“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.” — from Jackson's Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal

Lesson Plan Resource Sites


We have organized the lesson plan resources into themes that are associated with Justice Jackson and the historical period surrounding his career:
Robert H. Jackson
Nuremberg War Trials
The Holocaust
The U.S. Supreme Court
World War II

Additionally, we provide lesson plan resources on various Supreme Court decisions that highlighted Justice Jackson's term, as well as significant decisions throughout the history of the Supreme Court.

In conjunction with the statewide book review contest co-sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center and the New York State Bar Association, the Newspaper In Education (NIE) Teachers’ Guide to The Watsons Go to Birmingham —1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis is now available.

We invite educators to submit lesson plans to the education Director at the Robert H. Jackson Center. Please use our suggested lesson plans format. Thank you.