Alabama Social Studies SS24.USG.3c
The Standard
- SS24.USG.3
- Analyze the major features and structural organization of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
Explain how the Fourteenth Amendment extended rights to minority groups through the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how equal protection limits racial discrimination by states. They explain how due process protects fair procedures and certain freedoms against state action. They use court cases to show how these protections apply to minority groups.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why a state ban on interracial marriage violated equal protection and the freedom to marry protected by due process. They can also explain why school segregation denied Black students equal protection.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think these protections apply only to minority groups, rather than to everyone. They may confuse equal protection with due process or assume either clause covers every private act of discrimination.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A state bans interracial marriage. Explain one way the ban violates equal protection and one way it violates due process.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed Brown and Loving case cards; have them mark which clause each ruling used, then compare notes.
Ask: How can one interracial marriage ban violate both equal protection and due process? Write one sentence for each clause.
Read 'state bans interracial marriage' or 'public school suspends without notice'; teams name the clause and explain why for points.
Read a sample public school suspension notice and circle where the student gets a chance to tell their side.
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