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A QUESTION 0F FAIRNESS

A QUESTION 0F FAIRNESS. PROJECT LEGAL. A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY MR. SCHWARTZ WITH THE COOPERATION OF CLASS 7-448. TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE. NATIVE AMERICANS JAPANESE AMERICANS WAS THEIR TREATMENT FAIR?. WHAT WAS THE TRAIL OF TEARS ?. REFER TO PAGES 168 AND 174 IN THE TEXT.

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A QUESTION 0F FAIRNESS

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  1. A QUESTION 0F FAIRNESS PROJECT LEGAL A POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY MR. SCHWARTZ WITH THE COOPERATION OF CLASS 7-448

  2. TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE • NATIVE AMERICANS • JAPANESE AMERICANS • WAS THEIR TREATMENT FAIR?

  3. WHAT WAS THE TRAIL OF TEARS ? REFER TO PAGES 168 AND 174 IN THE TEXT WHAT DOES MR. KOREMATSU’S CASE CONCERN?

  4. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE UNFAIR TREATMENT 1. Westward Movement 2. President Jackson’s Actions 3. Attack on Pearl Harbor 4.American involvement in World War II

  5. KEY TERMS • INTERNMENT • DAY OF INFAMY • UNCONSTITUTIONAL • MANIFEST DESTINY • DUE PROCESS OF LAW • EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW

  6. Mr. KOREMATSU’S STORY

  7. EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW WHAT DOES EQUAL PROTECTION MEAN? WAS EQUAL PROTECTION GUARANTEED TO THE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE?

  8. THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION STATES: “NO STATE SHALL DENY TO ANY PERSON …………. EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS.”

  9. THE 21ST CENTURY HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE PAST? WILL WE CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? WHAT WILL WE DO DIFFERENTLY?

  10. 1. THE UNITED STATES TREATED NATIVE AMERICANS FAIRLY DURING THE TRAIL OF TEARS MARCH. 2. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAD A RIGHT TO REMOVE NATIVE AMERICANS FROM THEIR LAND.3.MR. KOREMATSU COULD BE CONSIDERED A THREAT TO AMERICA’S SECURITY4. ALL JAPANESE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES WERE SPYING FOR JAPAN AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR 2.5. NATIVE AMERICANS HAD CAUSE TO ATTACK SETTLERS MOVING WEST.6 MR KOREMATSU WAS GIVEN EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS.7. THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SHOULD APPLY EQUALLY TO ALL CITIZENS.8. DUE PROCESS OF LAW SHOULD BE IGNORED DURING A WARTIME EMERGENCY.9. IT WAS RIGHT TO PAY BACK JAPANESE WHO WERE INTERRED DURING WORLD WAR 2.10. THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER SINCE THE TRAIL OF TEARS AND THE KOREMATSU CASE.

  11. A QUESTION OF FAIRNESS

  12. NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORK CITY STANDARDS ADHERED TO DURING PRESENTATION OF LESSON • NEW YORK CITY PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ---READING E1d DEMONSTRATE FAMILIARITY WITH A VARIETY OF PUBLIC DCUMENTS • NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES…..STANDARD 5-2--- CIVICS, CITIZENSHIP, AND GOVERNMENT. STUDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW CIVIC VALUES REFLECTED IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED THROUGH LAWS AND PRACTICES.

  13. PROJECT LEGAL THE END MR. SCHWARTZ THANKS YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND EXCELLENT COOPERATION!!!! WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BY MR. KRIEGER

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