Gender, Race, and Class in Today’s America

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 21.02.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Learning Objectives:
  4. Historical-Effects of Slavery on the African American Male
  5. Historical- Effects of Slavery on the White Slave Master
  6. According to Douglass, on his White Slave Master:
  7. Court Cases on Race:
  8. The African American Male – Today
  9. Evolution of Policing in America
  10. Policing Styles
  11. Law Enforcement
  12. Solutions:  Police Reform
  13. The Future – Positive Anticipation
  14. Teaching Strategy
  15. Lesson Essential Questions:
  16. Course Activities:
  17. Content Standards:
  18. Annotated Bibliography
  19. Research Sources
  20. Sources
  21. Notes
  22. Appendix on Implementing District Standards

American Policing Disparities: Today’s African-American Males Living in the Shadows of their Male Ancestors

Christine Freeman Shaub

Published September 2021

Tools for this Unit:

Appendix on Implementing District Standards

Legal Administrative Assisting Course Curriculum Standards: Justice System

1.1 Students will define criminal due process and will be able to explain how it relates to the Bill of Rights.

1.3 Students will identify citizen rights protected under the Bill of Rights, especially relating to the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth amendments.

Curriculum Unit Student Learning Map
Title-LFS: American Policing Disparities: Today's African-American Males Living in the Shadows of their Male Ancestors Author: Christine Freeman Shaub, PhD
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.

Learning Standards:

1.1 Students will define criminal due process and will be able to explain how it relates to the Bill of Rights.

1.3 Students will identify citizen rights protected under the Bill of Rights, especially relating to the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
How Do Policing Disparities Impact African American Males from the Past and Today?
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B
Historical Figures Laws
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS "A" ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS "B"
  1. What is the impact of slavery on the African American male?
  2. What is the impact of slavery on the white slave master?

How have laws supported continued racism in America?

  1. Who made the laws during pre and post-civil war?
  2. How did the laws of pre and post-civil war impact African American slaves?
  3. Who makes the laws today?
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY B
Slavery, African American male ancestors, James Baldwin, Frederick Douglass, Fountain Hughes, Denmark Vesey, Henry "Box" Brown, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Medgar Evers, white slave masters, Isaac Franklin and John Armfield The Black Codes Act of 1865, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Civil Rights Act of 1963, Plessy v, Ferguson, Jim Crow, Brown v. Board of Education, Stand Your Ground Statutes
CONCEPT C CONCEPT D
Evolution of Policing Policing Disparities
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS "C" ESSENTIAL QUESTION "D"
  1. What is the evolution of policing as it relates to the Fugitive Act of 1850?
  2. What is the evolution of policing as it relates to the Black Codes?
  1. What impact did slavery have on how white law enforcement officers interact with African American males?
VOCABULARY C VOCABULARY D
The Black Codes Act of 1865, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, policing styles, evolution of policing, police contact with minority communities. Police accountability, excessive force, Qualified Immunity, community policing, War on Drugs, police training, de-escalation strategies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES
  1. The following link will direct you to "13th", a full length video from Netflix that shows activist and scholars tell about the problem of the slavery, civil rights and the American prison system. The director of the video is Ava DuVernay. This video is informative and will ignite critical thinking. Students will have invigorating discussions about the information discussed in the video relative to police contact, criminal laws and the overwhelming (and growing) population of incarcerated minorities (specifically African American males) in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8
  2. The following link will take you to "Found Voices: Slave Narratives the Full Broadcast -Nightline 1999". ABC News, where the students can actually hear voices of slaves. This presentation of very powerful. You could have the students take notes or give a summary of what they heard the slaves say. Having guided questions for the students would be helpful when listening to the slave interviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Fk9pqybCA

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