Is a lot of protest surrounding Obama just a racial issue?

Read the following article. First, you have to know about the tax protest tea bag group that formed around April 15. You may need to look this up on your own. Is what former President Carter saying about race and Obama true?

Slavery Differences

Slaves brought to the New World either went to the Caribbean or what is currently the East Coast of the United States and Canada. These colonies were either in hands of the British, Dutch, French or Spanish. Except for the Dutch, how did the colonial settlement create differences in the way Africans were treated in the New World.

Summary

Please summarize what you learned from todays lesson

Civil Rights and Obama

Read this article. Where should he start? What priority would you give the groups according to what you see in your community?

Returning to ones roots

Read the follwing story from the NY Times Magazine. Describe the connection that is being established. Are there any connections you currently make, have made in the past or would like to make in the future with any extended family? Describe these events. What things are different? Have you learned anything from participating in such an activity?