Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? - Humanities in Class Online Courses Forum https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/ Humanities in Class Online Courses Discussion Board en-US Sat, 16 May 2026 01:11:44 +0000 wpForo 60 Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:13:37 +0000 Activity: Repairing the Past

Objective: To encourage students to think critically about potential ways to repair the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws in order to create a more just and equitable society.

Materials Needed:

- Handouts with background information on the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws
- Markers and large paper or poster board
- Small groups for discussion

Instructions:

1. Begin the activity by providing students with some background information on the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Discuss with the students how these historical injustices continue to impact society today.

2. Divide the class into small groups and assign each group a different aspect of the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws to focus on (e.g. economic inequality, education, criminal justice system, etc.).

3. In their groups, students should discuss and brainstorm potential ways to repair the damage caused by these historical injustices in their assigned aspect. Encourage students to think creatively and realistically about solutions.

4. After giving students some time to brainstorm, have each group share their ideas with the class. As a class, discuss the feasibility and potential impact of each idea.

5. As a culminating activity, have the class come back together and create a collective list of actionable steps that could be taken to repair the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Have students create a visual representation of these steps on the large paper or poster board.

6. Hang the poster board in the classroom as a reminder of the important work that still needs to be done to create a more just and equitable society.

Extension: To further engage students in thinking about reparations for the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow laws, you could have students write letters to their local government officials advocating for specific reparative actions.

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Hugo Perez https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/ 40 acres and a mule? https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/40-acres-and-a-mule/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:45:37 +0000 An activity I would design for students related to reparations:

I would ask them to listen to the NPR All Things Considered on the “40 acres and a mule” plan of General Sherman. Here is what they would be invited to do afterwards:

  1. Find out how much 40 acres and a mule was worth (cost) in 1865
  2. Find out how much a healthy adult slave tended to be auctioned for
  3. Find out how much economic value the average healthy adult slave contributed to the average plantation, and make a claim for how much the black agricultural worker should have been paid for his labor
  4. Adjusting for inflation, find out how much 40 acres and a mule would be worth today
  5. Make a case for a 2024 equivalent to 40 acres and a mule that could be plausibly offered to all American descendants of slaves
  6. Discuss the pros and cons of reparations schemes.
]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Melissa Jenkins https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/40-acres-and-a-mule/ What do Reparations look like? https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/what-do-reparations-look-like-2/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:19:07 +0000 See document attached below. 

Mary Perez

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Mary Perez https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/what-do-reparations-look-like-2/ Activity 5.3 - Are Reparations Enough https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/activity-5-3-are-reparations-enough/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 02:22:52 +0000 STEP 1 - Click on the video link below and watch "Remembering Henry Smith." 

STEP 2 - Respond to the following prompt based on what you watched and read.

Prompt: The narrator of the video points out that there's no memorial marking the site of Henry Smith's lynching in Paris, Texas. How does ignorance of the past make us susceptible to misunderstanding present events and instances of racial injustice?

Video Link: https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore/texas/henry-smith

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Philip Wormuth https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/activity-5-3-are-reparations-enough/ Kinder Reparations Garden https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/kinder-reparations-garden/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 04:22:39 +0000 See attached activity

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Juan Sandoval https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/kinder-reparations-garden/ What do reparations look like? https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/what-do-reparations-look-like/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 22:50:44 +0000 Activity

Introduction: In order for students to understand reparations and Jim Crow laws, they need to learn to review slavery.

We will start with a KWL chart. What I Know. (What I Want to know and What I Learned)

Then, we will watch a video that explains slavery and how it has led up to Jim Crow Law.

I will then bring up the word reparations along with its meaning and examples. I would have a whole group discussion on what they think they understood what reparations is. 

I will split up the class into three groups and each group will have to come up with different reparations. The task here is that they will meet with the president and propose these reparations to enact them as new laws.

Each group will present their work in front of the class. For fun, we will vote on the best reparations presented and ways we can improve the others.

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Nancy Tallas https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/what-do-reparations-look-like/ Classroom Activity: Reparations https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/classroom-activity-reparations/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 19:11:35 +0000 Lesson Plan - Reparations

5 mins - read about the history of Jim Crow Laws, how were they developed and how were they modified over time?

10 mins - reflect on history of those laws - how have my students seen these laws played out historically and how they do affect things today?

15 mins - socratic seminar with whole class - how do we consider how to be mindful of those laws today?

15 mins - write a letter to local lawmaker - address how to deal with those laws and what reparations should be done and why 

Total time: 45 mins (one class period)

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Damon Liang https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/classroom-activity-reparations/ Classroom Activity: Hot to Repair Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow Laws https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/classroom-activity-hot-to-repair-legacies-of-slavery-and-jim-crow-laws/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:55:19 +0000  

Classroom Activity: Hot to Repair Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow Laws (Slide Deck)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q4qg0GhufW7FeJYq9WAMv7GXwXKLJ_EYlSF7zOKuhFQ/copy#slide=id.g1ad6b5e21b0_0_0

]]> Activity 5.3: What do reparations look like? Raquel Mendoza https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/classroom-activity-hot-to-repair-legacies-of-slavery-and-jim-crow-laws/ Reparations for Slavery: Workshop Lesson Plan https://humanitiesinclass.org/community/activity-5-3-what-do-reparations-look-like/reparations-for-slavery-workshop-lesson-plan/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:57:42 +0000 Here is my workshop lesson plan:

 

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