January
31
ELA B10: Jan 31 Individual questions / Racial assumptions…
- Students read through questions focusing on the two topics of Inequalities and Racial Tensions. They considered these individually and wrote their responses in their books.
- We discussed the difference between prejudice (the beliefs) and discrimination (the act). We also differentiated between subtle and overt acts of discrimination. We had a bit of a talk about racism, that it is not only Caucasian people who can be racist and also that not all people may be aware that they have biased opinions about their world.
- We read together a story called “After You, Dear Alphonse” and the students picked out right away the assumptions the mother in the story makes about Boyd’s family.
- We were going to end the class with a quick view of scenes from an important movie titled Mississippi Burning that is based on real events of extreme racism in Southern USA. The bell interupted us but we will continue tomorrow.