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Room 167: To This Day Project - Shane Koyczan

https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map http://www.tolerance.org/activity/history-other-hate-symbols http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-20-fall-2001/feature/rhetoric-hate http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/hate-crimes-legislation-middle-grades Students: Answer questions 2c and 3 (from Social Studies/Math) Shepard-Byrd Act: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/hate_crimes/shepard-byrd-act-brochure, Table 1: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2013/tables/1tabledatadecpdf/table_1_incidents_offenses_victims_and_known_offenders_by_bias_motivation_2013.xls Jurisdiction: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2013/tables/12tabledatadecpdf/table_12_agency_hate_crime_reporting_by_state_2013.xls Victims: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2013/topic-pages/victims/victims_final

Room 167: Majority and Minority Groups (Notes) : Majority Groups generally: - have an attitude they are superior to minority groups -believe minority groups are different or "alien&q...

Room 167: Banned Books Timeline : Banned Books Timeline Interactive

Room 167: Prejudice & Discrimination: Crash Course Psycholog...

Room 167: Ted-Talk (Tony Robbins) : https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do#t-1094976 What does Tony Robbins mean when he says “emotion is the force of...

Room 167: Life Skills: Prezi Project : Create a prezi account if you don't already have one. It will only take about a minute. Choose a template.  Create your frames and ...

Monday: 1st period: Civil Rights History -Assessing Life Experiences Lecture Majority/Minority -Diversity Toss Activity Tuesday: Lecture Effects of Discrimination and Examples in History White Privilege Exercise Wednesday: Divide the class into 3 groups, each group taking turns to complete each activity: Please tell the kids to check their school email for links. (For kids completing the online activities) Racial Profiling Worksheet http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/racial-profiling Implicit Bias Test Race-Sorting Activity http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm Thursday: Lecture Racism (Then and Now) Cultural, Individual, Institutional What Would You Do? http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/john-quinones-undercover-racial-profiling-scenario-arizona/story?id=12822374 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDanZpek5iM 2nd period: Student Assistant/Prep Life Skills (Kids are working on this course independently. I email students their assignments....

https://studentwellness.unc.edu/resources/health-programming-guide/cultural-competency/cultural-competency-activity-unpacking https://people.creighton.edu/~idc24708/Genes/Diversity/Privilege%20Exercise.htm

http://www.npr.org/2014/09/24/350881667/too-graphic-2014-banned-books-week-celebrates-challenged-comics 1. Which book has topped the banned books list the past two years? 2. Why does the author think his book has been challenged? http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2010/10/01/130266322/banned-books-week-google-map Has there been any book challenges in Wisconsin? If so, where? Why? https://www.ila.org/initiatives/banned-books-week/books-challenged-or-banned-in-2014-2015 3. List five reasons The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian has been challenged? 4.  Several of John Green's books have been challenged in recent years. Which ones were on the list? 5.  List three reasons his books have been challenged. 6.  Are any of Green's books in our classroom? If so, which ones? 7.  Are any of Green's books in the RVHS library? Is so, which ones? 8.  Why was the children's book, And Tango Makes Three challenged? 9.  Why was Th...

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"First Reaction Questions" to the film: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/divided/postviewing.html#privilege Randomly assign questions. Each student is responsible for four questions. At the end of the film, we will share answers.

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/a-measure-of-happiness/?_r=0 To complete this assignment you will need your copy of the happiness survey you completed last week. First read the NYT and as a group we will answer the focus questions. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20051006thursday.html Working with a partner, develop seven questions you will use as part of an email survey on happiness in the community. You must email your questions to five people. One must be a staff member and only one of the five people you select can be a classmate. I will give you a handout with seven topics (each with sub-topics and example questions) you may use as a reference when you write your questions. Answer the "Further Questions for Discussion" questions individually. Discuss as a group. Under "Extension Activities," answer question #3. Working in groups of two or three, you will answer three questions. On a large sheet of paper, mak...

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http://learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/#intv_5_launch Select "Curating an Exhibit" Share your final "product" with me when you finish. This will count as a culminating activity for this class.

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