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Here are the teacher pack items for Landmark Supreme Court Decisions:
Overview In this experience, students explore the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education and analyze its significance. In small groups, they work to explore and analyze another landmark case and report back to the whole group. Finally, they consider how at least one of these cases has influenced their own life. Students will work in small groups in scene 3. Each group will research one of nine landmark decisions, so you should divide students into at least nine small groups. Objective
You are probably familiar with several physical landmarks in the United States, such as the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, or Mount Rushmore. These physical landmarks literally “mark a point in the land.” They often represent something important in nature or history. Events in history can also be landmarks. The signing of the Declaration of Independence, for example, is one of the most critical landmarks in American history. In this experience, you will learn about some landmark decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court—decisions that mark an important achievement or change in American thinking or practice.
Objective
Think about what the quotation means. Then rewrite it in your own words.
Discuss student responses. Ask them to guess what the case was or what the core issues in the case were. Then tell them they will learn more about that case—Brown v. the Board of Education—in the next scene.
