| Lesson Plan |
Description |
| 5.3.4.1 | FDR and the Reorganization of the Judiciary |
| 5.3.4.2 | Supreme Court Decisions and Their Effect on Us |
| 5.3.4.3 | Equality and Civil Rights (Grades 6-8) |
| 5.3.4.4 | Symbolic Speech and the Supreme Court (Grade 9 U.S. History) |
| 5.3.4.5 | Supreme Court Rulings (Grades 10-12) |
Lesson Plan 5.3.4.1: FDR
and the Reorganization of the Judiciary
Resource: New
Deal Network by Renee Wygant
Following the election of 1936, Franklin Roosevelt addressed the American
people on the need to reform the Supreme Court. His attempt to “pack”
the court by appointing an additional justice for every one who had attained
the age of 70 and refused to retire, was one of the few times that the President
did not succeed in his policies. Students will learn how and why this happened.
Lesson Plan 5.3.4.2: Supreme Court Decisions
and Their Effect on Us
Resource: An
Ask ERIC Lesson Plan
This lesson describes how decisions are handed down by the courts based on
the constitution and importantly the Supreme Court. These decisions have a
direct effect on all of us and play a major part in protecting, or in some
cases, limiting or restricting individual rights. This activity is used in
a required secondary American Government class in the middle of a unit on
the federal court system and civil rights. The purpose of this activity is
to help students understand how Supreme Court decisions affect us all and
how the Supreme Court bases its decisions.
Lesson Plan 5.3.4.3: Equality and Civil Rights
(Grades 6-8)
Resource: From The Civic Mind
This lesson plan is designed to help students to understand conflicts
over fundamental values and principles of fairness and racial equality through
historic Supreme Court decisions that reflect changes in society. Students
will study three Supreme Court cases that addressed equal protection in the
United States between 1890 and 1982.
Lesson Plan 5.3.4.4: Symbolic Speech and the Supreme
Court (Grade 9 U.S. History)
Resource: From
Academy Curricular Exchange Columbia Education Center
This lesson plan provides an activity showing how the Supreme Court affects
our personal freedoms. The lesson teaches students the role of the Supreme
Court in respect to interpreting the law.
After completing this lesson, students should be able to:
1. Understand why the Constitution has changed over the years.
2. Recognize the power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality
of a law.
3. Identify three important Supreme Court decisions.
Lesson Plan 5.3.4.5: Supreme Court Rulings (Grades 10-12)
Resource: From
Academy Curricular Exchange Columbia Education Center
This lesson works to familiarize students with the constitution and amendments
and to give an in depth opportunity to utilize their media center resources.
In our changing society it is important for students to be knowledgeable concerning
the potential flow of Supreme Court decisions by the high court.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Demonstrate, through role play, knowledge of which constitutional amendments
apply to criminal/civil law.
2. Explain how the constitution affords protection to them.
3. Identify resources that are relevant to their research.