Race, Gender and Human Behavior

You should have two FORMAL, typed lesson plans that include essential questions, objectives, all materials included, and activities. These s...

The issue of segregated and newly-integrated proms was a hot topic in our class and the subject is also getting some press in the national m...

Dear Juniors, Please come to your regularly scheduled block on Wednesday with 3-4 essential questions and a brainstorm list of possible acti...

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Hi Juniors! Please use the comment function to throw out some of your ideas for the final project. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Last week, the New York Times profiled the Montgomery County District in Georgia, that still holds segregated proms. Earlier in the course, ...

Choose TWO of the following. Be sure to read and respond to your classmates' comments. Many people in the play/movie express a personal ...

Answer one of the following. Please make sure to READ each other's comments and respond to them in your comments. 1.) Why do you think t...

Before we spend the next few classes talking about the struggle for gay and lesbian civil rights, I would like you to read an excerpt from E...

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Jenny Finney Boylan, The author of "She's Not There" wrote an op-ed in this Sunday's New York Times that addresses the que...

This is your assignment for MONDAY. Your participation on the blog will count as your attendance for class. To clarify, you do not need to g...

"She's Not There" is a remarkable memoir about Jennifer Finney Boylan's decision to change genders. For HW this weekend, ...

Please read Max Beck's " My Life as an Intersexua l" for homework tonight.  In your comments, I would like you focus on our c...

As you are becoming increasingly aware, Physical gender is not always just a matter of XX or XY, girl or boy. In approximately one out of ev...

Thank you for your thoughtful comments dealing with gender preferences in children. For tonight's discussion, we are going to shift to...

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Last May, National Public Radio reported on two stories about transgendered children. The reports were centered around the two families...

After we have finished viewing "Ma Vie En Rose", we will be having a discussion that will tie together both the themes of the film...

Please read "Baby X", the story that I distributed in class today. Please reflect on this story and what you have seen of "Ma...

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I hope everyone had a fun, restful, and relaxing break! I can't wait to hear all about it (and I will tell you about my lava-filled volc...

Your civil rights photography paper is due Tuesday, April 28th. Have a great break! I'll be here!

For my students under 17, please print out the permission slip below and have someone at home sign it so that you may participate in the vie...

1.post below 2. prepare 5 questions for Monday's graded discussion. have a good weekend!

Twilight: Los Angeles ends with the words of Twilight Bey, a young activist: So a lot of times when I've brought up ideas to my homeboys...

Twilight Los Angeles forces us to look at a situation from multiple perspectives. When have you been asked to see something from a perspecti...

This week, we are embarking on our study of Los Angeles in 1992. On class 2 of this week, we will begin viewing: "Twilight Los Angeles...

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This paper is due 4/14. Here is the Eyes on the Prize Photo Gallery . D and E, please print your photos and bring them in on Monday! RG Q4 ...

By the time he won the gold medal for boxing at the 1960 Olympics,Cassius Clay was already a larger-than-life figure. Clay was not only a gi...

The eyes of the nation were on Boston in the 1970's. Media coverage of the school segregation crisis was widespread. Cameras and journal...

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The civil rights movement is often examined and talked about as if it was only a Southern issue. Yet, the struggle for racial justice occurr...

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the landmark case, "Brown vs. the Board of Education", many scholars, writers, and educators...

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Is there something that you wish you added to today's conversation? Please reflect, do some research and tell me the one argument/case/c...

The film, "The Two Towns of Jasper" opens with Billy Rowles , the Jasper County sheriff and the local funeral directors explaining...

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Over the past week, we have seen some horrific images in our study of lynchings and the murder of Emmett Till . Looking at the images and p...

For those of your interested in the confession of the murderers of Emmett Till, it is available here. Let me know if you have questions!

To listen to Bob Dylan perform the song, please click here. The Death Of Emmett Till "Twas down in Mississ...

To view the calendar, click on the box on the upper right hand of the document below. RG 3-9 ...

As you saw today in "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow", terror and violence were used to sustain the Jim Crow system throughout its b...

This post is for Tuesday, because of the snow day. . . sorry for any confusion.  What do you wish was said today in class about race relatio...

Here is the link to the excerpt from Beverly Tatum Daniel's book, "Why are all the Black Kids sitting together in the cafeteria...

NY Times columnist Charles M. Blow explored the topic of implicit predjudice in his column on last Friday. This article and Blow's opini...

I hope everyone had a relaxing break. This is just a friendly reminder that we will be having our in-class essay on Monday and our discussio...

Remember to prepare for "The Color of Water" assessment and discussion. Relax and I will see you in a week!