Todays schedule

900-930-- warm up -- In 1818, the first U.S. flag was approved. If you were asked to create a new flag for the United States, what would your flag look like?

1100-1230-- history -- Questionnaire: Worksheet with Specific Questions
You will be exploring a website to answer the following questions:
• First go to http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
• Go to the link titled Who is Jim Crow?
1. Who wrote the song “Jim Crow?”
2. Who did he hear the lyrics from?
3. When did Rice first appear on stage as “Jim Crow?”
4. How did he blacken his face?
5. By 1838 how was the word “Jim Crow” viewed by whites?
6. What type of stereotype did Rice and his imitators create about the blacks in
general?
Return to the Main Page.
Got to the link titled What was Jim Crow?
7. How were blacks viewed under the Jim Crow system?
8. Name five ways whites saw themselves as superior to the blacks:
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9. Name 5 things in general you found restricted blacks under the “Jim Crow”
etiquette norms and rules:
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10. Name five ways in which Jim Crow states segregated blacks and whites:
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135-205--history-- in your words and on paper Summarize each paragraph this page and this page. 2 to 3 sentence each summary.