Important Court Cases in American History

Essential Question

What did you think was the most interesting case ?
Do you see this kind of discrimination today?
What could have been done in these cases to make it more fair?

Texts

Brown v. Board: General Discussion Questions

Discuss the impact of Brown v. Board and the current state of segregation using articles from Teaching Tolerance magazine's special anniversary section.

July 7, 2009

Informational

Judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States in Plessy v. Ferguson

In the matter of Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court upheld practices that perpetuated Jim Crow segregation, declaring that “separate but equal” accommodations were legal. Nearly 60 years later, the Court overturned the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Harlan

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

March 3, 2016

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Lifting the Text

Students choose an important sentence or phrase from the central text and participate in a structured class discussion about the “lifted” text.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, SL.3-5.1, SL.3-5.4, SL.3-5.6

July 13, 2014

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Rdelashmet

Important Court Cases in American History

Brown v. Board: General Discussion Questions

Judgement of the Supreme Court of the United States in Plessy v. Ferguson

Lifting the Text

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