Topic--Brown v. Board of Ed

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Brown v. Board of Education

DIRECTIONS: Below are several sub-topics you will need to research on this issue. Each sub-topic has questions you need to answer, and all the sites on the "Resources" page have the information you need in order to answer the questions. However:

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

You do NOT have to write in complete sentences (yet), but make sure what you write down is clearly said.

(unless the question specifically asks for quoted material--meaning something you are writing down word for word from a web page)

I highly recommend that you split up the sub-topics among your group members (divide and conquer!). SHARE the information you find with your group members because everyone needs to write down the information. If there are still things you are missing after everyone does their share, work together to find that missing information.

HOW TO TAKE NOTES: Write down your information according to the sub-topic you research (i.e., Write all the information you find on "The History Behind Brown v. Board of Education" down in one section. IF YOU WANT, you can copy down the questions as well, but that is not necessary as long as you make sure to gather all the information the questions ask for.

Sub-Topics and Questions

The History Behind Brown v. Board of Education

Who was Linda Brown and what did she have to do with the court case known as Brown v. Board of Education? Write down some of the history behind this important court case.
Plessy v. Ferguson was another important Supreme court case. When did this court case happen? What was it about and what did the courts decide? Based on your research, how are Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education related to each other? Write down several ways in which they relate.

The Supreme Court's Decision on Brown v. Board of Education

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education? What reasons did the court have for making that decision?
What was the impact of the Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education? (How did it affect society in the United States?) Write down several answers.

U.S. Law and Brown v. Board of Education

What is the Fourteenth Amendment? Write down what it says in your own words.
Based on what you know about them, what does the Fourteenth Amendment have to do with Brown v. Board of Education?
What does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have to say about education? How is that significant to what was decided in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education?