Confronting Segregation
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 Introduction: Although the world was rapidly changing, strained and at times, violent, race relations continued to stifle the social change that many hoped would emerge along with technological and medical advances. However, the constant struggle during the Modern Era to alter the social climate of the United States and specifically, the South set the stage for the birth of the Civil Rights Movement. Guiding Question: How did social issues during the Modern Era pave the way for the Civil Right Movement of the 1950s and 1960s?
Objectives: Student will
· Learn about social issues present in the Modern Era
· Understand how specific issues paved the way for the Civil Right Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
Assessment:
· Students will investigate topics using the TN4ME website and share their findings with the class
· Student will construct an essay that makes connections between several topics.
Procedure:
Have students view a short program about Jim Crow laws. You may allow for discussion at this time, depending on duration of the class.
2. Split the class into six groups (this may vary depending on size). Assign each group a topic to investigate using attached reading guides.
Group 1-3 will investigate how voting laws passed during this time affected African Americans. Assign each group one of the following laws:
· Required voters to register 20 days in advance of the election.
· Required voters to present poll tax receipts before they could vote.
· Instituted secret ballots for state elections.
Have groups 1-3 go to the TN4Me website and investigate these through a “dig deeper.”
Group 4 will investigate the lynching of Ed Johnson in Chattanooga. http://www.tn4me.org/sapage.cfm/sa_id/103/era_id/6/major_id/20/minor_id/57/a_id/149
Group 5 will research Ida B. Wells http://www.tn4me.org/sapage.cfm/sa_id/108/era_id/6/major_id/20/minor_id/57/a_id/149
Group 6 will investigate “Living with Segregation.” What was life like for African Americans on a daily basis? http://www.tn4me.org/minor_cat.cfm/minor_id/94/major_id/31/era_id/6
3. Have each group share what they learned with the class as a whole.
4. Either for homework or during a second session, have student construct an essay where they must make a connection between the issue they researched and another group’s topic.
For example: Group 4 would make a connection between lynching and group 5’s topic, Ida B. Wells, or group 2 would make a connection between poll tax and segregated daily life.
Standards:
National Standards:
NSS-USH 5-12.6: Understands how the United States changed from the end of World War I to the eve of the Great Depression
Tennessee State Standards:
Era 7 - The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
• 5.05 Discuss how various groups addressed the problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption.
5.6.01 Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and
communities in a democratic republic.
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