Outcomes & Objectives

Objectives To understand what the 1896 Segregation Laws

were and what they meant for Black People. To explain why the laws were known as the Jim

Crow Laws.

Outcomes1. Students to figure out what the difference is

between Jim Crow and Ali G; and what this can tell us about how things have changed for Black people in the USA.

2. Complete Double-Bubble Map to look at similarities and differences between Jim Crow and Ali G.

3. Answer the question ‘What were the segregation laws?’

4. Answer the question ‘Why were the 1896 segregation laws known as the Jim Crow Laws?’

Black Peoples of the USA (2): How have the

experiences of Black Peoples in the USA changed

from 1619 to 2003?

History Key Stage 3 Black Peoples of the USA

Task Why were the 1896 segregation laws nicknamed the Jim Crow Laws?

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What’s the difference?

Who was Jim Crow?

KEY QUESTIONS: Who was Jim Crow making fun of? Who does Ali G make fun of? What can this tell us about how the

perceptions of Black People has changed in the last two hundred years?

TASK: What were the Segregation Laws? Follow the link to the Learning Curve website:

Learning Curve - Jim Crow Laws

What did the Segregation Laws mean for Black people in the Southern states of the USA?

1) 2) 3)

TASK: Why were the 1896 segregation laws known as the ‘Jim Crow Laws’? Answer…