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- Microaggressions in Everyday Life
- Acts of Microaggression
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Defining, identifying, and learning how to counter microaggression is the lesson's focus for high schoolers. Learners examine a definition of the term, write about their own experiences with microaggression, watch short video examples, read articles about the topic, and craft a persuasive essay about whether it is helpful to talk about microaggressions.
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Instructional Ideas
- The lesson limits the definition of microaggression to interactions with "marginalized people"; before presenting the lesson, decide how you will handle this limitation with your pupils
Classroom Considerations
- Ensure that a protocol is in place to permit a safe, respectful discussion of this sensitive topic
- Requires copies and a projection device for the videos and images
- All the videos save one presents the microaggressors as white males
Pros
- The lesson draws attention to and awareness of unconscious bias
Cons
- None