Today's class focused on an activity in which we went into depth on the process of synthesis. We first did a close reading of the 14th Amendment centered around discussion questions. We then watched a brief video of the historian Eric Foner discussing the significance of the 14th Amendment. This was followed by a reading that finished with an example of a historian using synthesis.
The next part of this activity involved drawing comparisons between the Plessy v. Ferguson and Korematsu v U.S. Supreme Court cases.
For homework tonight you need to fill out the Plessy box next to "Equal Protection and Due Process." Consider the following:
The next part of this activity involved drawing comparisons between the Plessy v. Ferguson and Korematsu v U.S. Supreme Court cases.
For homework tonight you need to fill out the Plessy box next to "Equal Protection and Due Process." Consider the following:
- How did the ruling of the case violate Plessy's right to Equal Protection of the law and Due Process?
- How did the Supreme Court (as evidenced by the Majority Decision (provided in the packet) defend their ruling that "separate but equal" did not violate the 14th Amendment?
| synthesis_handout.pdf |
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