Students’ Rights

Explore the evolution of students’ rights inside the schoolhouse gates and beyond.

Learning Activities

These learning materials facilitate a deep dive into important aspects of American legal history.

The Inquiry Packs are built around primary sources from the Library of Congress and designed to accompany the timeline above. Each pack includes a background reading, several primary sources (documents, articles, images), discussion questions, an inquiry question, and an inquiry extension question.

Brown v. Board of Education ... and Beyond

Searches and Seizures in Schools

Speech in Schools

Religion in Schools

The Right to Equal Educational Access