Dec. 14 - Is Race Real Activity

Use What is Race-The Power of an Illusion to help you answer the following questions.

Answer in bullets or complete sentences. Be prepared to discuss and defend your answers, and use specific references from the website.

1. What is race?
1. Click on all 10 links
2. Summarize the main points from this section

2. Sorting Activity
1. Try the activity. How did you do?
2. What conclusions can you draw from this activity?

3. Click on the Race Timeline
1. Click on “Explore the TimeLine
2. Read some of the events from each of the different timeframes from before 1787-2000.  
• Answer this  question:  How have ideas and understandings of race changed over time? How have different groups been affected by these changes?

4. Explore other sections of the site and answer the following questions
1. How have your understandings of race changed after navigating through this site? Explain what has changed and what has not changed.

Choose Your Own Identify - NY Times Article from Dec. 14, 2015 about a mom's dilemma in explaining his race to her son.