Brown v. Board of Education - Grades 10 and 11 Lesson Plan
Supreme Court Decision ruling ëSeparate but Equalí standard unconstitutional and forced public schools to desegregate.
 
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 In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled on the case: Brown v Board of Education. This decision led to desegregation of America’s public schools. This lesson focuses on the events and individuals that influenced this decision as well as the response in Virginia. This lesson uses interactive, guided debate, as well as instructor led lecture. Students will investigate both sides of the issue as well as address modern issues along similar topics.

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Links to Related Information:

Brown v Board of Education
http://www.digisys.net/users/hootie/brown/

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/
early-civilrights/brown.html

http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html

Thurgood Marshall
http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/
black/events_and_
people/html/001.thurgood_marshall.html

Charles Hamilton Houston
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects /ftrials/
trialheroes/charleshoustonessayF.html

Oliver Hill
http://www.timesdispatch.com/blackhistory
/MGBI9NFUBIC.html

    

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