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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Racism

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the term "racism" and how it impacted the rise of Nazism and World War II.
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Curated OER

History Matters: Walter White Considers the Causes of the 1919 Chicago Race Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by NAACP executive secretary, Walter White, discusses the eight reasons he saw for the Chicago Race Riots in July, 1919. He goes into great detail to support these causes.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Race and Ethnicity: Prejudice and Racism

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson looks at the functions of race and ethnicity in society.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Children in the Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Meet ordinary children of the past who inspire us even today. Step back in time to a United States full of racism and segregation. Students will explore the Civil Rights Movement and leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They'll see...
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Other

Slavery in the North: Exclusion of Blacks

For Students 9th - 10th
After emancipation, African Americans were granted rights, such as voting or sitting on a jury, in some Northern states. But often they were prevented from exercising these rights due to the deeply ingrained prejudices of whites.
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Friesian School

Fresian.com: Stereotypes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives an essay regarding various prejudices. Very informative and easy to understand.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Eugenics Archive: Eugenics Popularization

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how the idea of eugenics, based on poor science, became popular in the 1920s as a reaction against immigration and African Americans.

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