Brown v Board Education Reading KS2-3

Brown v. Board of Education Differentiated Reading Comprehension | Year 5-9

Teach the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case with this differentiated resource featuring two levelled informational texts and 20 comprehensive activities for Key Stage 2 and 3.

Students explore school segregation, the “separate but equal” doctrine, the 1954 Supreme Court decision, and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement. Both texts cover identical historical content with adjusted complexity to support all learners.

Two Reading Levels:

• Lower Level (Year 5-7 | ages 9-12) – Accessible language with clear explanations
• Higher Level (Year 7-9 | ages 11-14) – More complex vocabulary and sentence structures

What’s Included:

• 2 differentiated informational texts
• 20 comprehension and assessment activities (10 per level)
  Written response questions, cloze activities, crosswords, word search, multiple-choice quiz, true/false assessment, and mixed-format questions
• Complete answer keys
• No preparation required
  Part of a differentiated Civil Rights / Black History reading series featuring key figures:
  Little Rock Nine School Desegregation
  Rosa Parks Biography
  Montgomery Bus Boycott Diff. Texts KS3
  Martin Luther King Jr Biography
  Ruby Bridges Biography
  Harriet Tubman Biography
  Frederick Douglass Biography