Welcome back from
Super Bowl weekend! This week we
continue our Constitution unit from Amendments to Supreme Court cases.
Monday:
1. HW due from
Friday: Amendment Proposals. Students will bring in formal Amendment Proposals
and put them to a 2/3 vote of a mock House of Reps and Senate. Then, we’ll take
a follow-up vote of mock state legislatures to put it to the ¾ test. We’ll discuss why the founders created such a
rigorous ratification process.
2. Review for
Amendment quiz tomorrow! Students will need to identify all amendments in
the Bill of Rights, plus the Reconstruction Amendments (13,14,15), and the
Women’s Suffrage Amendment (19). Students will connect Amendments with legal
scenarios, which we have used in class.
*There will be an extra help/study session tomorrow before
school 8-9am.
Tuesday:
1. Amendment Quiz (See
above for details).
2. Intro to
Supreme Court - We’ll be previewing
vocab related to our highest court, then we’ll watch an interview and slide
show on recent appointee Justice Sotomayor and read details on other current
justices.
Wednesday:
Supreme Court Cases –
Day 1
1. Small groups
will be reading Supreme Court decision overviews on key cases that have
significantly shaped Americans’ lives. Several of the cases will be ones that
affected teenagers specifically.
HW: Read So You Wanna Be a Supreme Court Justice? And
answer questions 1-5 on the back.
Thursday:
Supreme Court Cases –
Day 2
1. Groups will be presenting their case details
to the whole class via a quick presentation
and a gallery walk poster. Students will collect critical details from other
cases through a gallery walk note-taking activity.
Friday:
1. Guest Speaker!
School Resource Officer Morzov will be on hand to provide a law enforcement
perspective on the Constitution and relevant Supreme Court decisions.
2. Students will
get a summarizing study guide for our US Constitution Standard next week.
Students will be selecting essay
questions on Monday and will be allowed to prepare an outline for a short
response in-class on test day.