How does institutional racism impact the lives
of African Americans in today's world?
of African Americans in today's world?
Overview
Target Audience: High School Grades 9-12
The purpose of this lesson is to give students an opportunity to discuss the Civil Rights Movement in America from Reconstruction to present day. Students will study various articles and images that show and discuss the ways African American have suffered disenfranchisement by the suppression of their civil rights. Through these resources and the extension activity, students will have the opportunity to analyze images and engage with thought provoking text to make sense of institutional racism and frame their own thinking on the subject in today's world. Standards Addressed include: South Carolina US History and Constitution Standards USHC-3.4 Summarize the end of Reconstruction... USHC-6.2 Explain the causes and effects of the social change and conflict between traditional and modern culture that took place during the 1920s... USHC-8.1 Analyze the African American Civil Rights Movement... USHC-8.2 Compare the social and economic policies of presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon... USHC-8.4 Analyze the causes and consequences of the resurgence of the conservative movement... USHC-8.5 Summarize key political and economic issues of the last twenty-five years... College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards D2.His.2.9-12. Analyze change and continuity in historical eras. D2.His.3.9-12. Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context D2.His.15.9-12. Distinguish between long-term causes and triggering events in developing a historical argument. |
"A terrible blow has just been dealt us sure enough, And the Supreme Court of the United States has dealt it! "
- Mary Church Terrell