Unit 4 - Legal History
This unit supports learning about the legal process around desegregation and its history in the United States. Legal History as a unit includes a unique timeline exploration paired with the ways the Green Factors are applied in the legal system and sociological perspectives on demographic change over time.
Green v. New Kent and the Green Factors
This lesson supports foundational learning about desegregation legal history at the intersection of concepts (desegregation and integration) and historical practices (source analysis and contextualization).
Grade level: 🎓
Written for grades 9-10, adaptable for grades 6-8
Subject: 🕮
Desegregation Qualifications; U.S. History; Politics and Government
Literacy Skills: ✎
Reading and Listening to Legal Document, Presentation Creation
Time Required: 🕗
90 mins
Lesson Pairing:
Primary: Unit 2: Impact of Brown (K-12) (Legacy of Brown)
Secondary: Unit 5: Life in a Multiracial Democracy
Green Factors Yearbook Analysis
This lesson supports extended learning about desegregation legal history and the application of the Green Factors from Green v. Kent 1968, leveraging historical thinking and sociological perspectives on demographic change over time.
Grade level: 🎓
Written for grades 9-10, adaptable for grades 6-8
Subject: 🕮
Desegregation Qualifications and Demographic Change in U.S. History; Sociology
Literacy Skills: ✎
Reading and Listening to Legal Document, Presentation Creation
Time Required: 🕗
90 mins
Lesson Pairing:
Primary: Unit 2: Impact of Brown (K-12) (Legacy of Brown)
Secondary: Unit 5: Life in a Multiracial Democracy
Introduction to the 14th Amendment
This lesson is designed to help create familiarity with the 14th Amendment, the amendment process, and the context of the creation of the 14th Amendment.
Grade level: 🎓
Subject: 🕮
Studies/Government
Literacy Skills: ✎
Reading the Constitution
Time Required: 🕗
90 minutes
Lesson Pairing:
Primary: Unit 4: 14th Amendment
Secondary: Unit 1: Introduction
Timeline Analysis - Brown v. Board
Through the research project in this lesson, students can consider the relationship between different civil rights court cases. Students will conduct their own research and craft their own presentation.
Grade level: 🎓
Early High School (can be scaffolded for upper Middle School)
Subject: 🕮
American History, Civics & Government
Literacy Skills: ✎
Student-led research; information analysis and evaluation
Time Required: 🕗
60 minutes
Lesson Pairing:
Primary: Unit 4: 14th Amendment Legal History
Secondary: Unit 1: Introduction