Jim Crow

September 17, 2014

E.Q: How does the time period influence characters?

Obj: I can understand how time period influences plot.

Starter:

What knowledge do you have about Jim Crow Laws?

Please be as specific as possible.

 

Vocabulary

Jim Crow Laws racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level.

 

Voices

Goal Announcer

Obama

Girly Girl

 

Activity:

 

1.  Partner Read

With a partner read the entire article by Ferris State University

What was Jim Crow 

 

While reading please take Cornell Notes.

 

2.  Billboards

Create a billboard on one example of a Jim Crow law.

 

Include:

What is the law.

Explain it in your own words.

 

What does it look like?

Draw a picture.

 

How is this an example of conflict/ how does it lead to conflict?

 Explain in 2-3 sentences.

 

 

 

3.  Chunked Reading

 

Monster

1-5

 

Black  Boy

22-25

 

Native Son

Bottom 17- Middle 20

 

Reflect on what you learned about Jim Crow laws.

 In your notebooks respond to the following:

 

1.  How do these laws influence the way the main character perceives himself/society?

 

2.  How do these laws influence the characters actions/thoughts?

Closure:

What have you learned about Jim Crow laws?