Privilege & Oppression Unit - Slides, Activities, Handouts - High School Lessons
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Compelling and Timely — These versatile units on Privilege and Oppression, Bias and the Single Story, and Intolerance vs. Allyship provide frameworks for understanding social justice. The lessons are LOW PREP (print and go). Each unit includes plans, slides with engaging activities, PDF worksheets,Price $38.40Original Price $51.00Save $12.60
Relevant and versatile—provides interactive social justice lessons that help students understand complex topics. Comprehensive thematic units include Race and Anti-Racism, Social Class and Stratification, Gender and Sexual Orientation, Privilege and Oppression, Bias and the Single Story, and IntolerPrice $99.75Original Price $137.50Save $37.75
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This comprehensive unit on Privilege and Oppression explains timely content in a step-by-step manner that helps students understand complex concepts. The materials are LOW PREP (print and go). They include plans, slides with engaging activities, PDF worksheets, and assessments. This is a High School resource that can be used for digital learning. These versatile lessons can be used in multiple courses such as English, History, Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Government, and Economics.
Concepts addressed in this resource include: privilege, intersectionality, agent/dominant identities, target/subordinate identities, agency, discrimination, social power, oppression, ideological oppression, institutional oppression, interpersonal oppression, and internal oppression.
The thematic unit provides analysis tools that you can pair with literature in ELA or topics in Social Studies. For example, the resource can be used to provide a framework for reading autobiographies in English, or for understanding civil rights in History.
The resource includes:
- A PowerPoint with 71 slides and multiple activities (plus 7 bonus “Race and Anti-Racism” preview slides)
- An extensive guide with easy, step-by-step directions that includes objectives, essential questions, and standards
- A handout of terms and definitions in editable Word and PDF versions
- A multiple-choice test (with a key) in editable Word, PDF, and Easel versions
- Guided Reading Notes (with a key) for the article “Oppression” by Marilyn Frye
- A “Four Corners Mini-Debate” activity about solutions for inequality
- A “Draw It” activity about the 4 I’s of Oppression
- Close Watching: Video Response Notes
- A reflection in which students discuss the influence of aspects of privilege and oppression
*For copyright reasons, the materials in this resource are NOT editable with the exception of specific components that are labeled as editable. You ARE able to insert text boxes and images on slides, rearrange them, and add your own.*
The slides can be imported into Google Slides, Nearpod, or Pear Deck to enhance online learning and/or to add activities such as discussions and polls.
Directions are clear and concise, and the resource includes graphic organizers to help you serve students with special needs. The multiple-choice test is editable to allow you to differentiate the assessment.
IMPORTANT NOTE: While teaching online during the pandemic, I began to utilize short video clips for instruction. They were particularly impactful when addressing social justice issues due to their visceral nature. Because of their effectiveness, I have incorporated them into my curriculum, so this resource includes links to short videos. I suggest that you consider your ability to show videos to students when making a decision about purchasing this resource.
Save money! This lesson can be purchased as part of a bundle that includes Privilege & Oppression, Bias & the Single Story, and Intolerance v. Allyship.
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OBJECTIVES
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
- Articulate the meaning of privilege (Section 1)
- Provide examples of intersectionality (Section 1)
- Describe and discuss the relationship between agent/dominant identities and target/subordinate identities (Section 1)
- Evaluate the concepts of equality, equity, justice, and agency (Section 1)
- Summarize the “Four I’s of Oppression”—ideological, institutional, interpersonal, and internal (Section 3)
- Analyze the birdcage analogy of oppression (Section 3)
- Reflect on the influences of social power, internalized oppression, and discrimination (Section 4)
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
- What does the term privilege mean?
- What are examples of intersectionality?
- What is the relationship between agent/dominant identities and target/subordinate identities?
- Which of the four solutions for inequality do you think is best—equality, equity, justice, or agency? Explain why.
- What are the “Four I’s of Oppression” and how does each one work?
- What is the birdcage analogy of oppression?
- How have social power, internalized oppression, and discrimination influenced you or someone you know?
