race, racism, and slavery?

Exit Ticket: 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?

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?

How well did you understand today's lesson?

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

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

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

Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

Were you surprised by the answer to the previous question? Please explain why or why not.

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.

Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Back then, racism caused slavery.

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

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

Applying Knowledge: Why did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin in the first place? Let's find out what Africa was like before Europeans arrived to carve it up.

Which statement best expresses a central idea of the passage?

Exit Ticket: What is the relationship between race, racism, and slavery?

Exit Ticket: 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?

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?

How well did you understand today's lesson?

Which statement best expresses a central idea of the passage?

Unit 3.3 Classwork: What is Race?

Unit 3.3 Classwork: What is Race?

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

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

But first! Make a Prediction: Biologically speaking, which two people are of the same race?Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

Were you surprised by the answer to the previous question? Please explain why or why not.

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.

Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Back then, racism caused slavery.

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

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

Applying Knowledge: Why did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin in the first place? Let's find out what Africa was like before Europeans arrived to carve it up.

Exit Ticket: What is the relationship between race, racism, and slavery?

Exit Ticket: 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?

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?

How well did you understand today's lesson?

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

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

But first! Make a Prediction: Biologically speaking, which two people are of the same race?Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

Were you surprised by the answer to the previous question? Please explain why or why not.

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.

Based on your own experiences, label the following statement as true or false: Back then, racism caused slavery.

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

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

Applying Knowledge: Why did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin in the first place? Let's find out what Africa was like before Europeans arrived to carve it up.

Which statement best expresses a central idea of the passage?

Exit Ticket: What is the relationship between race, racism, and slavery?

Exit Ticket: 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?

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?

How well did you understand today's lesson?

Which statement best expresses a central idea of the passage?

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

Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

Exit Ticket: 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?

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

Explain your choice under "Show Your Work."

Exit Ticket: 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?