Background Research

Objectives

  • Students will learn how to conduct background research about different forms of oppression

Resources

Activity Steps

  1. Students can fill out this worksheet to help them start doing background research on a social justice topic they are passionate about.
  2. Instruct students to search for stories from people in your community where they are discussing their experience with a different form of oppression that they might be experiencing.
  3. Students should answer the following questions in their research:
    • Underlying Structures:
      • How has this problem evolved over time?
      • How is your problem an example of system oppression?
      • Which forms of oppression will your project analyze?