Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & ActivitiesDuration: 50 MinutesDate Posted: 7/7/2008
In this classroom activity, students will analyze political cartoons and letters to the editor in order to identify and analyze the range of reactions to the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision, and the ways in which the Court's mandates were enacted or blocked. Students will also be able to connect a more recent civil rights or education issue to the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education. This lesson is part of the online exhibition entitled Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education.
Cooperative learning, Museum education
Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) bought this Head tennis racket in 1975 and used it in competitions includ...
social justice, NAACP, Supreme Court, African American History Month, African-American, racism, black history month, desegregation, equal opportunity, African-American History Month, Black History, Brown v. Board of Education, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, February, Black, segregation, education, civil rights, African American history, African American
A fictional story with historic background and photographs depicting students during the period o...
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