Global Census [Interactive Feature]

The concept of race as a social construction can be hard for many students to grasp. One thing that helps them understand this concept a bit better is when they see how race is categorized differently in different parts of the world.

The RACE Project put together a cool interactive activity to help people understand this. The Global Census allows students to take the Census in 9 different nations.  This activity is a great way to talk to students about how and why we construct race categories the way that we do.

http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/global_census.html

The site also has an interactive timeline that gives some insight on race and history and a number of other interactive activities including those shown in the image file above. I will likely write about some of those features as I use them in class. [ Click through to this link to get to that page: http://www.understandingrace.org/lived/game/index.html ]