Narratives of Citizenship and Race since Emancipation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.04.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background
  5. Jim Crow Laws and Customs
  6. Fighting Back
  7. Strategies
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Student Resources
  10. Annotated Bibliography
  11. Appendix: Implementing District Standards
  12. Endnotes

For Colored Folks Only: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Laws

Louise Krasnow

Published September 2012

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Guide Entry to 12.04.03

This unit covers a summary of African American history, after the Emancipation Proclamation through 1965. It divides the Jim Crow laws into types: disenfranchisement, segregation, as well as miscegenation. The unit contains a listing of some of the African American leaders starting from 1865 through the Civil Rights Movement ending in 1968.

There are three lessons developed for fifth-grade students using several scaffolding strategies. There is an introduction activity to pique the students' interests and then continues using a small groups technique to introduce the actual Jim Crow laws. My second lesson will use a gradual release strategy to cover the historical events from emancipation through the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The culminating lesson is a project-based unit whereby students will research, write and present a biography of one of the African American leaders or organizations.

(Developed for Reading and Social Science, grade 5; recommended for Reading/Writing and Social Science, grade 5; and Social Science, grade 8)

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