Project TIPS Presents:

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Project TIPSPresents

• Considering the
• Brown v. Board of Education Case
• Using The TIPS Method

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• TIPS
• (Teaching Interdisciplinary Problem Solving)
• Seeks to have students identify public problems
  and study possible solutions- it also studies
  solutions tried in the past.
• The TIPS Website

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Conlaw

• A related part of TIPS that studies Supreme Court
  Cases.
• A process has been developed to study and
  understand the nature of a particular court case
  and how it has impacted society.

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The Public Policy Analyst

• The other major part of TIPS.
• Students are asked to analyze a public problem
  or from the past. (PPA)- (SPPA)
• They then develop a policy to address that
  problem and analyze it as well.
• For historical events the process involves
  looking at what policies were developed and
  analyzes their effectiveness. (GHPPA)-(USHPPA)-(IP
  PA)

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What do these next slides represent?
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We will demonstrate both methods as we consider
the case of
Brown v. Board of Education
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A WebQuest About Brown v. Board of Education
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For Reference
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Rubrics and Standards
Rubrics and standards are used in the TIPS
process to provide a uniform evaluation of all
products and a guideline for students preparing a
Web Quest
Click Here for Rubric
Click Here for NYS Standards
Back to WebQuest
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Web Resources
Background of the case Summary of the
Case National Historic Site-Topeka, KS Brown v.
Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission A
further discussion of the issue of school
segregation Tips page (PPA) Teacher resources
many fields TIPS Conlaw page A process for
studying about court cases