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May 17 is the anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 striking down school segregation, providing a teachable moment for the discussion of the Brown v. Board of Education, civil rights in the courts, and the issues of segregation.
Strategies: 1. Focus on Brown v. Board of Education.
2. Focus on civil rights in the U.S. Courts.
3. Focus on the U.S. civil rights movement.
What were the issues of the case?
When did the U.S. Supreme Court hear this case, and when did it rule on this case?
Where were schools segregated in the U.S. in 1950?
Why is this case so significant in American history?
How did the lower cases rule on this case?
2. What is segregation, and why were segregated schools unfair?
3. What impact did Brown v. Board of Education have on the U.S. civil rights movement?
4. What other Supreme Court decisions have removed racial barriers in the United States?
The five cases considered under Brown v. Board of Education: What were they, what were their origins, what were their similarities, what were their differences?
This case's path to the U.S. Supreme Court: What other courts heard this case, when, and what were their decisions.
The case: What was the case made for segregated schools, and what was the case made against segregated schools?
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: What does it say, and how does it relate to this case?
NAACP and Thurgood Marshall: Their involvement in this case.
The court's majority opinion: What did it say, and what did it mean?
The court's dissenting opinion: What did it say, and what did it mean?
Impact of the ruling on America's schools and on the U.S. civil rights movement.
1957 Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School: How this event serves as an example of the difficulties experienced with the enforcement of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The life of Ruby Bridges: How Brown v. Board of Education made a difference in the lives of African Americans.
Conclude the symposium by having each student make a list of 10 descriptors that now come to their mind when they think of Brown v. the Board of Education. Collect the lists, and combine them to make a master list. Make a poster headed: Brown v. the Board of Education and list in rank order below the heading the 10 descriptors most commonly mentioned on the student lists. Display this poster in a prominent location within your classroom.
Focus point for class discussion or a writing assignment: Courts and lawmakers have historically used America's schools to bring about social change - racial equality and the mainstreaming of people with special needs are two examples. Is this a good practice? Are they correct in using schools to bring about social change? What other institutions are, or can be, used to promote social change?

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