A WebQuest For A Fifth Grade Class
Designed by
Veronica Wilson
Introduction:
elcome to the African American Civil Court Of Justice. Did you know that at one time in the United States African Americans did not posses the civil rights that they have today? Although blacks were freed from slavery after the Revolutionary War, blacks did not receive the equitable treatment that they assumed would be given to them as a result of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
Today it may be difficult for us to understand how legally citizens of the
Tasks:
I. Below are three court cases that greatly impacted upon the civil liberties African Americans posses today. You will read an assigned court case and answer the "Think About It" questions related to that case.
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Role Play: In your group you will be assigned a role as a Supreme Court Justice of the case you read, and you will be given a perspective in which you will argue that point of view with others in your group. Other members in your group will also be assigned different perspectives to the case as well. |
Create A Front Page News Article: Pretend you are the publisher of an important newspaper. You will create a front-page news article to explain the decision of the case you are assigned. Your newspaper is a Negro Newspaper and you will report the decision from that perspective.
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Legal Eagle: Think of an inequity you recognize today. Ask the "legal eagle" a question, then create an argument for and against the inequity. |
Create A Visual: View the visuals for each case. Think of an inequity you recognize today. Then create a visual of your own that illustrates both perspectives of the argument. |
Process:
Week One:
· Day 1: Whole class will read Dred Scott Court Case and answer the Think About It questions related to the case.
· Day 2-5: Students will be divided into four groups and assigned group activity. Activities will rotate each day until day five.
Week Two:
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Day
1: Whole Class will read Plessy v.
· Day 2-5: Students will be divided into four groups and assigned a group activity. Activities will rotate each day until day five.
Week Three:
· Day 1: Whole Class will read Brown v. The Board Of Education and answer the Think About It questions related to the case.
· Day 2-5: Students will be divided into four groups and assigned a group activity. Activities will rotate each day until day five.
Resources:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/aska.html
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/othervis.html
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/chrono.html
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/home.html
Assessment:
1.
Students
will be graded on their responses to the Think About
It Questions.
2.
Students
will also keep a journal of their insights regarding each case.
3.
Students
will present their legal eagle problem and arguments for the case.
Standards:
English Language Arts
E1c-Read and
comprehend informational materials
E2a-Produce a
report of information
E3b-Participate
in- group meetings
E3c-Prepare and
deliver an individual presentation
E4a-Demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English Language in
written and oral work
E5a-Utilizing and
analyzing functional documents
E7a-Utilizing and
analyzing public documents
Social Studies
Standard 1:
History of the
Standard 5: Civic,
Citizenship, and Government
Career Development and Occupational Standards
II: Integrated
Learning
Conclusion:
You now understand how important the various perspectives and legal arguments of the people who lived during the time of the Post Revolutionary War up until the Civil Rights movement. In the course of three weeks, you have read three major court case decisions that impacted upon the civil liberties of African Americans in the United States History, and identified the arguments for both sides of the cases.