Narratives of Citizenship and Race since Emancipation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.04.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Demographics
  4. Objectives
  5. Lessons, Activities, and Projects Objectives
  6. Culminating Projects-Objectives
  7. Implementing District Standards
  8. Background Content
  9. Unit Content – Citizenship
  10. The U. S. Constitution
  11. Narratives of Citizenship and Race By Notable African Americans
  12. Lesson Plans
  13. Endnotes
  14. Annotated Bibliography
  15. Websites

True Citizenship: A Question of Race

Tauheedah Wren

Published September 2012

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Demographics

I teach multiple subjects to twenty-nine fifth grade students. My classroom consists of African, Irish, Asian Indian, Sri Lankan, Filipinos, Latino, Vietnamese, Cuban, and Yemeni American students. I expect all students to become well informed about their history on citizenship, and benefit from learning what is proclaimed to be true citizenship. True citizenship means that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside, according to the fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In 1868 the fourteenth Amendment defined persons who were born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction as citizens. Citizenship, however, was not specified in the original Constitution in 1787. 1

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