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Title LayoutJim Crow Laws

I am going to show you three videos. Task in your INB:1. Write 3 things or common themes that were in all three videos.

2. Write two words that describe the content in all three videos.

3. On a sticky note(s), write 2 questions that you have after viewing them. They must be Level 2 and 3 questions from Costas Level of Thinking.

Place the sticky note on the designated chart paper for your group.

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http://black-face.com/minstrel-shows.htm

http://black-face.com/jim-crow.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4lOxxCk6eg

Using context clues, let’s define!

Your task: 1. Individually answer the following questions:A. What do you think the Jim Crow Laws were?B. List at least 3 specific examples from the videos that made you come to that conclusion. Consider images, words, and so forth….

C. Was there a specific image you found compelling? Why?

2. After designated time, share with table group.3. When everyone has shared, as a table, decide on the table’s top 3 examples and most compelling image.

You will be given two handouts on Jim Crow.

Task: 1. Use Cornell notes to write down key terms and people, concepts

2. Complete the Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

 It was the name of the racial caste system practiced primarily in the South and border states between 1877 and the mid-1960s.

Jim Crow was not just a series of strict anti-black laws. It was a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were regarded as second class citizens

What they were

This was a reaction or effect of Africans receiving emancipation and civil rights. Many Southern Whites felt the way to protect themselves from the “black menace” was creating these racial laws. They felt they were superior to blacks.

1.A black male could not shake hands with a white male because it implied being socially equal. Obviously, a black male could not offer his hand or any other part of his body to a white woman, because he risked being accused of rape.

2. Blacks and whites were not supposed to eat together. If they did eat together, whites were to be served first, and some sort of partition was to be placed between them.

3. If a black person rode in a car driven by a white person, the black person sat in the back seat, or the back of a truck.

4. White motorists had the right-of-way at all intersections.

Example of some of the Jim Crow Laws

suggest that a white person is from an inferior class.

claim to, or overly demonstrate, superior knowledge or intelligence.

curse a white person.laugh at a white person.comment upon the appearance of a white female.

Blacks could not

This led to racial segregation of public facilities

In the landmark Supreme Court case, Plessy v Ferguson, the Court ruled that it was legal to segregate blacks form whites as long as the public facilities were equal; hence, “separate but equal.”

Either draw a picture, write a summary, or another formative of your choice, demonstrating what the Jim Crow Laws were and why they were created in the first place.

Let’s revisit your thoughts

Jim Crow laws have been struck down in the courts and the practices are now illegal.

1. Do you feel that discrimination has ended as a result?2. What forms of discrimination are there today?

Discrimination

Write a 6 word summary defining or describing race.

Examples: Change on counter, not in hand.My great great grandfather owned slaves. I see the scared in you.A terrible, unnecessary barrier against loveI’m only Asian when it’s convenient.Passing. No one knows I’m native.After you create your 6 word summary, you can post it on the Race Card Project website

http://theracecardproject.com/