Group Activity: Supreme Court Cases Objective: summarize the significance of major Supreme Court Cases Groups of Four: Fact Finder X 2 Recorder: scribe Facilitator (Time Keeper; Responsible for the group)

A Few Things… Assignment: Each group will be assigned a different court case by Mrs. Hall and present the information to the class. One paper per group Mrs. Hall needs to sign off on you group paper before you get poster paper and markers Objective and group names must be on your poster paper

Grading Criteria: 15 points Research (5 points) –Presents information from reading materials/research relevant to your court case. Content Understanding (5 points) –Integrates relevant and accurate disciplinary content with thorough explanations that demonstrate in – depth understanding. Presentation (5 points) –The students use a clear and strong voice during the presentation and explains their court case in a highly informed and effective manner.

For each case: Who was involved? What was the case about? When did the case occur? Where did the case originate? Why was the case brought before the Supreme Court? Outcome of the case?

Research you will need: Plessy v. Ferguson –Pg. 309; 408/409 in blue book –Pg. 228/229 in We the People Brown v. Board of Education –Pg. 409/410 in Blue book –Pg. 229 in Red book Sheppard v. Maxwell –Pg. 373 in Blue Book Gideon v. Wainwright –Pg. 334; 401/402 in blue book Miranda v. Arizona –Pg. 403 in blue book –Pg. 999 in American Journey Korematsu v. USA –Pg. 998 in American Journey Marbury v. Madison –Pg. 307 in blue book –Pg. 183/185 in We the People Endo v. USA –Pg. 21 & 22 in blue book

Reflection: individually What was your court case? What did you learn from your research? What was the significance of your court case?