Whiteness as a Racial Identity

Essential Question

Have you ever considered White as a racial identity?
What is the difference between feeling proud and feeling superior?
How do we remain true to ourselves as we move in and out of different communities, cultures and contexts?
What part do culture and history play in the formation of our individual and collective identities?
What part do culture and history play in the formation of our individual and collective identities?

Texts

Why Talk About Whiteness?

We can't talk about racism without it.

Issue 53, Summer 2016

Informational

Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)

The announcement on November 20, 1969 from 89 American Indians – mostly students from colleges and universities – that they were taking over Alcatraz Island, set in motion what would become the longest occupation of a federal facility by Native Americans to date. This report aired a year later on NBC News, in December 1970, six months before the occupation ended.

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Community Bulletin Board

Students showcase artwork and nonfiction writing that addresses issues they found in the text. The result is a visual, collaborative and creative representation of student learning and ideas. An alternative to the bulletin board is a community newsletter.

Grade Level

K-2

July 13, 2014

Plan Built By

tdaddario

Whiteness as a Racial Identity

Why Talk About Whiteness?

Proclamation: To the Great White Father (November, 1969)

Four Perspectives

Community Bulletin Board

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