ENGLISH 10

PREJUDICE

Understanding Prejudice - comprehensive look at the sociology of prejudice
Stereotypes and Prejudices
good overview - short and sweet

Ageism

Ageism - Ontario Human Rights Commission
Ageism and other stigmas - Canadian Centre for Addicton and Mental Health
Does Ageism lead to abuse? Canadian perspective
How do we get past Ageism?

Racism

Anti-Semitism [anti-Jewish]
Black/Negro rights in US The Color of Justice
Canada's First Nations racism overview
History of First Nations racism in Canada - many links
BC First Nations Justice Action Plan 2007
Japanese Internment during WW2

Japanese Redress Agreement
Japanese - The War Years
Vietnamese "Boat People"

Sexism

Suffragettes
Anti-suffragists arguments against Suffragettes
Homophobia [Heterosexism] Social Psychology Network
Women's Rights UK perspective
Understanding Sexism - many links from Social Psychology Network

Other prejudices

Skaters et. al.

SHAKESPEARE

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - a link to the "rebuilt" Globe Theate, found in London and now operated as it was in the old days.
Globe Theatre
Shakespeare Resource Center
English Literature: Early 17th Century (1603-1660)
Main Menu -Shakepeare's Life and Times by Dr. Michael Best, U. Vic.
Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Elizabethan Daily Life with connections to many aspects of life, including theatre
Elizabethan England
An Introduction to Shakespeare

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

To Kill a Mockingbird  -  A Webquest with dozens of links to great sources and images of the 1930s
SCORE: To Kill a Mocking Bird-Activity 1
The TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Student Survival Guide Chapter synopses, vocabulary.

Racism in the South during the 1930's

Ku Klux Klan - gives historical information on the Klan
Say No to Racism  - definitions of racism and related terms
For more information on racism, civil rights, search with key terms Jim Crow, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, desegregation, and prejudice, as they pertain to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Also, go to the the English 9 Webpak (back up to the Library Resources page), and look at the information under In the Heat of the Night.

Being a Woman During the 1930s

Making Do: Mrs. Mayme Reese - contains an account of an African American woman  who lived during the 1930's

Standing Up for Personal Beliefs

What is Individualism? Individualism vs. collectivism
What is Social Individualism? essay on this philosophy

Deathwatch

NovelQuest

Last updated: November 3, 2008