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This Brown v. the Board of Education: Success or Failure? lesson plan also includes:
- Brown v. the Board of Education: Success or Failure? (.html)
- Resource Sheet #1: Brown in Cartoon (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #2: Integration Goes Forward at CHS (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #3: Interview with Ruth Eggleston (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #4: Interview with David F. Cooke (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #5: Television Interviews (.pdf)
- The Ten O'Clock News Video Archive
- Resource Sheet #6: Desegregation in Delaware (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #7: Executive Summary (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #8: Brown v. Board of Education: Success or Failure? (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #9: Brown: The 50th Anniversary (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #10: Brown in Cartoon: Your Turn (.pdf)
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Desegregation does not mean equality. An eye-opening lesson focuses on the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision to end school segregation. Scholars review a series of political cartoons to understand how the public viewed the event. After competing resource sheets about the cartoons, historians participate in group discussion to understand if Brown v. Board of Education was a success.
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brown v. board of education, america, american history, the united states, civil rights, the civil rights movement, education, american education, public education, supreme court cases, the supreme court, equality, equal rights, african american history, african american culture, african americans, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, american politics, politics, political cartoons, historical context, historical analysis, historical documents
Instructional Ideas
- Compare Brown v. Board of Education to the desegregation bussing in Los Angeles during the 1970s
Classroom Considerations
- Requires a computer lab with Internet access to complete the lesson
- The link provided in Resource Sheet #5 is no longer active, but an archive of the video resources is available
Pros
- Resource includes background information to help educator explain the material
- Lesson includes an answer key for discussion questions
Cons
- The link provided in Resource Sheet #5 is no longer active