[RSCT] Lesson plans in response to racist bakery in NYC

[bree]

Beat it!  Defeat it!   Racist Cookies - We Won’t Eat It!

On Thursday, January 17th, Fox 5 News in New York City reported a  
story about a baker in Greenwich Village who was selling “Drunken  
Negro Head” cookies, yes, you read correctly, which he claimed to have  
created “in honor of President Obama”.  http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/090122_Racist_Cookies_in_Honor_of_Barack_Obama 
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In response, the seniors in the Undergraduate Childhood Teacher  
Education Program at New York University brainstormed the following  
units and lesson plans that can be used in elementary school  
classrooms.  There are 6 week-long units, and 4 of them have one  
individual lesson plan that goes with it. While this incident happened  
in NYC, most of the lessons could be used elsewhere.

The class also protested at the bakery and encourages others to do the  
same.  Video of the protest can be seen here:  http://www.vimeo.com/3099047 
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la3RXoS62kY


Questions or comments?  Contact bree at nyu.edu

If you use any of the lessons, we would love to hear from you.



  
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