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

Tools for this Unit:

Materials and Resources for Lesson Plans

Lesson 1

Part 1: Drawing paper, marker, crayons, pencils, colored pencils

Part 2: Copy of the Constitution of the United States (one per child is ideal)

School House Rock video "The Preamble" part of the America video

http://www.school-house-rock.com

Large chart paper for KWL chart

Part 3: A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights by Kathleen Krull or a copy of the Bill of Rights (First Ten Amendments)

Large graph or chart paper for creating bar graph

Lesson 2

Part 1: Background information on Plessy v. Ferguson found in narrative part of unit under "Background"

List of terms and definitions

Part 2: Background information on Brown v. Board of Education found in narrative part of unit under "Background"

Photos illustrating segregation go to:

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jimcrowlaw1/ig/Racial-Segregation-Signs/index.htm

Lesson 3

Part 1: Video - The Ernest Green Story available through Amazon.com

List of Civil Rights events and important people

Part 2: Video - Eyes on the Prize also available through Amazon.com

Copies of Assessment Scenario for each student

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