Henry A. Rhodes
Objectives
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1. Students will be able to define civil rights.
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2. Students will be able to give several examples of civil rights.
Content Outline
13th Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the U.S. (Outlaws Slavery)
14th Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.
Homework: Students are to go to the school or public library to find all the civil rights bills that were enacted after the Civil War. Also write a brief synopsis of each bill in your own words.
Procedure
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1. Write the 13th and 14th amendments on the board.
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2. Ask the students-What are your civil rights as a U.S. citizen?
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3 After several responses, inform students that their civil rights come basically from the 13th and 14th amendments and certain acts passed by Congress.
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4. Inform students that they will be studying the C.R.A. of 1964.
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5. Ask students if they feel that Black Americans have achieved all of their civil rights.
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6. Give students homework assignment.