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The following are lesson plans for Middle School students that study
the history of Brown and relate the case to contemporary
issues in education.
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Background: From the time the 14th Amendment was ratified
in 1868, it was challenged. The Plessy v. Ferguson decision
introduced the "separate but equal" standard that legalized segregation
until the Brown decision in 1954. Between 1896 and 1954,
a number of key cases challenged the Plessy v. Ferguson unsuccessfully.
We will examine the factors that contributed to the success of the
Brown v. Board of Education case in ending legal segregation
and doing away with "separate but equal" facilities for African
Americans.
Subject Areas: Social Studies, U.S. History, Language Arts
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Background: When the African American students at Moton High
School in Virginia took a stand and organized a peaceful protest
to call attention to the poor conditions at their school and the
inequities between schools for African Americans and Whites, they
became a part of the group of cases that is now known as Brown
v. Board of Education. The protest and subsequent lawsuit, organized
solely by high school students in conjunction with help from the
NAACP, illustrates how the actions of one person can make a difference.
It also give students an example of how young people worked together
to make a major change in the American educational system by being
actively involved in the political and social issues that were affecting
them.
Subject Areas: Social Studies, Language Arts, Debate
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Download the full Lesson Plan here (PDF)
For additional lesson plans, see
Lesson Plans for Middle and High School Level Students
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