The Era of Jim Crow - Aurora Public Schools
The Jim Crow Era
1. A Century of Segregation: Use the timeline to answer the following questions. Then pick two events that interest you and write a 2 to 3 sentence summary of each.
a. Emancipation Proclamation: This proclamation led to the abolition of slavery in the South. Give two reasons why Abraham Lincoln hesitated to announce it at first.
b. Reconstruction Begins: What was Reconstruction? According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did states have to include in their state constitutions. Look at the last paragraph, How did white southerners put an end to Reconstruction?
c. Freedmen’s Bureau: What was the task of the Bureau and what were some of its responsibilities?
d. Pick two events that interest you from anywhere in the timeline and write a 2 to 3 sentence summary of each.
2. Interactive Maps:
a. What Colorado Jim Crow law is found in this section?
b. Browse the Jim Crow Laws. Summarize two other Jim Crow Laws that you found interesting.
c. Browse Population and Migration. Write two interesting observations.
d. Browse Lynching and Riots. Lynching is when a person is killed, normally by a mob of people, before the police or other authorities can intervene, never knowing if the person was truly guilty. Write two interesting observations from this section.
3. Tools and Activities:
a. Voting Then and Now. Go through the procedure of Try to Vote. Read through the process; always choose to keep voting. Describe the voting process for Blacks during Jim Crow including.
b. Ways of Seeing. Checkout the three pictures and follow the instructions. You may post an appropriate comment (notice that it won’t post until a later time). Pick a picture. Pick two comments about that picture that you disagree with and write a reaction for ME—DO NOT POST IT! Tell me what the person says and why you disagree.
Extra Credit: You can do up to two of these for 10 points each.
• Go back to the Voting Then and Now. Read the Voting Today section and browse some of the websites. Summarize one of the organization’s message and how you could get involved.
• Browse the Jim Crow Stories and pick a person to write a mini-biography about (at least half a page).
• Suggest an extra credit assignment based on this website.
The Jim Crow Era
4. A Century of Segregation: Use the timeline to answer the following questions. Then pick two events that interest you and write a 2 to 3 sentence summary of each.
a. Emancipation Proclamation: This proclamation led to the abolition of slavery in the South. Give two reasons why Abraham Lincoln hesitated to announce it at first.
b. Reconstruction Begins: What was Reconstruction? According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, what did states have to include in their state constitutions. Look at the last paragraph, How did white southerners put an end to Reconstruction?
c. Freedmen’s Bureau: What was the task of the Bureau and what were some of its responsibilities?
d. Pick two events that interest you from anywhere in the timeline and write a 2 to 3 sentence summary of each.
5. Interactive Maps:
a. What Colorado Jim Crow law is found in this section?
b. Browse the Jim Crow Laws. Summarize two other Jim Crow Laws that you found interesting.
c. Browse Population and Migration. Write two interesting observations.
d. Browse Lynching and Riots. Lynching is when a person is killed, normally by a mob of people, before the police or other authorities can intervene, never knowing if the person was truly guilty. Write two interesting observations from this section.
6. Tools and Activities:
a. Voting Then and Now. Go through the procedure of Try to Vote. Read through the process; always choose to keep voting. Describe the voting process for Blacks during Jim Crow including.
b. Ways of Seeing. Checkout the three pictures and follow the instructions. You may post an appropriate comment (notice that it won’t post until a later time). Pick a picture. Pick two comments about that picture that you disagree with and write a reaction for ME—DO NOT POST IT! Tell me what the person says and why you disagree.
Extra Credit: You can do up to two of these for 10 points each.
• Go back to the Voting Then and Now. Read the Voting Today section and browse some of the websites. Summarize one of the organization’s message and how you could get involved.
• Browse the Jim Crow Stories and pick a person to write a mini-biography about (at least half a page).
• Suggest an extra credit assignment based on this website.
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