Brown v. Board of Education of
WebQuest
Judy Rock
Introduction:
A new elementary school has opened just a few short blocks
from Linda’s home. The new school has an
excellent reputation and is filled with supplies and books. Linda cannot go to the new school because she
is black.
Linda lives with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Brown in
Task:
Your task will be to use CompuLEGAL ,
the TIPS website and other designated websites to complete a study and
analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision on Brown
v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson.
You will
explore whether the segregation of public schools deprives students of the
equal protection of the laws. You will
explain the arguments supporting and opposing segregation in public schools. You will complete the questions in Brown vs.
Board of Education using the
Process:
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First complete an analysis of Brown v. Board of Education from the
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Using the compuLegal method, complete an
analysis of Plessy v. Ferguson
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Review the 14th Amendment by going to http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html
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Provide a written summary of the facts of the case Brown v. Board of Education
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Using Microsoft Word, write a newspaper article on the Supreme Court
Decision for Brown v. Board of Education
for submission to a
Resources:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/glossary.html
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/brownfacts.html
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/brownvis.html
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/brownprec.html
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/brownargu.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated
using the following rubric:
Grade of A
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Shows thorough understanding of the topic
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Addresses all aspects of the tasks
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Shows ability to analyze, evaluate, compare/contrast issues
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Supports topic with relevant facts, examples and details
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Submits a strong and well organized article
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Shows a good understanding of the topic
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Addresses all aspects of all the tasks
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Shows ability to analyze, evaluate issues
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Includes relevant facts, examples, and details, but not support all
aspects of the “case”
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Submits an organized article
Grade of C
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Presents satisfactory understanding of the topic
· Addresses most aspects of
the tasks
· Able to analyze issues and
events, but not in depth
· Uses some relevant facts,
examples and details
· Submits article, but not
very organized
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Shows little understanding of topic
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Attempts to address topic, but uses vague and/or inaccurate information
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Uses little facts, examples, or details
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Cannot present an acceptable article
ELA- 1, 2a, 3b, 3c, 4
Social Studies – 4
Conclusion:
By completing this WebQuest
you have engaged the most up to date technology to aid you with your
research. You have learned the facts of
two landmark cases of great historic significance that were argued before the
Supreme Court of the
Continue your research and
discover other cases that have made history