unit 7

Brown v. Board of Education

Ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

1954

The year the Brown v. Board of Education decision was made.

Separate educational facilities

Institutional arrangements that keep different groups apart in education.

Inherently unequal

The principle asserting that separate facilities cannot equal in quality.

Civil Rights Movement

A movement seeking to end discrimination and promote equal rights for all citizens.

Supreme Court

The highest court in the United States that makes decisions on legal disputes.

Legal precedent

A prior judicial decision that serves as a rule for future cases.

Public schools

Educational institutions funded by the government that are available to all.

Discrimination

Unjust treatment of different categories of people.

Equality in education

The principle that all students should have the same opportunities and resources.

Dates that Darwin sailed around the world (from what year to what year)

from 1831 to 1836

What was the name of the ship darwin he sailed on? 

HMS Beagle

Who simultaneously described the idea of natural selection

Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace

What is the name of Darwin’s book describing natural selection? 

The Origin of Species

What year was Darwin’s book published?

1859