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Supreme Court Wiki

Day One - Monday July 12, 2010

Objectives Students will be able to: - Connect last week’s topic with this week’s topic. - Identify what we already know about the Supreme Court. - Create a list of questions we still have about the Supreme Court.

2. Pass laws about immigration. - Cases dealing with immigration. - Supreme Court, Obama, and the Federal Gov. is questioning whether or not the Arizona law is Unconstitutional. __ Vocab Terms __ ** Conservative/liberal ** – Moral beliefs of the two political parties ( rep. & dem. ) + More traditional views/more open way to look at something. ** Chief Justice **- The head judge of the Supreme Court. + The head of the Supreme Court who makes the final decision. ** Precedent **- Model or an example. + A prior court case having similar characteristic to solve a current court case. ** Confirmation Hearing ** – when the final decision is made. + A process to confirm a new court justice. ( Elena Kagen) + Conclusion of multiple opinions on a topic. __ Questions – __ Who is s/he? ( Chief Justice ) - How is the Chief Justice chosen?- How is precedent used? – Does the majority opinion play in the verdict?- 5 : 4? Is there a minority opinion? ( majority opinion ) -
 * Majority Opinion- **

**__Identify what you know on the Supreme Court__** - They are the ones who are the top people who make the final decisions on certain court cases. - They pass laws. - Determine if laws are unconstitutional or not. - Once you’re a justice you are for life. - Has a lot more than 1,000 cases a year - 9 Justices - Dominates over state decisions **__What I’d like to know__** - What are the qualifications of becoming on the Supreme Court? - Can they make laws themselves? – They can only amend laws. - Is there an even number of Democrats & Rep.? - Does justice consider the opinions of the population? - How do they make decisions? - When & why was the Supreme Court created? - What is the most recent Supreme Court case? - Is the BP oil spill? - What is the process of becoming a justice? - Do they have to be nominated? - How many women or men (different nationalities?)-


 * Day Two - Tuesday July 13, 2010**

=Sharing Research on the Supreme Court - What have we learned?=

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  - summarize researched and shared information on the Supreme Court by creating a Glog

. July 13, 2010 __Closing__ I believe that tokbox is a very easy way to communicate with a mulittude of people in a matter of seconds. However, it did sometimes pause all at once and I had to re-connect with the people I was chatting with. For school tokbox can be an easy way to do projects or work with other students in other rooms without the hassle of actually going over to them and causing a big choas. In my personal life this would be an easy way to communicate with my friend(s) without leaving the comfort of my room.


 * __Day Three - Wednesday July 14, 2010__**

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

 Activity One

Amendment Six - In My Own Words

In any crime the accused has the right to a fair and speedy trial by the state of wherever the crime took place, to be told the nature of the accusation, to be confronted with the person opposing, to have a witness in his favor as well as a lawyer.

Activity Three

I believe that the case that is most influential to me was the first case about the little colored girl who wasn't allowed to go to the school that was only one more block away from hers because she was not white. The Warren Cases still affect us today because he wasn't conservative but instead he was more liberal and had an open mind about what was really going on in those very unfair cases. The types of cases that the Warren Court was famous for hearing was more on having to deal with a persons civil rights such as racial discrimination, the right to a fair and speedy trial, and the freedom of speech and religion.


 * My Glog !**

My Supreme Court Glog

- In the Glog that I created I included information on The Supreme Court Justices (who they currently are and their roles), The Current Chief Justice (how he was choosen and what his role is), a summery on The Warren Cases, The Marbury vs. Madison Case (what had happend), and a preview of an actual Supreme Court Case held in 2007 (Paul Fisher vs. Emma Hasenjager).

=** __Day 4 - Thursday July 15, 2010__ ** =

__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?

Objectives:

After the lesson, students will be able to:

> > ** OUR PODCAST! ** > By: Danielle Aguinaldo, Norma Bourque-Pimentel, Amanda Goncalves, Devon Moran, and Jasmine Coutinho > media type="file" key="My Song 3.mp3" >
 *  research current trends/decisions of the US Supreme Court
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> analyze and annotate court documents (majority/minority opinions) and expert analysis reports
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> discuss the details and ramifications of recent court cases and justice nominations
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> create a podcast that incorporates students' knowledge and various