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Young Readers Program with Dr. Allida Black

May 15, 2018 at 10:00am

Dr. Allida Black, research professor of History and International Affairs at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and the founding editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers is the 2018 Young Readers Program speaker.

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The Flag Salute Case: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

These three 45-minute lessons for grade 11 United States History and Government focus on student analysis of a landmark Supreme Court decision that continues to set a precedent for the Court today.

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“If There Is Any Fixed Star,” Jackson on Barnette

Cass Sunstein, writing for Bloomberg View, June 1, 2015, stated, "If we had to preserve just one Supreme Court opinion to show some other civilization what American constitutional law is all about, I'd pick Jackson's prose poem in the Barnette Case."

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Perpetrators

Perpetrators is an exhibit of lithographs created by artist Sidney Chafetz (1922-2013). The pictures depict the individuals who carried out the policies of the Third Reich during World War II.

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Checks & Balances- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

Two 40 minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes including references to the DVD, Liberty Under Law, The Robert H. Jackson Story, websites, and student readings.

 

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Justice at Nuremberg

Four 40-minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes complete with websites, handouts and suggested video clips from the DVD, Liberty Under Law: The Robert H. Jackson Story....

This Day in Nuremberg

von Schirach II

On May 23, 1946, the defense case of Baldur Von Schirach was commenced by his counsel, Dr. Fritz Sauter calling him to the stand. Von Schirach was the Hitler Youth Leader and Gauleiter of Vienna. The defendant testified about how he got involved and how the Youth Group functioned. Thomas Dodd, American prosecutor, cross examined Von Schirach on May 24, 1946. He asked about songs included in the song book of the Hitler Youth Read More

Chaos serves no social end.

Tax Commission v. Aldrich, 316 U.S.