Separate but Never Equal Text Structures: Compare and Contrast

Carly Zech 1/8/13 1 Separate but Never Equal

Instructions: --Answer the following within this document about the nonfiction article Separate but Never Equal on pages 189-191. -- Reread portions of the text to help you answer the questions fully with specific details and explanations. --For the multiple-choice questions bold or highlight your answer choice. --Check your work for accuracy, details, explanations, and conventions. --Save document with a Del Mar header into your English folder. --Upload to Edmodo. 1.) In the opening quote, John Lewis makes three comparisons. What are they? Why are they important? One comparison is that the water fountains were both labeled. Another is how signs both said white men white woman or colored men colored women. Another is that they shared the same movie theater. They are important because it showed that people were not treated right back then and shows how they were separate but never equal. 2.) What is Plessy v. Ferguson? Why is it important? Plessy v. Ferguson is the U.S. Supreme Court conflict that states could enact laws separating people by skin color as long as the facilities for African Americans were equivalent to those for whites. It is important because it supported a system of racial segregation in states.

3.) Why did some African American parents sue their school district in 1949? Do you think they were right in doing so? Why or why not? They sued their school district over their inequalities between the local white elementary school and the school their children were forced to attend. I think they were definitely right to sue the school because every one should have equal amounts in the world and that we are all one. 4.) How long after that did it take for the Supreme Court to rule that separate schools were unequal? it took 5 years for the supreme court to rule that separate schools were unequal. 5.) In paragraph 5, the writer contrasts the schools attended by black children with those attended by white children. Make two lists one labeled All-White School and one All-Black School. In each, list the contrasting points made in the essay.

Carly Zech 1/8/13 1 Separate but Never Equal All- White School 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Brand new school Had an auditorium Had a kindergarten Part time music teacher Well equipped playground And a lunch program Separate room for different grades

All- Black school 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) No new school No Auditorium No kindergarten No music No playground No lunch program And No separate rooms Had only two teachers and two classrooms for all eight graders

6.) In Brown v. Board of Education the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools are ___ A similar B legal C unequal D illegal 7.) Separate but Never Equal works as a title for this article because the article ____ A shows why the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling was unfair B examines the conditions in public schools C shows that things change over time D justifies segregation

8. To learn more about the conditions described in this essay, you should____ A ask your principal B talk to your history teacher C read about conditions in northern schools D study a map of the South 9. In which of these situations would reading a compare-and-contrast article be most helpful? A You need to find out how life in China today differs from life in the United States.

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Carly Zech 1/8/13 1 Separate but Never Equal You need to do research on Brown v. Board of Education. You need to find out how many books Mildred Taylor has written. You want to learn how the Supreme Court works.