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University of Michigan

University of Michigan Library: Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of materials outlining the famous Brown v. Board of Education case and the events that followed it. Covers Supreme Court cases and school desegregation issues and events.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Virginians Respond

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students use primary sources to explore how Virginians responded to the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court in 1954 that called for an end to school segregation. They look in particular at Virginia's...
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Other

Howard University: Brown v Board of Education at 50: Fulfilling the Promise

For Students 9th - 10th
Howard University had a direct role in the Brown v Board of Education and has continued its research in the 50 years since working to continue and improve the rulings of the case. This is a free resource providing a collection of court...
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Chief Justice Earl Warren's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Supreme Court Orders Desegregation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from a unit called 'African-Americans in the Land of Equality.' It looks at the 1954 decision by the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended school segregation.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Re Examining Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson that explores the struggles to end segregation in schools. Students will research and use role-playing to understand some of the people and issues that sparked the BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION case in 1954 and how that...
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Website
Other

Tcnj: Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Digital Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive archive of documents, articles, images, and activities related to the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case from 1954. The site was last updated in 2004 and the video links do not seem to be working now. The...
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Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1955)

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of the Supreme Court's opinion in the 1955 Brown II case decision, which placed increased emphasis on implementing the 1954 Brown decision to desegregate public schools, thus overturning the 1896 decision in Plessy vs....
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation in the United States.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-instructional activity covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that overturned "separate but equal" in public schools. Students learn about segregation and "equality under the law," and they use what they learned to...
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Brown v. Board of Education 2 (1955)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Chief Justice Earl Warren's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Activity
Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and dealt with the issues of equal protection and racial discrimination. This resource provides an abstract containing a concise summary, a link to the full text of the...