Watch and discuss Racial Profiling Debate Heats Up, from Fox News
Lesson Plan 1: Seeing Both Sides
Objective:
Students with opposing viewpoints on the topic of racial profiling will work together to complete questions about profiling.
Lesson Plan 2: Persuasive Essay
Objective:
Students will write a persuasive essay on profiling. “Should profiling be used in American airports?”
Lesson Plan 3: Marketing Profiling
Objective:
Students will create a commercial, bumper sticker and political cartoon expressing their position on profiling
21st Century Core Content
History
Government and Civics
Geography
21st Century Themes
Global Awareness
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
Civic Literacy
21st Century Skills
Think Creatively
Work Creatively With Others
Reason Effectively
Communicate Clearly
Analyze Media
Create Media Products
Interact Effectively with Others
Work Effectively in Diverse Teams
Additional Resources:
What’s Race Got To Do With It?, from Time.com
Racial Profiling in the Age of Terrorism, from Makkula Center for Applied Ethics
Clinton Says Arizona Immigration Law Invites Profiling, from Fox News
Does the Patriot Act Unfairly Target Minority Communities? Pros and Cons, from procon.org
Airport Security, Let’s Profile Muslims, from the Daily Beast
Additional Resources for Global Issues in Context Subscribers:
Arizona Immigration Law, from Religion and Ethics Weekly
Study Focuses on NYPD Racial Profiling, from News and Notes
Congressman Claims Racial Profiling, from Tell Me More
Profiling at Airports, from International Social Science Review
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