Indiana Social Studies IS.1.13
The Standard
Identify "separate but equal" policies and "Black Codes" in Indiana prior to the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896). Analyze the impact of these policies on civil rights in Indiana in the late 19th century.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Industrialization and Immigration in Indiana: 1865 to 1900
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify Indiana laws that barred new Black residents and allowed separate schools for Black children before 1896. They explain how those laws limited where people could live and how children could attend school.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name Indiana’s 1851 ban on new Black residents and its 1869 separate-school law. They can explain which right each law limited and why access to a school did not mean equal treatment.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the 1896 Supreme Court case started school segregation. They may also think Indiana’s settlement ban forced existing Black residents to leave, rather than barring new residents.
How to Assess It
- Give students two cards: “1851: Indiana barred new Black residents” and “1869: Indiana allowed separate schools for Black children.” Ask them to name the right each law limited and one likely effect.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards dated 1851, 1869, and 1896; have them build a timeline and label the right affected by each Indiana law.
Ask students to write: How could separate schools limit Black children’s rights even when both schools were open?
Play a matching round: read a settlement or school scenario, then have students name the Indiana law that applied and the right affected.
Have students compare their district’s school nondiscrimination notice with Indiana’s 1869 school rule and write one change they notice.
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