The Supreme Court in American Political History

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.02.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Lesson 1: Defining Justice and Its role in the Constitution
  6. Lesson 2: Brown v. Board of Education: Justice in Action
  7. Lesson 3: Reaction to the Court's Ruling to Desegregate Public Schools
  8. Works Cited
  9. Supreme Court Cases Cited
  10. Teacher Suggested Reading List
  11. Student Suggested Reading List
  12. Websites
  13. Appendix
  14. Materials and Resources for Lesson Plans

Justice in Action: Reactions to Brown v. Board of Education

K. Gothie

Published September 2006

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Overview

This unit is designed to be taught to fifth grade students and the primary objectives comply with the New Mexico standards for Social Studies: Government and Civics for fifth grade (see Appendix ). Although the unit is designed to be taught in its entirety and therefore will take several weeks to teach, it is plausible for a teacher to extract a particular lesson plan if time does not allow for the teaching of the complete unit. The unit will involve the following reasoning skills: analysis, synthesis, comparison and evaluation.

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