Maniac Magee WebQuest Page 2
My Experience With Racism

What is Race?
Two Mills was divided by race--Black people lived on the east and
White people lived on the west.
Sorting People

Check out this website (click on picture to go to site)

1.  Click "Begin Sorting" and play the game. Click
"Next" when you're done.
2. Look at your results. Right-click anywhere on the
screen and select "Print." (Ask if you need help
printing!)
3. Paste this on your poster board!

Think about how you did in the game. Why is it silly to categorize people by race?
On an index card, write 1 detail about how Maniac felt about skin color and give an
explanation. Remember, you are writing as if you are Maniac! Put this on your
poster board too!

What is Racism?
Some people in Two Mills were treated unfairly because of their race.
Racism takes many forms.  Click on the picture to
open the website.

Go to this website and take a look at the 3 different
forms of racism. Pick one of the forms of racism
and relate it to one of Maniac's experiences. Draw
a picture to show what happened. You may use
speech bubbles to show what people are saying or
thinking.
Click on the speech bubble picture to open, and then print
out, some speech bubbles.

Somewhere on your paper, write what type of racism it is.
You guessed it--paste this on your poster board!
How to Stop Racism

What are ways that we can promote racial unity today?

List 5 ways that we can stop racism or be kind to people. Give an example for
each! Don't forget to paste this one on your poster board! The following websites
can help you:
Click on the stop sign to go to another site.

This website gives ways that you can help stop racism.
Click on the next arrow to go to the
next part of this WebQuest.