Segregated Schools in the North

 James William Webb Jr. vs. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago (1961)

Candace Gwin

Summer Fellowship 2008

National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA )

Great Lakes Region, Chicago

Lesson 2:  Analyzing the documents

Objective: The students should be able to analysis the documents and produce a summary statement that describes the intentions of the case participants.

Materials:  File - James Lawyer
Primary Document Analysis Page - http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/written_document_analysis_worksheet.pdf

Assessment:

1. Who are the Plaintiff & Defendants in the case?

2. What are the complaints brought forth by the plaintiffs?

3. What would you say is the main problem - equality, equity or both?