Lesson Plans & Resources: Lessons for Today

Building Bridges: Ending Arab American Discrimination

From the Social Studies School Service http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@S7QEJ1DkVZVt6/Pages/bridges.html

This lesson is a way for students to relate current events to the Japanese American Internment. The Teacher Page has an outline of the lesson and activity suggestions.

Student Worksheet
http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@oaMUFh8sXxzZM/Pages/bridges1.html
This reproducible worksheet comes with references to three articles. Unfortunately, two of the articles are no longer available online. Some alternative articles are offered below:

Worksheet Articles:

Article 1: September 21, 2001
“Anti-Arab Hate Crimes, Discrimination Continue”
From the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Article 2: September 13, 2001
“Justice Department Joins with Arab Americans to Combat Hate Crimes”
From the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Article 3: October 19, 2001
“It’s Time to Build Bridges”
From the Detroit Free Press

Additional Reading:

“We Must Stand Up For The Innocent While Demanding Justice”
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/purcell.html
From the Santa Clara University Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

“An Arab American Internment?”
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/News/911muller.html
From the University of Chicago Press

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