Educational Opportunity Timeline

Certain dates and events have literally changed the landscape of learning and opportunity for millions of Americans. The dates may not rivet the national consciousness like July 4, 1776, December 7, 1941, or September 11, 2001, but they represent important milestones in the struggle for educational opportunities. Try your hand at the following timeline.

1. Can you put the following in the correct chronological order?

Set 1
A. Plessy v Fergusun
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
C. Title IX

Set 2
A. Japanese Americans sent to relocation camps
B. Sequoyah creates the Cherokee Syllabary
C. Significant increase in Latin American immigrants

Set 3
A. Plessy v Fergusun
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Civil Rights Act

2. Now that you have tried your hand at sequencing these events, see if you can connect these laws, decisions, and people to the correct date.

1. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
2. Hopwood v. State of Texas
3. Title IX
4. Plessy v. Ferguson
5. Brown decision
6. Sequoyah