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A CLASS DIVIDED A DARING LESSON
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1968 third-grade students in Iowa
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1968 third-grade students in Iowa |
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This week we are going to deal with the idea of prejudice, discrimination and racism. For that purpose we are going to do some research, watch some videos and then discuss about the topic. The videos we are going to watch deal with black discrimination in the United States in 1970s. Therefore, the first thing we'll have to do will be to do some research about that time and that place. You will be working in teams and each team will have to surf the Internet to find out the information demanded. Click on the links on the right for information about Martin Luther King and find the answers to these five questions. QUESTIONS FOR GROUP A: (Martin Luther King) 1.- Who was Martin Luther King and why did he become famous? 2.- What is "I have a dream"? 3.- What achievement did MLK achieve in 1964? 4.- When and how did MLK die? 5.- What is Martin Luther King Day? QUESTIONS FOR GROUP B: (Civil Rights Movement) 1.- What was the Civil Rights Movement in US in the 1960s-70s? 2.- What were their demands? 3.- Who were their leaders? 4.- What was their way to protest? 5.- When did this movement end? QUESTIONS FOR GROUP C: (Census Report) 1.- What was the percentage of immigrants in the US in 1970? 2.- What is the percentage of immigrants at the moment? How many people are that? 3.- What was the percentage of immigrants in Spain in 1980? 4.- What is the percentage of immigrants at the moment? How many people are that? 5.- What 3 nationalities compose the most important part of immigrants in the US and in Spain? Are they the same? Now share your conclusions with the other groups |
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