1. 4. Plessy vs. Ferguson

2.   SWBAT analyze the Supreme Court case of Plessy vs. Ferguson and judge the extent to which it set back Civil Rights efforts in America. Lesson Objective

3.   Segregate  To separate or divide  Segregation in America  Base your answers upon the picture on the next slide  What do you see?  How would you feel if you were an African-American?  Why is there a separation between races?  Chart & Share Out  Discussion  How would this type of segregation impact society? Word of the Day/Initial Activity

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5.   Focus Question: How did the Supreme Court approve of a segregated society in America?  Read The Liberator  How did the Supreme Court justify segregation in America?  Write a claim, provide 1 piece of evidence and analyze  Extension Activity  Do you believe that separate facilities for blacks and whites will be equal as well as the Supreme Court expressed?  Share Out Activity 1: Plessy vs. Ferguson

6.   2 minute to write down a response to this question:  Why would the Federal Government allow the South to create segregation after the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th amendments were created to create equality?  Turn & Talk: 30 seconds per partner  Share Out Plessy vs. Ferguson QuickWrite/ Turn & Talk

7.   Focus Question: How did the Supreme Court decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson set back Civil Rights in America?  Read Plessy vs. Ferguson  How did the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson serve as a set back for Civil Rights in America at the end of the Reconstruction Era?  Write a claim, provide 1 piece of evidence and analyze  Extension Activity  How will the lives of African-Americans in America change as a result of the Supreme Court ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson? (Describe three different ways life would change).  Share Out Activity 2: Plessy vs. Ferguson

8.   1. Plessy vs. Ferguson  a. Homer Plessy breaks segregation law in Louisiana and is arrested  b. Plessy sues the railroad company  a. The segregated railroad carts deny him his 14 th amendment rights (equal rights to all citizens)  b. Loses lawsuit  c. Supreme Court says segregation is allowed as long as facilities are “Separate but equal”  a. will always be separate but never equal  a. Government approves segregation  d. Segregation will last until 1954 and Brown vs. Board of Education  a. Judicial Review will decide Plessy vs. Ferguson is unconstitutional Mini-Lesson

9.   Exit Ticket The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) had a major impact on United States history because the decision a. eliminated the power of the states in the area of civil rights b. abolished the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution c. provided a constitutional basis for segregation laws d. extended African-American voting rights 2) Share with me one thing that you find interesting from class today. Why do you find it interesting? 3) Share with me one-way in which the information from class today affects your life today. Summary