Cross-Curricular Connections

Racial segregation in the United States ended with a famous court case, Brown v. Board of Education. The Supreme Court decided in the Brown v. Board of Education that the laws of segregation were unconstitutional. Click on the link below to take an electronic field trip through the Smithsonian Museum’s exhibit on this famous court case.

http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/resources/electronic-field-trips.html

“Looking for America” takes place in the summer of 1963, many years before you were born. Click on the links below to view Time Magazine covers for the year of 1963. If you click on the August 30th issue, you can read articles about the struggle for civil rights.

http://www.time.com/time/searchresults?N=46&Nf=p_date_range%7CBTWN+19630101+19631231