DATA Sheet 1: Character Quotes
Education Barriers
Directions: Tell how each of the following people might answer this question:
“Does treating everyone equally mean treating them the same?”
From what you have read, create one quote as a response to this question and list
their character qualities/traits as evidence of the way you think they might
respond.
Thurgood Marshall:
Little Rock Nine:
Character Traits:
Character Traits:
Black Mississippi Sharecropper:
Justice Powell:
Character Traits:
Character Traits:
DATA Sheet 2: Civil Rights Memorial
Political & Legal Barriers
Directions: Create a memorial commemorating the Civil Rights Movement. Be
sure to include:
1. A symbolic or representational monument memorializing the
contributions of the people, places or events of the movement.
2. A dedication space that should include:
a. an appropriate name for the memorial
b. 2-3 concrete examples of specific contributions
c. how their efforts made a difference in the movement
d. why America should never forget their efforts
3. Be creative! Use color, perspective, anything that will make this
memorial design stand-out.
DATA Sheet 3: Y-Graph
Hate Barriers
Directions: Compare and contrast the philosophy of Malcolm X with that of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. In one arm of the Y graph, list the ideas Dr. King
promoted and in the other, those of Malcolm X. In the “trunk” of the Y graph,
tell how they were similar.
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
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DATA Sheet 4: Universal Symbol Log
Gender Barriers
Directions: Summarize the main points of the topics below. Then create a symbol to
represent the information you learned about the fight for woman’s rights.
Seneca Falls
Background
SYMBOL
19th Amendment
Equal Rights
Amendment
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DATA Sheet 5: Leave In-Leave-Out
Setting the Historical Context
Directions: Summarize the information you just read into a paragraph and then
summarize the paragraph into one sentence. Then create a prediction about how
African-American’s may have responded to these obstacles you read about.
Ideas to LEAVE IN your summary
Ideas to LEAVE OUT of your summary
Paragraph Summary
One Sentence Summary:
PREDICTION: How might African Americans respond to these obstacles?
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DATA Sheet 6: Amicus Curiae
Social Barriers
Directions: Pretend the Supreme Court is about to make a decision in the case, “Plessy v Ferguson”. Write an Amicus Curiae brief from the perspective of someone who
sympathizes with the cause of civil rights. Address the brief to the Supreme Court. This
type of brief is written by someone who is not a party to the litigation, but who believes
that the court’s decision may affect its interest.
Amicus Curiae
“Friend of the Court”
1. What Constitutional issue is being raised by this case?
2. What is your interest in this matter?
3. Summary of your argument (why do you care about this case?)
4. In your opinion how should the Supreme Court respond?