supreme+court

day 1 questions about the supreme court July 12
Objectives: __** Students will be able to: -Connect last week's unit on immigration to this week's unit on the Supreme Court -Identify prior knowledge about the Supreme Court -Create a list of questions students still have about the Supreme Court
 * __ Title: Introduction to the Supreme Court

21st century How would Arizona law effects
 * what are the requirements to become a new justice and how does that differ from becoming a chief justice? who are the recent nominations?**

The Arizona law could be considered going against the U.S. Constitution. President Obama had asked the Supreme Court to check if the new Arizona law is legal or not. The president is planning a lawsuit which will mostly end up in the Supreme Court. Precedent- to take into consideration from previous ruling Confirmation hearing- a meeting to confirm something if it’s constitutional Conservative/liberal- conservative tradional strict. Liberal those the favor change and not as strict Chief justice- Head of the Supreme Court Majority opinion- the majority opinion to break a tie Supreme Court questions What case would go to Supreme Court? How do you get to be on the Supreme Court? Why does a justice hold that position for life? Does the chief justice vote last? How do 9 people represent all of America? How do you become a supreme court judge what are the requirements and how to be elected to be a chief judge? == ==

**__ Day 2 – Tuesday July 13, 2010 __**
**__Objectives__** Students will be able to - research a topic of personal interest on the Supreme Court - evaluate a variety of internet resources for research - organize research findings on to a Mind Map using the program Inspiration - present research findings within the classroom and virtually using video chat
 * __ Title: Continuation of Day 1 project __**



one thing that i learned about the supreme court was that the first woman to be elected for the supreme court was faced with much opposition. the video chat was rather choppy and often paused or you could not hear the other person. i would like to video chat again in the future but using a better program since tokbox was rather pathic it barely worked and very difficult to use not user friendly. video chat in school is hard to do since the school blocks every program that is good like skype. **__Closing Reflections__** Reflections on what you learned about the Supreme Court from your research and from your classmates, and thoughts on using a video chat program within the classroom

**__ Day 3 – Wednesday July 14 __**
**//Either for Marbury v Madison//** -- Ms. Pember
 * __ Title: Focus on one famous case and begin final project __**
 * __ Objectives __**
 * the role of the Supreme Court in interpreting the Constitution;
 * the significance of Marbury v. Madison;
 * the concept of judicial review and how //Marbury v. Madison// solidified it;
 * //Or for the Warren Courts//** -- Ms. Johnson

Guided Questions:

 * What type of cases is the Warren Court famous for hearing?
 * How did the decision made by the Warren Court affect US citizens?
 * What effects of the Warren Court still affect us today?

Objectives:
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
 * identify important Constitutional Amendments
 * analyze the parameters of Constitutional Amendments
 * apply amendments to everyday life situations

Students will be able to: - summarize researched and shared information on the Supreme Court by creating a Glog - research current trends/decisions of the US Supreme Court - analyze and annotate court documents (majority/minority opinions) and expert analysis reports
 * Both classes: **

“You have been elected the new Mayor of Malden. Before leaving office, the old mayor gave jobs to several of his political friends but the paperwork hasn’t made it to the personnel office yet.
 * B.** ** __Do Now:__ **


 * A.** Should you 1) honor the jobs promised by the old mayor, or 2) cancel the jobs since they aren’t “officially” in the system yet?
 * B.** What are the possible negatives to denying these people their jobs? What are the possible positives to allowing them to take these jobs?
 * C.** Would it make a difference if the perspective employees had worked against you in the mayoral elections?

Share your answers with a partner. Add these to your notebook in a different color/font

A. i would not honor the jobs promised since the paperwork is not been done yet. i would cancel it since they are part of the system yet and thereby i would have the right to either hire them or not which i would not anyway.

B. some negatives might be opposition to being mayor. thoses that you chose not to hire will most likely try to go against you in anyway possible. some positives would be that those that take the jobs will most likely to side with you giving you more say and political power to go against your opponent for reelection.

C. yes it would if the employee had ran against or supported the other side i would not hire them since when reelection comes they will probably betray you and go back to the other side of the camp. Also you would not hire someone that had personally worked against you in the past since that will lead to conflicts later on in the future.

glogster



= **__Day 4 - Thursday July 15__** =
 * __ Title: Podcast/Video of a Political Talkshow on a recent Supreme Court decision __**


 * Guided Questions: **
 * What are the key components to a political debate?
 * How do bipartisan politics get involved in Supreme Court Case decisions and the Justice Nomination process?

After the lesson, students will be able to:
 * Objectives: **
 * research current trends/decisions of the US Supreme Court
 * analyze and annotate court documents (majority/minority opinions) and expert analysis reports
 * discuss the details and ramifications of recent court cases and justice nominations
 * create a podcast that incorporates students' knowledge and various viewpoints about the situation

Video that was created for this final project unable to upload due to size of the size of the file will try again later