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PBS Lesson: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/history/dream2_8-20.html

Observations from the documentary: Central is still segregated. How so? What is life like for the majority of African American students who attend Central? What is life like for the majority of White students who attend Central? How far have we come? Problems discussed in film: Black on Black crime Poverty Drugs High Dropout Rate Reminders of how far we have to go....look at the poverty surrounding Central High School. Discuss the symbolism of the statues on the state capital grounds. Roots of the problem are...?

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The Slums of Mumbai: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2009/04/india_plans_to_level_slum_of_s.html Lessons, Discussion Questions, Viewers Guide (PBS): http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/lessonplans/rwanda/procedures.html Questions for students to consider aftr watching "Hotel Rwanda": 1.Why do you think people are willing to commit the barbaric acts seen in Rwanda and in other genocides? 2.Why do you think people who were fundamentally good and decent cross the line into behavior that was profoundly wrong? 3.In situations of conflict, people can be classified as perpetrators, rescuers, bystanders and victims. It is estimated that generally the category of bystanders contains far more than all the other categories combined. Why is the bystander category so large? Reference the "Holocaust Triangle" attached to this lesson plan. It is estimated that during the Holocaust, some 85 percent of non-Jewish Europeans were bystanders, 10 percent per...

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." Martin Luther King, Jr. "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle." Martin Luther King Jr. "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." Martin Luther King, Jr. "The time is always right to do what is right. " Martin Luther King, Jr. He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. Martin Luther King, Jr. History will ...

U.S. History Lecture: Brown v. Board of Education Segregation - our nation's caste system (keeping the races separate - denying access to African Americans) The Brown decision would test the validity of the law - law that existed for decades ( Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896) It was essential the Supreme Court decide the case unanimously, anything less would appear weak - considering the controversial nature of the issue, unanimity was key - the Court could not give the appearance of division The reasoning: Segregation in public education was a violation of the 14 th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause Many people viewed schools as the ticket to advancement - segregated schools would have a detrimental effect on Black children - sense of inferiority has an effect on a child's ability to learn "... to separate them from others of similar age and qualifications because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may ...