Brown v. Board --About This Lesson

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This lesson is based on the National Historic Landmark = Nominations,=20 =93Robert Russa Moton High School,=94 =93Sumner and Monroe = Elementary Schools,=94=20 =93Howard High School,=94 and =93John Philip Sousa Middle = School,=94 as well as=20 the National Register Nomination for =93Summerton High School,=94 = and the=20 National Historic Landmark Survey theme study entitled Racial=20 Desegregation in Public Education in the United States. Brown v. = Board of=20 Education: Five Communities that Changed America was written = by=20 Brenda Olio, former Teaching with Historic Places Historian, and = Caridad=20 de la Vega, Historian for the National Park Service National = Historic=20 Landmarks Survey. The lesson was edited by the Teaching with = Historic=20 Places staff. This lesson is one in a series that brings the = important=20 stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country. =

This lesson plan is made possible by the Virginia Foundation = for the=20 Humanities and Public Policy (VFH) as part of its African-American = Heritage Program, which includes the African-American History in = Virginia=20 Grant Program, the African-American Heritage Database Project, and = the=20 African-American Heritage Trails Program, a partnership between = VFH and=20 the Virginia Tourism Corporation. Through these programs, VFH = seeks to=20 increase understanding of African-American history in Virginia; to = promote=20 research and documentation of existing African-American historic = sites; to=20 strengthen the institutions that interpret African-American = history in the=20 state; and to encourage Virginians as well as people from all = parts of the=20 nation and the world to visit these sites. For more information, = contact=20 VFH, 145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903-4629 or visit = VFH=92s website.=20

*Special note to teacher
Please explain to students that = Brown v. Board consolidated separate cases from four = states. A=20 fifth public school segregation case from Washington, DC was = considered in=20 the context of Brown, but resulted in a separate opinion. = References to Brown in this lesson plan collectively refer to all = five=20 cases.

Where it fits into the = curriculum
Topics:=20 This lesson could be used in American History courses in units on = the=20 civil rights movement, or the history of education in the United = States.=20 This lesson could also be used to enhance the study of = African-American=20 history in the United States.
Time period: mid-20th=20 century
Relevant=20 United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
Relevant=20 Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

Objectives
1) To interpret = the=20 implication of the Plessy v. Ferguson court case to the = history=20 of segregated educational facilities in the United=20 States.
2) To explain the National Association = for the=20 Advancement of Colored People=92s (NAACP) role in the = desegregation of=20 public education in the United States.
3) To = describe=20 the five cases constituting Brown v. Board of Education = Supreme=20 Court case.
4) To evaluate the importance of = the=20 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court=20 case.
5) To determine the implications of the=20 Brown v. Board of Education ruling on public schools in = their own=20 community.

Materials for students
The materials = listed below=20 either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, = photocopied, and distributed to students. The maps and images = appear=20 twice: in a smaller, low-resolution version with associated = questions and=20 alone in a larger version.
1) one=20 map showing the United States;
2) three=20 readings on the history of school desegregation, the five = cases=20 involved in Brown v. Board of Education, and the Supreme = Court=20 opinion on Brown v. Board of Education delivered by Chief = Justice=20 Warren;
3) six=20 photographs of the schools involved in Brown v. Board = of=20 Education, and related images.

Visiting the sites
Robert Russa Moton High = School=20 [now Robert R. Moton Museum, 900 Griffin Blvd.] (at S. Main St.) = is=20 located in Farmville, Virginia. The Robert R. Moton High School is = currently undergoing construction for conversion into a museum. = The museum=20 is normally open on Wednesday and Friday from 1-3 p.m., and on = Saturday=20 from noon to 3 p.m.; however, the site has been temporarily closed = since=20 December 2004 due to construction. The center=92s mission will be = to=20 interpret the history of civil rights in education with particular = emphasis on the local story as it relates to the Supreme Court = case of=20 Brown v. Board of Education. The museum will feature = exhibits,=20 serve as a repository for materials related to the struggle for = civil=20 rights in education, and will also serve as an educational center. = For=20 additional information please visit the museum=92s website=20 or contact them at (434) 315-8775.

Sumner and Monroe Elementary Schools are both located in = Topeka,=20 Kansas. Sumner Elementary School (330 Western Avenue) closed its = doors as=20 an educational facility in 1996 and is currently vacant. Monroe = Elementary=20 School [now Brown v. Board of Education National Historic = Site,=20 1515 SE Monroe Street] is a unit of the National Park Service=20 commemorating the landmark court case of Brown v. Board of=20 Education. The historic site is open for visitation seven = days a week=20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of Thanksgiving, = Christmas, and=20 New Years Day. For more information on the Brown v. Board of=20 Education National Historic Site please contact the site at = (785)=20 354-4273 or visit the park=92s website.

Howard High School [now Howard High School of Technology, 401 = East 12th=20 Street] is located in the Eastside neighborhood of Wilmington, = Delaware.=20 The school is still in use as an educational facility with the = curriculum=20 combining both academics and vocational training. A portion of the = building is in use as the Delaware Skills Center. Take I-95 to the = Delaware Avenue exit and keep to the right making a right onto = Delaware=20 Avenue. Make a left on Walnut Street and follow the road to 13th = Street=20 and make a right. Take a right into the Howard High School of = Technology=20 parking lot. For more information, please contact the school at = (302)=20 571-5400 or visit the school=92s website.=20

The John Philip Sousa Junior High School [now John Philip Sousa = Middle=20 School, 37 Street Ely Place, SE] is located in the southeast = quadrant of=20 Washington, D.C. The building is still used as a middle school = today. For=20 more information please contact the school at (202) 645-3170.

Summerton High School [now Summerton Cultural Arts Center, 12 = South=20 Church Street] is located in Clarendon County in Summerton, South=20 Carolina. The building is currently used as the Summerton Cultural = Arts=20 Center and houses the school district administrative offices. The = space is=20 also used for meetings, conventions, and as an entertainment = facility.=20 Plans are being developed for a memorial exhibit commemorating = Brown=20 v. Board of Education. For information on site tours please = contact=20 Ms. Leola Parks at (803) 485-2325, ext. 230.

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