The Supreme Court of the United States. Photo taken in 2010.
Dear class,
Only one day of class together this week, due to Thanksgiving! We continued our focus on Civil Rights today, and specifically looked at segregation and the process of integration. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 2: I can manage my responsibilities as a student.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the role and impacts of social hierarchies.
Soundtrack: "Thank You" by Led Zeppelin. Selected for today because this is the week of Thanksgiving. Lyrics here.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the role and impacts of social hierarchies.
Soundtrack: "Thank You" by Led Zeppelin. Selected for today because this is the week of Thanksgiving. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/19/18:
News Brief - Rachel
Separate but Equal
PowerPoint
Brown v. Board of Education
The next news brief is assigned to: Johann.
We also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class over the weekend.
Johann was selected to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Separate but Equal: To begin this part of class, I passed out candy to everyone! Hooray! Except: some rows in the class got to pick their candy from a nice assortment of good candy, and some rows were given the worst, lamest candy I could find. But hey, you all got candy! Obviously, there was some controversy here, which was my point. Is "separate but equal" truly equal? We had a good conversation about this in class. Then, yes, everyone was able to select from the good candy.
PowerPoint: Next, I wanted to show some more effects of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision by the Supreme Court, which allowed segregation laws (known as "Jim Crow" laws) in states. Here's the PowerPoint we went through in class (only to slide 17 - Brown v. Board of Education) as students took notes and made observations:
Brown v. Board of Education: To end class before Thanksgiving, I introduced the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in the realm of public schools (which was eventually extended to most other areas of public life), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954). Here's the case:
The rest of class was spent reading through the case and answering the questions on the back side, on a separate (but equal!) sheet of paper. We then answered the questions as a class at the end of the period. Have a great Thanksgiving break, everyone! I am so thankful for you all!
Hopefully this was interesting and enlightening! After the Thanksgiving break, we will look and see how separate but equal has been the law in the past in Oregon, as well.
Brown v. Board of Education: To end class before Thanksgiving, I introduced the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in the realm of public schools (which was eventually extended to most other areas of public life), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954). Here's the case:
The rest of class was spent reading through the case and answering the questions on the back side, on a separate (but equal!) sheet of paper. We then answered the questions as a class at the end of the period. Have a great Thanksgiving break, everyone! I am so thankful for you all!
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