1. Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Social Studies Lesson By Tori Carr Gunston Elementary School 3 rd Grade

2. Where have you seen this type of architecture? What ancient civilization contributed this kind of architecture to the modern world?

3. What words can you see on this pediment? What do the words make you think about?

4. What do you think this building might be used for? Who might work in this building?

5. This is the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

6. Have your thoughts changed?

7. Who do you think the man in the middle of this picture is? Why do you think he is pictured here?

8. The man in the middle is Thurgood Marshall. He was a lawyer and won a case in the Supreme Court that made segregation unconstitutional. The case was called Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954.

9. Years later, Thurgood Marshall wasthe first African-American justice of the Supreme Court appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

10. Library of Congress Resources  Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), Library of Congress, Exhibitions, American Treasures (Reason), http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr008.html Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr008.html  [Left to right: George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Count decision declaring segregation unconstitutional]. Library of Congress, American Memory, African American Odyssey, African American Odyssey http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?ammem/aaodyssey:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+ 3c11236))

11. Library of Congress Resources  Thurgood Marshall, Library of Congress, American Memory, Prints and Photographs, Thurgood Marshall http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph +3b07878))+@field(COLLID+cph))