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Plessy vs. Ferguson

Plessy vs. Ferguson. Mr. Rush Go Muskies - Beat IUPUI. What we will do today. Agenda . What you will learn. Questions for Discussion Background- case Tension- 10 th and 14 th Amendments Decision- Questions. Describe key arguments for and against the Constitution

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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  1. Plessy vs. Ferguson Mr. Rush Go Muskies- Beat IUPUI

  2. What we will do today Agenda What you will learn • Questions for Discussion • Background- case • Tension- 10th and 14th Amendments • Decision- Questions • Describe key arguments for and against the Constitution • Evaluate the proper role of the courts and the Supreme Court

  3. Great Job • Blogging for homework!

  4. Questions for Discussion • Does treating people equally mean treating them the same?

  5. Discussion Question • Partner Work • Scored Discussion • If you are talking about the case, you will get credit • Randomly called on.

  6. What does the Constitution say about discrimination? • Discrimination occurs when some people are treated differently than others because of their membership in a group, based on, for example, race, age, gender, or religion.  When courts consider cases of discrimination, they look at the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to determine whether that alleged discrimination is reasonable and legal or whether it violates the Constitution.  • "No state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."- Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868)

  7. 1st Question • A man and a woman apply for a job as a shoe sales person. What would the employer have to do to treat these two applicants equally?

  8. 2nd Question • Two patients come to a doctor with a headache. The doctor determines that one patient has a brain tumor and the other patient has a run-of-the mill headache. What would the doctor have to do to treat these two patients equally?

  9. 3rd Question • Two students try to enter a school that has stairs leading to the entrance. One student is handicapped and the other is not. What would the school have to do to treat these two students equally?

  10. 4th Question • Two students live in the same school district. The students are the same age, but they are different races. What does the school district have to do to treat these two students equally?

  11. Background Plessy Case • http://www.streetlaw.org//en/Page.Landmark.Plessy.background.three.aspx

  12. Majority Opinion • http://www.streetlaw.org//en/Page.Landmark.Plessy.decision.majority.aspx

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