1. Identify Patterns: What piece of federal legislation had the same effect on gender discrimination in education as the Brown v. Board of Education decision had on race discrimination in schools? Why? 2. Identify Key Steps in a Process: Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 so effective in immediately taking away the de jure component of Jim Crow. How was the process of implementing this law different from the process of implementing the Brown v. Board of Education decision? 3.Synthesize: How was a peaceful civil rights movement able to bring about broad changes in society, Includ1ng changes In legislation passed by politicians who were elected by a majority of the voters? How did the civil rights movement manage to put pressure on politicians to change laws? 4. Analyze Information: What is the relationship between affirmative action and quotas? 5. Sequence Events: How, and why, are the Supreme Court's decision about affirmative action changing over time?