SKIN COLOUR -  Literacy Activity

True or False

STATEMENT

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1.     Melanin is a natural sun screen.

 

 

 

2.     Vitamins play a part in your skin colour.

 

 

 

3.      Our closest animal relatives genetically are gorillas.

 

 

 

4.      Our closest animal relatives come from South America.

 

 

 

5.      Survival of the Fittest refers to those creatures with the biggest muscles get to survive.

 

 

 

6.      Too much sunlight can drop vitamin levels in white people.

 

 

 

7.      Tanning studios are good for pregnant women.

 

 

 

8.      White men do not have to fear being in the sunlight too long.

 

 

 

9.      People with a darkish skin need between two and six times as much ultraviolet light, as compared to light-coloured people.

 

 

 

10.  The skin is an organ.

 

 

 

Vocabulary terms to be used in a paragraph.
ABCs of Racism and Skin Colour  (1/2 of the class does Racism, the other does Skin Colour)