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This Compare State Voting Laws Today with Laws of the Jim Crow Era lesson plan also includes:
- Google Docs Version (Make a Copy)
- Outcry from Biden, Democrats Over Georgia's New Elections Law
- US Voting Laws Graphic Organizer (Google Doc)
- Voting Rights For Blacks And Poor Whites In The Jim Crow South
- Jim Crow Laws
- Home Depot Reacts to Boycott Campaign Over Georgia Voting Law
- Lawsuit Alleges that Georgia Voting Law Discriminates Against Black voters
- Exchange Between Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Sen. John Kennedy
- Video of Stacey Abrams Listing Her Objections to the Voting Law
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Georgia's law S.B. 202 is at the center of a lesson plan that asks young scholars to examine what critics say are Georgia's attempts to limit voting access to Black voters. Groups then investigate the voting laws in their own state, as well as those in two other states, and compare these results to the Jim Crow voting laws of the past.
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Instructional Ideas
- Begin the lesson by asking class members to take one of the many voting literacy tests available online
- Post the results of the voting laws research on a voting rights themed classroom wall
- Have the class rate the state laws from most restrictive to least
Classroom Considerations
- Requires copies of the graphic organizer
- Class members must have access to devices with internet connections
Pros
- Includes a Google Docs version of the lesson
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