Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Are We Really Racially Equal?

Name: Song Jeong

Content Area: Social Science

Grade Level: 11th

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

California content standard of 11.11 which aims for the students to analyze the major social problems and
domestic policy issues in contemporary American society to be responsible citizens of the future.
Big Ideas:
What is racism? How has racism changed over the years? In modern society, are we racially equal as the laws
institute?

Unit Goals and Objectives:

By the end of this unit, students will be able to critically think, explain, and analyze what racism is through
different assessments. Also, students will be able to create a timeline that shows how racism first began and
has changed over the years in the US. And lastly, students will be able to write an essay on how racism looks
like in modern society with the knowledge from previous lessons.

Unit Summary:
As described previously, this unit plan is for students to learn about what racism is within the context of
social studies. As a junior class, we shall look into different definitions of racism for clarity at first. With that
knowledge, we shall dissect how racism has changed over the years in the United States much more closely

with sharpened tools. For the purpose of this unit plan, we will write, read, discuss, create, and even do
presentations on the issue of racism to gain bigger scope of this particular social problem.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
Brainstorm: What makes racism a
social issue?

Lesson 1
Student
Learning
Objective:
Students will be
able to thoroughly
explain different
definitions of
racism. Also they
will have the
knowledge to
critically explain
what racism
looked like in the
colonial United

Formative:
1. Survey: Racism in early US
2. Flashcards: Different phases
of racism in the US
3. Quiz: How did racism
evolved over time in the US?
4. Timeline: Racism Timeline in
the US

Acceptable
Evidence:
Through the
lecture, students
will have
understandings on
different
definitions of
racism and how
racism looked in
the early US. With
the guide notes,
students will fill
out questions that

Instructional
Strategies:

Communicatio
n
Collection

Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Summative:
1. Research & presentation:
Racism in other nations
2. Essay: Analyzing racism in
todays culture

Lesson Activities:
Students will watch the Prezi lecture presentation
which covers the history of racism in the US.
While doing so, students are expected to answer
questions from the guided notes that are
provided.

States.

Lesson 2
Student
Learning
Objective:
To critically
identify and
analyze what
racism was and is
in modern days

Lesson 3
Student
Learning
Objective:
Students will have
understandings of
how racism is still
an issue in today's

meet the
objectives.
Therefore, the
objectives will be
met at last.
Acceptable
Evidence:
Students are
required to provide
written and
illustrations
regarding racism
in the past and
modern days.
Therefore, the
activities indicate
their
understandings for
critical thinking
skills.

Instructional
Strategies:

Communicatio
n
Collection

Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
Students will provide written and illustrations
regarding racism by answering questions from
webercise worksheet. The webercise covers
history of racism to modern days.

Acceptable
Evidence:
Students will
create a timeline
that lead up to
racism in todays
culture which is

Instructional
Strategies:

Communicatio
n
Collection

Lesson Activities:
Students will create a timeline that begins at
1600s and ends at 2000s. The timeline will be
composed of visual aids and highlight major
events regarding racism in the US.

society and
culture. They will
be able to explain
and write about
the topic.

racial profiling. In
addition, students
will be given time
to write an essay
about the issue in
modern days.

Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Unit Resources:
http://malcolmx.com/
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.understandingrace.org/history/history_trans.html
http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/anti-Chinese-persecution-in-the-USA-historytimeline.htm
http://clevelandsearch.com/Native-Americans.html
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/segregated-america.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/filmmore/reference/interview/washing_obstaclesfaced.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/racism-in-america/

Useful Websites:
https://www.popularresistance.org/deep-racism-the-forgotten-history-of-human-zoos/
http://www.history.com/interactives/black-history-timeline
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/links/racthen.htm
http://www.understandingrace.org/history/history_trans.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/18/ferguson-black-arrest-rates/19043207/