Lessons

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  Groups We Belong To

  K-2  |  Hands-On
  In this lesson, students will begin to think about and identify different kinds of groups.
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  Group Rules and Expectations

  3-5  |  Hands-On
  This lesson helps students better recognize and understand how groups influence the behavior of their members through rules and expectations.
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  The Illusion of Race

  6-8  |  Interactive
  The goal of this lesson is to have students investigate both genetic and societal consequences of these often-artificial and evolving classifications.
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  Sun, Natural Selection, and Skin Color

  6-8  
  In this lesson, students explore how the sun’s intensity at different latitudes has contributed to variations in human skin color.
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  Understanding Stereotypes

  6-8  
  In this lesson, students will confront age-related stereotypes, explore how stereotyping impacts their lives, and discuss how they can make changes to reduce overgeneralizations, unfair assumptions, and uncritical judgments about groups.
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  Belonging to a Group

  9-12  
  In this lesson, students will look at group behaviors, dynamics, and purpose.
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  Genetic Variation within the One Human Race

  9-12  |  Interactive
  Through this lesson, students will understand the pattern of genetic variation among humans.
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  Race and Genes

  9-12  
  Visible traits of the human phenotype associated with specific "races" are influenced by a common set of genes all humans share—the genome—and environmental interactions. Culture determines how they are perceived.
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  Social Class, Social Change, and Poverty

  9-12  |  Video
  In this lesson, students can begin to explore poverty and its implications on society and future generations.
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  Variation in Human Skin Color

  9-12  
  In this lesson, students explore the factors that control variation in human skin color and the implications of this information for human society.

Tools

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  Race: Are We So Different?

  6-12  |  Video
  A project of the American Anthropological Association, Race: Are We So Different? looks at human variation and what it means to be a human being.
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  Thinking About Segregation and Integration

  9-12  |  Website
  In this resource, use a computer model to investigate how people tend to cluster into groups of similar people.

Science Updates

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  Race and Achievement

  6-12  |  Audio
  In this Science Update, find out about a stunningly simple intervention that may make a big difference in academic achievement between racial groups.

Collections

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  Black History Month

  K-12  
  Science NetLinks and AAAS have developed a number of resources that will help you honor the achievements and scientific work of African Americans.