Brown v. Board of Education | DBQ | Lesson Plan | Thurgood Marshall
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In this Jim Crow Era Lesson, students learn about the court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas. Students will get an understand of how the court ruled, who Thurgood Marshall was and how he was able to win the case. Furthermore students will conduct an investigation of newspapers from across the south to determine how the Jim Crow South reacted to the case Brown v. Board of Education.
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Lesson Outline:
Warmup - Ask students to speak/research with their neighbors the following question, "What did the court case Plessy v. Ferguson establish?" Once students have worked with neighbors ask for student volunteers to share their answer.
Students should understand the following:
1. Plessy v. Ferguson established "Seperate but equal doctrine"
2. The court case legalized segregation if facilities were equal for both groups of people.
Explain to students that today we are going to learn about the court case that overruled that decision, Thurgood Marshall the man who won the case, and how the south responded. Show video linked at the top of the worksheet.
Ensure students understand the following:
1. Thurgood Marshall struggled to find people willing to challenge the school segregation because it was dangerous due to extreme racists
2. Eventually Marshall gets to challenge the case at the supreme court and wins Brown v. Board which stated that segregation could NEVER be equal
3. It took decades for schools to be integrated.
Break students into 5 groups. Each group will analyze a primary source and summarize the response of the region (each source is a newspaper from a different region of the country) to the the
Group One - Source One (Northern VA)
- Students should explain that Viriginia schools challenged the Supreme Courts decision, some refused to follow, some ignored, others threatened to cut funding to schools in general unless they were segregated.
Group Two - Source Two (Chapel Hill, NC)
- In Chapel Hill people did not deny that it was coming, however came up with many excuses as to why it was a bad decision. From comparing how drastic the difference would be large and small states vs. questioning what would happen to old school facilities, etc.
Group Three - Source Three (Jackson MS)
- One year after the court case most schools had not integrated. In fact 5 states had done next to nothing to start integrating their schools. It appeared many states frankly ignored it.
Group Four - Source 4 A (Top newspaper)
Make sure to visit this group and ensure they know to only read the top source.
- Schools across the south were ignoring the issue and the federal government needed to threaten them to submit plans for integration by September 1955
Group Five - Source 4 B (Bottom Newspaper)
Make sure to visit this group and ensure they know to only read the bottom source.
- Many Black teachers faced threats from white communities if they continued to teach in integrated schools. They needed to fear for their lives.
After students share their 10 word or less summary (if board space is plentiful, direct them to write answers on the board), Direct students to answer the DBQ prompt.
Students should make a claim to the prompt in their first sentence or two. Then support that claim with evidence from multiple sources following the claim.
