Written by Via PBS: How easy is it to group people into “races” based on appearance? What about using individual traits? Does everybody classify the same way?
Try your hand at “sorting” individuals and see if it matches how people think of themselves. Or explore how we might sort people by physical traits.
Human Geography Application: After a lecture/discussion about the topic of race, ethnicity, and nationality, have your students complete this PBS interactive. It helps show them what they really don’t know about race based upon appearances. This could be a short 5-minute 1:1 activity on a device that supports flash, or it could stretch an entire block with interwoven discussion on race and ethnicity.
