Lesson Plan

Word Origins

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Have you ever studied historical words and found that they were deeply rooted in racism or prejudice? Select a long list of these words to have your class examine. What familiar roots do they have? Do they know when this word originally came into popular speech? While not many examples are listed here, this resource does give some ideas of how to turn this lesson into a game. 

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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Lesson Plans
Instructional Strategy
Research
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