NYSBA/LYC Brown v. Board of Education

Middle School Lesson Activities

  1. Before Brown v. Board of Education: "Jim Crow" and the Plessy v. Ferguson Decision
  2. Constructed Response Question: Was Separate Equal?
  3. An Overview of the Civil Rights Movement and the Impact of Brown v. Board of Eduction Decision
  4. The Decision of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas), May 17, 1954
  5. Constructed Response Question: Excerpts from Newspaper Editorials - May 18, 1954
  6. Observations on the Importance of Brown v. Board of Education Decision
  7. Constructed Response Question: Readings of Excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry
  8. Document Based Question