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To help educators teach about the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education, Education World offers this special lesson planning resource. Included: Links to more than 3 dozen lessons.

In the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling on May 17, 1954, the Court unanimously ruled that it was unconstitutional to separate students on the basis of race.

"Brown broke the back of American apartheid." So said Theodore Shore, associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "It was a case that finally breathed life into the 14th Amendment for African-Americans."

Education World has hunted down the best online lesson plans we could find for teaching students about this important case. One of the first places we looked was on Tolerance.org. There, we found a number of Brown v. Board of Education classroom activities and resources for students in grades 7-12:

• Brown v. Board: General Discussion Questions
  Generate discussion of the Brown v. Board decision and the state of school segregation today. (Grades 7-12)
• Brown v. Board: An American Legacy
  Explore the history of school segregation, the Brown case, and its relevance in the ongoing struggle for school equity. (Grades 7-12)
• Brown v. Board: What It Means Today
  Read interviews with 14 Americans to examine the impact of Brown v. Board of Education and the state of school segregation today. (Grades 7-12)
• Brown v. Board: Where Are We Now?
  American schools are resegregating. What's happening in your community? (Grades 7-12)
• Brown v. Board: A New Milestone Decade
  Three ways to encourage students to continue the struggle for equality and justice in the U.S. (Grades 7-12)

The Landmark Supreme Court Cases, a joint offering from Street Law and The Supreme Court Historical Society, presents a handful of lesson plan ideas:

• Brown v. Board of Education Background
• Brown v. Board of Education: Does Treating People Equally Mean Treating Them the Same?
  Think about several scenarios (provided) and discuss or write an answer to these questions: Does treating people equally mean treating them the same? What would it mean to treat people equally in these situations? (Grades 3-12)
• Brown v. Board of Education: Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion
  The decision was unanimous. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court. Excerpts and discussion questions included. (Grades 6-12)
• Brown v. Board of Education: Classifying Arguments for Each Side of the Case
  Decide if each argument supports Brown's side against segregation, the Board of Education of Topeka's position in favor of segregation, both sides, or neither side. (Grades 6-12)
• Brown v. Board of Education: How a Dissent Can Presage a Ruling: The Case of Justice Harlan
  Read excerpts from Justice Harlan's dissent and Chief Justice Warren's majority opinions. The justices clearly share the same opinion of the constitutionality of segregation. Can you determine how their opinions differ? (Grades 6-12)
• Brown v. Board of Education: Political Cartoon Analysis
  Analyze political cartoons in terms of their relation to the Brown v. Board of Education case. What is the artist's message in the cartoons? Is there a political bias in the cartoons?
• Brown v. Board of Education: Conflict at Little Rock
  Use questioning methods to explore the Little Rock integration crisis from the perspective of Central High School students. Also, explore the context for thinking about the crisis, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board, and the 1957 crisis in Little Rock. (Grades 6-12)
• Brown v. Board of Education: All Deliberate Speed?
  Explore how quickly schools should be, and were, desegregated after the Brown v. Board decision. (Grades 6-12)
• Brown v. Board of Education: If You Were a Supreme Court Justice
  Read descriptions of school segregation cases that came before the Supreme Court after the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Taking into consideration what you know about the spirit in which the Brown case was written, how would you decide each case?

The New York Times Learning Network offers several lessons of interest:

• Learning the Hard Way
  Explore instances of segregated education around the world; support and refute the idea through debate and persuasive-essay writing. (Grades 6-12)
• Revisiting 'Separate But Equal'
  Examine the notion of "separate but equal" by reading the New York Times front page from the Brown v. Board of Education decision and by researching different events, legislation, and organizations that influenced desegregation. (Grades 6-12)
• Schools of Thought on Segregation: Exploring Differing Viewpoints
  Analyze how education in America affects its youth and the nation by assessing a variety of ways in which American courts and communities are dealing with the unanimous Supreme Court ruling to end "separate but equal" education. (Grades 6-12)

ADDITIONAL LESSONS FROM MANY SOURCES

Following are additional lessons to extend your students' understanding of the history and ramifications of Brown v. Board of Education. (Image below courtesy of Joe Wolf via Flickr.)

Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Documents Related to Brown v. Board of Education
Use primary source material from the National Archives to learn about the 14th Amendment, primarily the equal protection clause, as well as the powers of the Supreme Court under Article III of the U.S. Constitution. (Grades 6-12)

From Jim Crow To Linda Brown: A Retrospective of the African-American Experience from 1897 to 1953
Simulate the Afro-American Council Meeting in 1898. Create a similar meeting of the Afro-American Council prior to the Brown case in 1954. (Grades 8-12)

Integrating Central High: The Melba Patillo Story
Read the story of one of the "Little Rock Nine." Imagine yourself in Melba's shoes. Think about being in a situation in which you are fighting to change the way things have always been. (Grades 5-7)

Brown v. the Board of Education
This activity booklet provides a summary and background for teachers, plus activities for young students. The background section can be used as a teaching tool for students in grades 3-up. (Grades 2-8)

Dialogue on Brown v. Board of Education
This resource from the American Bar Association (ABA) provides questions for starting a dialogue about what has been required -- and what has been achieved -- in pursuit of the goal of "equal protection for all Americans."

From Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education: The Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation
Study the history of school desegregation legislation. Should the United States government legislate desegregation? Is racial mixing desirable and/or necessary in our educational system? (Grades 9-12)

School Desegregation and Prejudice in the United States
This unit offers a variety of activities that can be used as a whole or modified to fit a particular classroom situation. (Grade 5-8)

Segregation Before Brown
Create a color-coded map to illustrate segregation in the United States. Consider reasons for regional differences in segregation practices. (Grades 4-8)

• Brown v. Board of Education Timeline
  The National Archives offers this resource tracing the events leading to the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
• School Integration: Introduction
  This teacher-created resource looks at four communities' responses to Brown v. Board.
• Remembering Jim Crow
  Read personal histories of segregation to get insight into what it was like.
• Brown v. Board of Education
  The National Center for Public Policy Research provides this complete text of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

Updated 2/9/2017

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