While visiting the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic site, each student will tour the museum galleries, view the films, and have the opportunity to speak with a park ranger. Before the teams can effectively accomplish the cooperative activity, each individual will be responsible for:

• Identifying each of the five cases included in the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision
• Identifying the NAACP and explaining how it was involved in the cases
• Identifying Plessy v. Ferguson and explaining the significance of the �separate but equal� clause

After the class has completed their museum tour and each student can answer the questions above, each team will be responsible for the following:

• Researching and analyzing information covering one of four topics
• Collecting data, documents, and images to illustrate and explain your findings
• Forming a group opinion based on your research analysis
• Creating a five-minute PowerPoint slide show with the template included in each case file to present your group's opinions to the rest of the class
  

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