8th ELA - 1/13/21

8th Grade ELA

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Poll

Which "kicks" do you prefer?

Learning Goals

• I can analyze the importance of the Plessy v. Ferguson case.

• I can determine the court’s point of view in its decision on the Plessy v. Ferguson case.

• I can analyze how the authors of the court’s decision and the dissenting opinion disagree on matters of interpretation.

The Court's Decision

The court claims that the purpose of the 14th Amendment is “to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law” but not “to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either.

The Court's Decision

The court interprets the 14th Amendment in a way that only guarantees legal equality between blacks and whites, not social equality. This court determined that striking down the Louisiana railroad law would force the races to mix. The court asserts that the forced mixing of the races is not part of the 14th Amendment, and should not be pushed if either one or both races do not approve of such mixing.

A Mighty Long Way

Please read Chapter 5 of the novel.