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In the Courts: From Plessy to Brown

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Teach Democracy

Subject Social Studies — Civics and Government, US Government, US History

Grade Level Grades 6-12

Resource Type Lesson Plan

Standards Alignment

Common Core State Standards, State-specific

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Attribution Non-commercial NoDerivative

CC (BY-NC-ND)

About This Lesson

Courtroom battles played a significant role in the civil rights movement. For many years, civil rights leaders waged hard-fought and carefully planned legal battles to overturn legal segregation and achieve equality under the law. For more Common Core U.S. History resources, visit http://crf-usa.org/online-lessons-index/free-lessons-index.html

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Constitutional Rights Foundation_plessyBrown.pdf

Lesson Plan

May 18, 2023

674.09 KB

External resources

In the Courts: From Plessy to Brown

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Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.10

By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and proficiently.

US.11.10.2

Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, and California Proposition 209.

USH.21.A

analyze the effects of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including Brown v. Board of Education, and other U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as Plessy v. Ferguson, Hernandez v. Texas, Tinker v. Des Moines, Wisconsin v. Yoder, and White v. Regester;

8.1c.4

Students will examine the effects of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.

11.4a.2

Students will investigate the ways individuals, groups, and government institutions limited the rights of African Americans, including the use of Black Codes, the passage of Jim Crow laws, the Ku Klux Klan, restrictions on voting rights, and Supreme Court cases including the Civil Rights Cases (1883) and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).

VUS.8d.1.c

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” did not violate the 14th Amendment, upholding the “Jim Crow” laws of the era.