Title: Six Classroom Activities to Spark Discussion of Racism and Privilege - ASCD Inservice
Headings: Six Classroom Activities to Spark Discussion of Racism and Privilege
Six Classroom Activities to Spark Discussion of Racism and Privilege
1. Bias Quiz
2. The Sneetches
3. Watch That Ad
4. Microaggression
5. Film Festival
6. Labels

Content: Incorporate race into your regular curriculum. Play off the news. Make your classroom a place that embraces challenging questions and diverse viewpoints in an environment of respect. Remember that your aim is not to convert or indoctrinate your students against racism, but to expand their minds with facts and new perspectives. Define prejudice and bias to include not only race, but also gender, religion, ethnicity, economic status, sexuality and many other categories that mark someone as an outsider. Here are six ways to help your students talk about race, privilege, and oppression. Some of the activities are geared for grade-schoolers, while others are suitable for more probing discussions among high school and college students. 1. Bias Quiz
The online Implicit test, developed by psychologists from Harvard, the University of Washington and the University of Virginia, uses timed questions to unearth unconscious attitudes toward minorities, the elderly, women and other groups. The quiz measures split-second reactions.