Unit 3 - The Brown Family
This unit features two key lessons exploring the life of Linda Brown and her family. This is a worthwhile distinction among the units in that students have a chance to see the role of a young person like themselves and the role she played as well as the challenges faced by her and her family. Linda Brown engaged in lifelong activism to work for desegregation and all that students might gain from an educational environment that includes a racially and ethnically diverse student body.
Linda & Leola Lesson Plan - Brown v. Board
This lesson invites students to consider the social and emotional experiences of two members of the Brown family, mother Leola and daughter Linda.
Grade level: 🎓
Upper middle school
Subject: 🕮
History, Sociology
Literacy Skills: ✎
Video comprehension; social positioning analysis; historical empathy
Time Required: 🕗
45 minutes
Lesson Pairing:
Primary: Unit 3: Brown Family
Who Was Linda Brown?
This lesson develops historical empathy and a deeper understanding of the role of Linda Brown as a young girl and through her life in the fight for desegregation. The goal is to understand the perspectives and experiences of people in the past through literature and source material.
Grade level: 🎓
8th – 10th grades; Adjustable for Upper Elementary Grades 4-6
Subject: 🕮
Linda Brown; Brown v. Board; English Language Arts; Sociology; U.S. Government
Literacy Skills: ✎
Reading primary documents; reading complex texts; communicating ideas about themes in reading
Time Required: 🕗
Planned for 90 minutes
Lesson Pairing:
Primary: Unit 3 Brown Family
Secondary: Unit 2: Impact of Brown (k-12) (Legacy of Brown)