The Proud Family: “I Had a Dream” A Disney Channel Episode for ...

• In the United States, is it legal to have schools, restaurants, or other public facilities set aside forpeople of a certain race? Was it ever legal to do so?• How would you feel if you were told not to talk to someone or enjoy their company simplybecause you were not of the same racial background?Post-Viewing Questions:• Why were Penny and her friends so annoyed about Black History Month?• Why did their teacher, Mr. Webb, think it was so important? [Because “if you don’t understandyour past, you won’t have a future.”]• What aspects of their lives did Penny and her friends take for granted?• In what important ways was the 1955 Proud family different from the modern-day version?• What types of racial discrimination did Penny experience in her 1950s dream sequence?• What famous civil rights leader was Penny quoting when she made her speech?• Where and when did Martin Luther King, Jr., actually deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech[At the March on Washington in August 1963.]Vocabulary:• What were some of the conflicts you observed in the story?• What do you think are some of Vicky’s inner conflicts?• How does Vicky resolve her inner conflicts?• Who was your favorite character in the story—and why?• How much of the story do you think was fantasy? How much of it could have been fact?• Several of the characters changed during the story. Who do you think changed most?Be specific in describing the changes you observed.Vocabulary:cease and desistcoloredculturally biasedinjusticeinsolenceintegrationsegregationUse a dictionary to define each word or term above as it was used in the program.On a piece of graph paper, arrange the words in a crossword puzzle. Assign numbers to each entryand create a list of clues.