Brown V. Board of Education

Brown V. Board of Education

Warm-up

•What do you think diversity means? Why do you think it is important?

Plessy V. Ferguson• Court case from 1892 that said “separate but

equal” is allowed.

Segregation

Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)

Does a segregated school system violate 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

14th Amendment guarantees all people be treated equally under the law

Brown vs. Board of Education overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson

Brown vs. Board of Education ruled that “separate but equal” doctrine was unconstitutional

Next Activity

• Take out “Case Summary: Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)”

Brown v. Board of Education Today

• In your group read the article from the Baltimore Sun about Brown v. Board of Education today.

• Put a ? Next to anything that you don’t understand.

• Underline-things that you think are important• next to things you agree with• next to things you disagree with

Example of Coding the Text

• There was a time when Walter Sondheim Jr. ? held fast to the notion that racially desegregated schools would give way to a racially integrated society. That was 1954. He admits now that he "should have known better.“

Group Discussion• In your groups answer the following questions. I

will be collecting the answers from your group. Before you write the answers have a discussion with your group.

• 1. Does integration in schools mean integration in society? Why or Why not?

• 2. Why is there still so much residential segregation in society today? Do you think this is fair/unfair?

• 3. Should people be forced to live in certain parts of a city or be bused across town to maintain diversity in schools? Why or Why not?

“with all deliberate speed”

Little Rock 9

Little Rock 9

Exit Slip

• After learning about Brown v. Board, I want you to become a policy maker.

• In 1-2 paragraphs :• 1. Decide if Brown V. Board has achieved its goals

(use the case to cite goals)? • 2. Explain why or why not using specific ideas

from schools today.• 3. Finally give suggestions on how we can make

Brown v. Board more successful in schools today?