DATA Sheet 1: Character Quotes

Education Barriers
Directions: Tell how each of the following people might answer this
question:
Does treating everyone equally mean treating them the same?
From what you have read, create one quote as a response to this question and list their
character qualities/traits as evidence of the way you think they might respond.
Thurgood Marshall:
Little Rock Nine:
Character Traits:
Character Traits:

Black Mississippi
Sharecropper:
Character Traits:

Justice Powell:
Character Traits:

DATA Sheet 2: Civil Rights Memorial

Political & Legal Barriers
Directions: Create a memorial commemorating the Civil Rights
Movement. Be sure to include:
1. A symbolic or representational monument memorializing the
contributions of the people, places or events of the movement.
2. A dedication space that should include:
a. an appropriate name for the memorial
b. 2-3 concrete examples of specific contributions
c. how their efforts made a difference in the movement
d. why America should never forget their efforts
3. Be creative! Use color, perspective, anything that will make this
memorial design stand-out.

DATA Sheet 3: Y-Graph

Hate Barriers
Directions: Compare and contrast the philosophy of Malcolm X with that of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. In one arm of the Y graph, list the ideas Dr. King promoted and in the other,
those of Malcolm X. In the trunk of the Y graph, tell how they were similar. Use the spaces
outside of the graph if needed.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Malcolm X

DATA Sheet 4: Universal Symbol Log

Gender Barriers
Directions: Summarize the main points of the topics below. Then create a symbol to
represent the information you learned about the fight for womans rights.

Background

Seneca Falls

19th Amendment
Symbol

Equal Rights
Amendment

DATA Sheet 5: Leave In-Leave-Out

Setting the Historical Context
Directions: Summarize the information you just read into a paragraph and then summarize
the paragraph into one sentence. Then create a prediction about how African-Americans may
have responded to these obstacles you read about.

Ideas to Leave Out of your summary

Ideas to Leave in your summary

Paragraph Summary

One Sentence Summary

Prediction: How Do You Think African Americans Will Respond To These

Challenges?

DATA Sheet 6: Amicus Curiae

Social Barriers
Directions: Pretend the Supreme Court is about to make a decision in the
case, Plessy v Ferguson. Write an Amicus Curiae brief from the
perspective of someone who sympathizes with the cause of civil rights.
Address the brief to the Supreme Court. This type of brief is written by
someone who is not a party to the litigation, but who believes that the
courts decision may affect its interest. You may write on the back of each
sheet if necessary.

Amicus Curiae
Friend of the
Court
1. What Constitutional issue is being raised by this
case?
2. What is your interest in this matter?
3. Summary of your argument (why do you care about
this case?)
4. In your opinion how should the Supreme Court
respond?