Benchmark 3

Part 1 & 2. Geography & Vocabulary

Part 3. Hand-Written Essay with Rubric

In recent months, the United States has been experiencing a resurgence of debate around the concept of racism and prejudice. In your essay, discuss the following:

• Develop an introduction paragraph
• Define the concepts of race, racism, institutional racism, and prejudice.
• Compare & Contrast our case studies: Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
• Critique the Grand Jury decisions of each cased based on the facts that you know, justifying or refuting their decision with factual evidence.
• Connect police brutality to population demographics, justifying proposed solutions designed to end institutional racism in the police force.
• Synthesize everything you've discussed into a closing paragraph.