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Opera and Race
Kind of Activity:
Technology
Objective:
In this activity, students will read an article about Opera's 'Old Fashioned Race Problem' and upload a written response to an online shared platform for the class.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1
Structure:
Students should begin by reading the following article from The Atlantic:
Opera's Old Fashioned Race Problem
They should consider the following guiding questions as they read, making notes of relevant passages in the text.
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2. How do the author's respond to the argument that "The Mikado’s over-the-top...
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