Civil Rights Timeline Puzzle

This chronological reasoning worksheet challenges students to organize ten major events related to segregation and desegregation, from Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board of Education and beyond. Learners number events in order, estimate their years, and summarize each one. The activity develops sequencing, summarization, and historical continuity skills while showing how legal progress unfolded over time.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Social Studies – Chronological Reasoning and Sequencing

English Language Arts – Summarizing Informational Text

Social Studies – U.S. History: Civil Rights Movement

English Language Arts – Organization and Clarity in Writing

This worksheet is part of our Brown v. Board of Education collection.