Brown vs. Board of Education Public History Project in honor of the 50 th anniversary Presented by the 5 th grade students of Room 10 99 th Street Elementary.

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Brown vs. Board of Education Public History Project in honor of the 50 th anniversary Presented by the 5 th grade students of Room th Street Elementary School

First We Learned About… What Segregation is What Segregation is What Brown vs. Board was What Brown vs. Board was What the decision meant What the decision meant What did that mean for education What did that mean for education What it looks like today 50 years later What it looks like today 50 years later

We Learned By… Watching movies (“Eyes on the Prize”, Chicano, etc…) Watching movies (“Eyes on the Prize”, Chicano, etc…) Doing classroom activities Doing classroom activities Looking at Demographic Maps of LA Looking at Demographic Maps of LA Analyzing Class Photos throughout the years Analyzing Class Photos throughout the years Conducting Interviews on people at 99 th Street Conducting Interviews on people at 99 th Street

The Maps We Learned From… Watts went from mostly White... To Mostly Black… To Black and Latino (55% Latino and 45% African American at 99 th Street School).

The Class Photos We Analyzed

Some of the people we interviewed

Our 3 guiding questions for our research After 50 years, are schools desegregated today? After 50 years, are schools desegregated today? Are the conditions and quality of schools and education equal? Are the conditions and quality of schools and education equal? Have things improved since then, and in what ways? Have things improved since then, and in what ways?

Our project included Essays answering one of the main questions Essays answering one of the main questions Power Point presentation of our findings Power Point presentation of our findings Classroom presentations Classroom presentations Class Performance (Poetry, Song, Theatre, and Dance) Class Performance (Poetry, Song, Theatre, and Dance)

We conclude that.. Things have changed… mostly technology Things have changed… mostly technology LA is still segregated so schools are only a little desegregated LA is still segregated so schools are only a little desegregated Schools are not equal today Schools are not equal today People are treated differently because of their skin color and money People are treated differently because of their skin color and money Things need to change a lot more… Things need to change a lot more…