Activity 2: The struggle for Civil Rights (GLEs: 32, 40, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 73, 75)
CC: Have the students place the selected events on a timeline with a brief description of how they contributed to establishing civil rights. As the unit progresses, have the students extend the timeline to include events that would contradict (i.e., Jim Crow Laws, convict leases the progress of the Reconstruction era civil rights movement.
Use Timeliner Software to create a timeline.
CC: Next, students are to complete a graphic organizer outlining the basic tactics used by the Bourbon Democrats for the disfranchisement of the freedmen (Republican vote).
Use MS Word to record the basic tactics used by the Bourbon Democrats for the disfranchisement of the freedmen (Republican vote). MS Word Template for "The Bourbon Democrat Plan"
CC: In an attempt to describe the limitations and effects of the Jim Crow segregation laws, have students brainstorm the various restrictions by using a graphic organizer (e.g., Inspiration).
Use Inspiration Software to brainstorm the various restrictions of the Jim Crow segregation laws.
CC: Introduce and outline the legal ramifications of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896.
Websites: Jim Crow Inside the South http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/geography/geography.htm (click on the state of LA)
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURT OPINION ON THE PLESSY V. FERGUSON CASE http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/33.htm
After the Civil War: Plessy v. Ferguson http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.html
Historical Documents and Speeches - Plessey vs. Ferguston: 1896 http://www.historicaldocuments.com/PlessyvFerguson.htm
Plessy vs. Ferguson: Separate isn't Equal http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/links/misclink/plessy/
Touro Law Center Project P.A.T.C.H. http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/CaseSummary.asp#Plessy
CC: Higher Order Extended Activity: Provide students with brief, but informative (or research opportunities) facts regarding future acts of civil disobedience (e.g., Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, 1954, Baton Rouge bus boycott, Rosa Parks bus incident, Walgreen lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro, N.C.) to compare / contrast (Venn diagram, chart) the significance of future acts of civil disobedience.
Websites: Brown v. Board of Education http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html
The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953...A Recaptured Past http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/boycott/
NPR: The First Civil Rights Bus Boycott http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1304163
The Montgomery Bus Boycott http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/montbus.html
A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States of America http://www.africanamericans.com/MontgomeryBusBoycott.htm
Touro Law Center proudly presents: Project P.A.T.C.H. http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/CaseSummary.asp#Brown
Use MS Word to compare/contrast acts of civil disobedience. MS Word Template for "Acts of Civil Disobedience"
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