Socratic Seminar: Reparations for African Americans (High School)
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- Last updated: September 4, 2025
- Grade level: High School (9-12)
- Resource type: Contested Issues, Socratic Seminar
- Theme(s): Not set
- Issue Area(s): Civil Rights/Discrimination
- U.S. Supreme Court: Not set
- U.S. Constitution: 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment
This high-school-level resource provides educators with instructions and student materials for facilitating a Socratic Seminar on the topic of reparations for African Americans. This Socratic Seminar Resource Set includes the following:
- Teacher facilitation guide
- Hook resource: The Racial Wealth Gap
- Text resources:
- Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Statement to House Judiciary Committee
- Coleman Hughes’ Statement to House Judiciary Committee
- Civil Liberties Act of 1988
- Preparation resources:
- Reparations for African Americans Vocabulary
- Introduction: The History of Reparations
- Seminar Questions resource: Reparations for African Americans
- Extension resource: Private Reparations: Interview with Randy Quarterman and Sarah Eisner
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Based on an activity written by Katelyn Habina and Joshua Toth.
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