Introduction
Hello there!
This web quest will guide you through various activities which will allow you to investigate the Jim Crow Laws and how people were affected by them in the past. You will notice that in your first activity, you will be asked to research while making connections. In your next activity, you will read a select few personal narratives from African Americans who lived in this era, and last you will listen to a personal narrative. It is essential that you hear this narrative to fully grasp the amount of pain that these individuals went through in their time period. After that, you will be asked to write a one page reflection on how these narratives made you feel and what connections you may have made with these people. Your goal is to get a feel for what the African American people went through in this era and the best way to do that will be through this guided activity.
Task
Activity Steps:
1. Visit the Jim crow Laws https://www.nps.gov/malu/learn/education/jim_crow_laws.htm
2. After visiting and reading these laws, select 5 that stuck out to you or that you thought were especially cruel and unusual.
3. Using these laws, you will be answering a few questions and filling out your worksheet.
4. Complete the attached document and either email it to me or complete and print out for full credit.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14h3DoZglzyzcDBIvrKFP_ifjFBquN9kIBC-USXsfWyY/edit
Process
Activity 2 instructions:
Read this personal narrative from the Jim Crow Laws and watch these personal narrative videos.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/narrative_honda.html
A woman who grew up in the Jim Crow South remembers one night on a rural road | StoryCorps
Jim Crow Living Legends
Evaluation
After reading the personal narrative and watching the videos, I need you to follow these instructions:
1. Create a word document or google document and title it "My Views on the Jim Crow Laws".
2. In a typed, one to two page essay, answer the following questions:
- How did these stories make you feel? Did you like the feeling you got after reading and listening to these stories?
- What emotions did you go through when you listened to the voices of these individuals who went through these living conditions?
- What would you have done if you were an African American in the Jim Crow law era? Would you have fought to end segregation or would you have just listened to the laws in order to protect your family and keep your head down? What are your thoughts on this?
- Which personal narrative really resonated with you? Why?
Please make sure that when you are creating your essay, You are making sure it is virtually free of spelling and grammar errors. Make sure it is double spaced, size 12 font and Times New Roman font style.
Conclusion
This concludes our journey on the Jim Crow Laws. If you would like to further your research on this topic, you can visit the following web pages:
https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws
https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/what.htm
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedom-riders-jim-crow-laws/
https://www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/a-brief-history-of-jim-crow
Literary Works revolving around the Jim Crow era:
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