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As World War II drew to a close the climate was changing in the United States. Ideas regarding equality and civil
rights came to the forefront as the US came out of World War II. The American people saw the injustice and inequality the soldiers were fighting against in Europe and began to turn their attention to inequalities at home. As the war was raging in Europe leaders such as A. Philip Randolph fought for equal pay in the war industries and desegregation of the armed forces. These efforts continued after the war and led Harry Truman to desegregate the armed forces in 1948 through Executive Order 9981. This brought the inequalities into the political discussion.

At the same time, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. This very public challenge to Jim
Crow America and segregation as an institution heightened the argument over race in America. This argument would land in the highest court in the country for the most important legal decision in the push for equality.

====In 1951 NAACP activists and local parents challenged the Topeka Kansas law that segregated schooling. The Topeka case was teamed with four other cases from Virginia, South Carolina, District of Columbia, and Delaware under the collective name Brown v. Board of Education. The Supreme Court heard the collective case in 1954. The Court ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional and must be changed with all deliberate speed. The doctrine of separate but equal was inherently unequal and it had not place in the United States according to Justice Warren who wrote the majority opinion of the Court. ====



====Imagine being a reporter for this momentous legal decision, detailing the causes of the case, the arguments of both sides, the actual verdict, and the impact and legacy of the court’s decision. What would it be like to be involved when Brown v. Board hit the news? ====

=Brown in the News! = ====Last night you read about the facts, arguments, and impact of the Brown v. Board of Education case. You are now sitting in groups with a topic in front of you. In your group your task is to create an historic interview about your topic. You will select a relevant person to interview, create a short script, and film a one to two minute interview about your topic. Be creative, using the information you have from your assignment and the links you explored last night to show the viewers what was taking place during the Brown case. Please post your script on your Unit 8 Online Notebook. After filming the script, hand your flip camera to me. Please check out the example online and consult the rubric below for guidance while you are creating your interview. ====

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|| Historically aligned with errors in facts; amount of information is sufficient; questions and answers adequately reflect experiences, opinions, interactions || Historically accurate; amount of information is adequate; questions/answers reflect experiences, opinions, interactions during the Brown v. Board of Education trial || Historically accurate; amount of information is abundant; questions/answers somewhat reflect experiences, opinions, interactions during the Brown v. Board of Education trial || || Appropriate imagination; creative; uses actual characters that may have participated in your topic to convey a somewhat realistic discussion. || Appropriate imagination; creative; uses actual characters that would have participated in your topic to convey a realistic discussion. ||
 * **Category ** || **0 ** || **1 ** || **2 ** || **3 ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Preparation ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your assignment was not completed. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of your assignment was completed but there were blank responses and answers were incomplete. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most of your assignment was completed with a few incomplete or inaccurate responses. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All of your questions were answered and complete. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Content ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Historically inaccurate or out of sequence; amount of information is minimal; questions/answers reflect inaccurate experiences, opinions, interactions.
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creativity ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Inaccurate facts and characters with limited questions. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Appropriate imagination; creative; uses factual characters that may have not been present during the trial.
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Required Elements ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The interview is less than 1 minute in length and no facts about your topic on the Brown case are present in the interview. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The interview is less than 1 minute in length and some facts about your topic on the Brown case are present in the interview. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The interview is more than 1 minute in length and adequately conveys your information on the Brown case topic of your interview. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The interview is more than 1 minute in length and clearly portrays your information on the Brown case topic of your interview. ||