Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on definitions of the vocabulary words from Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 1. to sign up to go to school
  • 5. a paper that people sign to show that they want a person to do or change something
  • 9. a person who is in charge of something, like schools
  • 10. when people argue in front of a judge

Down

  • 2. the way a court of law decides to end an argument between people
  • 3. something that is wrong or unfair
  • 4. a board used to cover the outside of buildings
  • 6. very happy
  • 7. not allowing people of different races to be together
  • 8. a box or cabinet that you can put things in and lock to keep safe

Word Bank

clapboard
ecstatic
enroll
hearing
injustice
lawsuit
locker
petition
segregated
superintendent