
The National Archives has produced an in-depth lesson plan using primary documents including the Implementation Decree mentioned above. The National Archives also has a timeline of events and cases leading up to the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The Library of Congress also offers a timeline of events and cases leading up to the Brown v. Board decision. The LOC's timeline has more depth than that offered on the National Archives site.
Land Mark Cases and the Library of Congress both offer lesson plans on Brown v. Board of Education. The lesson plans on both sites use political cartoons as the basis of the lessons. The Land Mark Cases lesson plan can be found here and the LOC's lesson plan can be found here.
The Anti-Defamation League has published six lesson plans related to Brown v. Board of Education. These lessons cover events leading up to the case, the case itself, and the implications of the decision.
Applications for Education
As I mentioned above, no study of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States is complete without a lesson on Brown v. Board of Education. The lessons above are geared toward high school students, but could easily be adapted for use in a middle school setting.
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