Brown v. Board of Education Teacher Resources

New ReviewYou walk each day over 20 blocks to school as a 9-year old because the color of your skin does not allow you to attend a school in your own neighborhood. Scholars use the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education to investigate...

Students examine a poster of Brown v. Board of Education and discuss what the important details are. They read the story behind the poster and court case. They role play different sections of the case such as the court case or Linda...

You've heard it before, "The best way to develop vocabulary is to study it in context." Use this instructional activity to help learners use context clues to identify unknown words. The reading selection is broken into five chunks, and...

Students analyze current patterns of school segregation and consider whether or not the promise of Brown v. Board of Education has been fulfilled.

Students use the Internet to research one of five cases associated with Brown v. Board of Education and then join a group with people who researched the other four.

Students study the cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education to learn about separate but equal laws. In this law study lesson, students read the explanation of the Plessy case,study political cartoons, and view...

As part of a study of the Civil Rights Movement from 1868 to the present, class members examine first person narratives, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, and other significant events in civil rights history. They then...

Learners are given an overview of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the tenets of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the rejection of the "separate but equal" doctrine by Brown v. Board of Education with this worksheet.

Learners interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Brown v. Board of Education lesson, students examine sources that require them to consider the impact of the case in order to participate in a...

Young scholars research and discuss the case of Brown v. Board of Education by reviewing documents associated with the case.

In this Civil Rights worksheet, learners complete a graphic organizer by adding details regarding the outcome of Brown v. Board of Education.

Students are introduced to the importance of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation. As a class, they discuss how each of them would respond in different scenerios if they were a young African-American. They also...

Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this segregation lesson plan, students compare and contrast educational facilities for whites and blacks in the 1950's. Students...

Learners review the facts of the court case Brown v. Board of Education. Next, they research recent court cases that uphold contrasting views on the landmark decision. They write opinions about these recent court cases from a 1954...

Students explore desegregation in the courts. In this civil rights lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on Supreme Court cases Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson. Students examine the cases and...

Follow the fiercest battles for racial equality, starting with Brown vs. Board of Education. Watch Martin Luther King as he fought for the rights of African American students entering desegregated schools.

Students examine the court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, and the role of the NAACP. They conduct research, write a report, and research the history of their local public schools.

Ninth graders study the American Civil Rights Movement. In this social justice lesson, 9th graders read "Making History," and discuss the decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case. Students then take the provided Civil Rights test.

Young historians explore monumental events in the history of school segregation in the United States, such as Brown v. Board of Education and the Little Rock Nine. They conclude with an experiential activity by delivering an argument in...

Students analyze photographs that feature segregation. In this human rights instructional activity, students examine photographs of a segregated movie theater, a Ku Klux Klan gathering, a segregated business sign, and an illustration...

Students explore  the concept of resegregation. In this civil rights lesson, students research the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in their community. Students define and research resegregation.

Students investigate whether segregation is still a problem in United States schools, research factual history about school integration in the United States, connect past to present, reflect on their own beliefs about diversity, and...

Young scholars explored the meaning of racism through the lens of segregation, the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education case, and the life of Thurgood Marshall. They create a timeline of a famous hero and of Thurgood marshall....

Students analyze historic rulings that played roles in the Civil Rights Movement. In this civil right lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding Plessy v. Ferguson, Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of...