Racial Discrimination

IES ICARIA Maria Rosa Batlle English Department

AN ETHICAL WORLD:

RACISM In this project you are going to:

Explore the concepts of race and racism Learn some historical events related with these topics Learn to write a biography Practice your oral skills Practice reading and writing

RACE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN RACISM. In pairs, answer these questions: 1-What is race? Write a definition

2-How many ethnics are humans divided in? What is the main geographical distribution of each racial group? 3-What are the characteristics of each race?

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, BELONGING TO A DIFFERENT RACE HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF DISCRIMINATION.THIS IS CALLED RACISM. 1-Find the definition of racism

2-Some historical mass crimes carried out in the name of racism include: -the extermination of Jews, gipsies and disabled people by the German Nazis in World War II -the racist regime of Apartheid in South Africa -the segregation laws for black people in the USA

Choose ONE historical event. Find information about it, with pictures if possible and write a power point presentation or poster. 3- ORAL :Tell the class the historical event you have studied.

FREEDOM FIGHTERS Some people who fought against racial discrimination were Rosa Parks, The Nine Children of Little Rock High, and Nelson Mandela. Find out information about them and prepare a biography. Include: -Biodata: (birthplace,date etc) -Achievements (what they achieved through their fight) USEFUL WEBSITES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0pro-1 http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/ http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Parks-Ro en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

www.youtube.com

WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1-Look around you: do you think that our social environment has racist attitudes? 2-Give examples of racial discrimination in everyday life.

3-Do you know someone (schoolmate, neighbour etc) who belongs to a different ethnical group ? Interview him/her. Write 4 questions to ask him or her and write the answers. 4-If a friend of yours suffered racial discrimination, what would you do to help him or her? 5-In your opinion, will society become more tolerant or more racist? ----------------------------------------------Suggested URLs

www.askjeeves.com

www.encarta.com

www.biography.com

www.yahoo.com www.britannica.com

www.seattletimes.com/mlk www.thekingcenter.com

www.midsouth.rr.com/civilrights/welcome

www.historychannel.com/speeches

MIND MAP: Draw a mind map with information about: Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King

EXTRA ACTIVITY: Read the biography of Martin Luther King and do the suggested activities.

EXTRA ACTIVITY: Americans say: “ROSA SAT, SO THAT MARTIN COULD MARCH SO THAT OBAMA COULD RUN” Barack Obama ran for president and he won with promises of change and his famous motto “Yes, we can”. 1- Explain the sentence above 2- Explain why it is so extraordinary that an African-American person has been elected President of the USA