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Brown v. Board of Education

From Mr. Betts' Class

Brown v. Board of Education
2 min4th5th6thSocial Studies
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Summary

A short parody song on the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that segregated schools were unequal and unconstitutional. A key civics-and-fairness milestone.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A short parody song on the Supreme Court case Brown v.

  1. What did the Supreme Court decide in this case?
  2. Why is a separate school not an equal school?
  3. How did this decision change the country?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: Supreme Court, segregation, equal.

Try it: Explain in one sentence why the Court said segregated schools were wrong.