Students will:

• Become aware of the contributions of black people in Nevada.
• Understand the obstacles and prejudices and discrimination encountered by blacks in Nevada.
• Cluster and share the stereotyping of prejudice toward and discrimination against a culture.
• Complete a "T" diagram, Black Experience: Then and Now.
• Share and discuss "T" diagram information.
• Project how the Black Experience will change by the year 2010.
  
  

• How do you feel about the activities of the Nevada Ku Klux Klan?
• Why did the Las Vegas mayor and downtown businesses finally agree to integrate? .Do you think the NAACP exerted enough influence?
• Why was the Nevada Legislature "scared" to put anything about equal rights into law?
• Did the 1965 Civil Rights Law solve all of the problems for African Americans in Nevada? Explain.
• What changes/issues still need to be addressed?
• Which other races benefited from Equal Rights Legislation?
• How are stereotypes still impacting minorities? What can you do to change that?

• Bring in guest speaker.
• Draft a petition to promote equality.
• Write a poem about the issues in the video. Share with the class.
• Draw a comparative political cartoon using your "T" diagram.
• Design a cultural activity that transcends color and focuses on the person.