Simple CC Cycle 3 Week 20 History Craft: Segregation of Public Schools


Cycle 3 week 20 history sentence about the segregation of public schools is a little challenging for young students. Here is a simple craft that uses normal household materials that helps explain this concept.

Materials

  • Construction paper
  • Crayons
  • Pictures of children (you can hand sketch them or if you purchase my history set they are included in the pintables section)

Step 1: Make the Schools

  • Cut the construction paper into little schools by cutting diagonal lines on the top of each. You will need 3 of these.
  • Write the words “Colored School” “White School” and “School” on each one.

Step 2: Make the Paper Children

  • Have your child cut out the child picture you sketched or printed.
  • Color each child a different skin tone. Talk about how skin tones are caused by differing amounts of melanin in the skin.

Step 3: Act Out the History Sentence

  • Segregate (separate) the children into the “Colored School” and ” White School”
  • Talk about before 1954, children of different colors had to go to different schools. Then Brown vs. Board of Education made segregation unconstitutional (not constitutional).
  • Tear up the “Colored School” and “White School” papers, replace with a new paper that says “School” and have all the paper children attend.

*Tell me about Brown vs. Board of Education…

A great follow up to book to read with your children is Ruby Bridges Goes to School by Ruby Bridges

If you liked this craft, you should check out my whole series of 24 hands on crafts and activites for cycle 3 here

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