Process Paper
Why we chose this topic:
We chose Plessy vs. Ferguson as our topic because as soon as we all learned about the case in chapter 8, it caught our attention. We found it very interesting that Homer Plessy voluntarily sat on the "Whites Only" car of a train and refused to move knowing that he could go to jail. We also really wanted to discover the outcome of the case and see what it did to change history over the years and if it made a difference in racial issues.
How we conducted our research:
First, we got together at the library on Sunday. A librarian helped Elizabeth get the books that we needed. We assigned eachother a page each. Elizabeth gathered information from the books that the librarian provided her and wrote down all the background information from the sources she found online. Justin went online to find constitutional information and about the 13th and 14th amendments and used the books and other websites to find how both sides of the case viewed it. Fiorella and Dylan both found information on the differing sides of the case. Dylan researched information on Plessy. He gathered information on who he was and what happened to him during the trial. Fiorella gathered information on Ferguson and found out who he was and how he viewed the case.
How we created and developed the exhibit:
We came to an agreement and realized that a website would be the most organized way into making our project. An afternoon after school, the four of us got together at a friend’s house and began to work on the project. We decided on the background of our website and then decided on how the website should be divided. We came to an agreement that each slide should look like how it does on the website. The next time we met together was on a Sunday and we all met up at the library. We all assigned each other a specific page to research and got to work. Elizabeth was in charge of the “background” page and the “outcome” page. Justin was in charge of the “constitution” page; Dylan was in charge of the “Plessy” page; and Fiorella was in charge of the Ferguson page. We all worked on the home page together. Finally, as we got information from each source we made to cite it using Easybib.com. We then put all of our sources in the “bibliography” section of our website.
How our project relates to the theme:
Our project relates to ‘The Turning Point in History’ in many ways. This project is about Plessy vs. Ferguson, and it was the beginning foundation of the segregation between the blacks and the whites. This is a turning point in history because if Plessy wouldn't have gone onto the white train, none of this would have happened and the war between the blacks and whites could have been better or worse. The African Americans could have still looked weak among the Whites today if the African Americans wouldn't have stood up for their rights like they did in Plessy V. Ferguson.
We chose Plessy vs. Ferguson as our topic because as soon as we all learned about the case in chapter 8, it caught our attention. We found it very interesting that Homer Plessy voluntarily sat on the "Whites Only" car of a train and refused to move knowing that he could go to jail. We also really wanted to discover the outcome of the case and see what it did to change history over the years and if it made a difference in racial issues.
How we conducted our research:
First, we got together at the library on Sunday. A librarian helped Elizabeth get the books that we needed. We assigned eachother a page each. Elizabeth gathered information from the books that the librarian provided her and wrote down all the background information from the sources she found online. Justin went online to find constitutional information and about the 13th and 14th amendments and used the books and other websites to find how both sides of the case viewed it. Fiorella and Dylan both found information on the differing sides of the case. Dylan researched information on Plessy. He gathered information on who he was and what happened to him during the trial. Fiorella gathered information on Ferguson and found out who he was and how he viewed the case.
How we created and developed the exhibit:
We came to an agreement and realized that a website would be the most organized way into making our project. An afternoon after school, the four of us got together at a friend’s house and began to work on the project. We decided on the background of our website and then decided on how the website should be divided. We came to an agreement that each slide should look like how it does on the website. The next time we met together was on a Sunday and we all met up at the library. We all assigned each other a specific page to research and got to work. Elizabeth was in charge of the “background” page and the “outcome” page. Justin was in charge of the “constitution” page; Dylan was in charge of the “Plessy” page; and Fiorella was in charge of the Ferguson page. We all worked on the home page together. Finally, as we got information from each source we made to cite it using Easybib.com. We then put all of our sources in the “bibliography” section of our website.
How our project relates to the theme:
Our project relates to ‘The Turning Point in History’ in many ways. This project is about Plessy vs. Ferguson, and it was the beginning foundation of the segregation between the blacks and the whites. This is a turning point in history because if Plessy wouldn't have gone onto the white train, none of this would have happened and the war between the blacks and whites could have been better or worse. The African Americans could have still looked weak among the Whites today if the African Americans wouldn't have stood up for their rights like they did in Plessy V. Ferguson.