1. THE SPACE TRADERS
By Derrick Bell

2. WARM UP ACTIVITY
How are laws made?

3. INFORMATION
A short story in “Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism” by Derrick Bell
Filmed as an episode of the HBO film trilogy, Cosmic Slop

4. DERRICK BELL Graduated with a degree in law in 1957
Worked with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department (the only black working in this department at that time)
Worked for NAACP, crafted legal strategies at the forefront of the battle to undo racist laws and segregation in schools
Was a professor at Harvard University
Now a professor at New York University

5. MAKING PREDICTIONS
Based on our discussions and the title, what do you think the story is going to be about?

6. ANNOTATIONS
Summarize
Ask questions
Predict
Make comments

7. PREPARE FOR THE QUIZ What’s the setting?
What is the conflict of the story and how is the conflict resolved?
Who is the central character of the story? What did the character do?