*Understand how the narrative of racial difference was used to justify the systems of enslavement, racial terror lynching, and segregation, and how it continues to sustain racial injustice in our present crisis of mass incarceration
*View segments from True Justice to analyze the narrative of racial difference
*Use information and ideas from the Interview Archive and historical primary source documents to deepen understanding about each of these periods in our nation’s history
*Create a narrative map to summarize their understanding of the narrative of racial difference
Teacher Note: This lesson focuses on the evolution and consequences of the narrative of racial difference in the United States. For more information about the history itself, the Equal Justice Initiative has published multiple in-depth reports on slavery, racial terror lynching, and mass incarceration.
Materials: Equipment for viewing film clips and interview threads, and copies of all handouts from the "Resources" section as needed.
Length: One to two 50-minute class periods plus homework