For Teachers
Activity 1A (Reading)
The Segregated South: From Slavery to Jim Crow
| Lesson Overview | The reading introduces students to the conditions that existed in the southeast United States (and indeed often in other parts of the nation as well) during the age of segregation, a period that lasted from the end of Reconstruction after the Civil War until the successes of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. |
| Learning Objectives | The purpose is to familiarize students with the conditions of institutionalized and government-sanctioned racism into which Percy Julian was born and against which he struggled during much of his life, especially during his early years. |
| Lesson Concepts |
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| Materials Required | No special materials are required. |
| Skills Required | No special skills are required. |
| Time Required | 10–15 minutes. |
| Student Ability Level and Grouping | Individually or in small groups. |
| Notes |
For additional background on Jim Crow Laws, see Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. For information on current (as of 2003) information about schools and segregation, see the report “Schools More Separate: Consequences of a Decade of Resegregation,” by Gary Orfield, from the Civil Rights Project, Harvard University. |
| Assessment | None. |
| Student Resources for Further Study |
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow from WNET/PBS The History of Jim Crow |
| Standards |
This activity meets the following National Science Education Standards (Grades 5-8) and Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. National Science Education Standards (Grades 5-8)
Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
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