Bell Ringer March 6, 2019 • You have all received equal treatment from the government. Write down some ways that you can make a difference with what you have been given. (HINT: think outside the box) Be prepared to share your ideas. Reflection • Did everyone receive equal treatment from our “government”? • With the “equal” treatment you received, what kind of contribution/impact were you able to make? • What does the word equal mean? Plessy v. Ferguson • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldd0PLPG3 E0 Reminders • Jim Crow Laws were enforced between 1876 and 1965. Provided systematic legal basis for segregating and discriminating against African Americans. Basically, laws that enforced segregation. • 13th Amendment - abolished slavery • 14th Amendment - granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War, including them under the umbrella phrase “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” Homer Plessy What is separate but equal? Separate but equal is. . . The act of people being racially segregated whilst ensuring equal opportunities to all races. Analysis and comprehension • On loose-leaf respond to the following questions: • Put yourself in Homer Plessy’s position, what would you do? Would you conform to what society said was equal? • Define the word equal in 1896. Define the word equal in 2019. How are they different? How are they the same?
