Some people feel that race relations in America today are still influenced by the legacy of slavery.
Throughout the unit, have students individually or in small groups collect newspaper and magazine articles, music lyrics, poems, excerpts from books, artwork, and so forth, that they believe in some way expresses how America is still affected by slavery today. Have students stage a mock trial with the book or Mark Twain as the defendant. Have students present the evidence they have been gathering. Before doing this activity, it may be helpful to have students first revisit the class definition of racism. America has never been able to write any ending at all.