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Supreme Court Wiki July 12th 2010 Introduction to Supreme Court Objective: 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 Supreme Court

Immigration Connections to Supreme Court -the Arizon law -Interpret laws -Create laws -Enforce laws -Immigration is a National issue -The Supreme Court is to decide where of not the law is Constitutional or not and if not it’s they can get rid of it.

VOCAB:

Majority Opinion- conclusion of mutiple opinions on a topic Most justices agreeing with it Chief Justice- the head of the supreme court, who makes the final decision -who is s/he

How is the chief justice chosen Conservative/Liberal-the moral beliefs of two political parties Republican and Democrat -can it only be one party -might depend on the Pres. Party

Conservative-more traditional views Liberal-more open Precedent- a prior court case having similar characteristics to solve a current court case

Does that mean it’s the same case with diff. people How is it used? Confirmation Hearing- a meeting to confirm the final decision To confirm a nomination of a justice Elena Kagon Since it’s an “opinion” does it play in the final verdict. 3 things I know -The highest Court -They have 9 justices -Can get rid of a law if they think it’s Unconstitutional 3 questions -How old is the Supreme Court -Can I go to the Supreme Court if I choose to for my case -How old do you have to be to be a Justice -What are the qualifications to be a Justice? -When and why was the S.C. created? -How Many women have served in the S.C.?

Day 2 July 13th 2010 =How many women have served on the Supreme Court? African American etc.?= =mind map=

CLOSING 7/13/2010

i think that tokbox is a pretty cool website that i just learned about. Tokbox can be used in school by doing group disscusions or if your working on a project and a member of your group is absent and they are at home they can use tokbox in order to connect with the group while working and they can also get a tell the rest of the group their ideas. This can be used in my personal life by having conversations with my friends that live far away and can't see them and also you can have more than one person at a time and you can all talk to each other.

DAY 3 JULY 14th 2010


 * WARREN COURT**

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

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Students reflect individually and summarize in their virtual notebook, which case they think was most influential in their lives today and why. If time permits, students should search the internet for further detail on one of the cases discussed. Reading the majority or minority opinion would be excellent if time allows. Students should post their thoughts to the discussion page and comment on //at least// one other students' post.=====

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I think that the most influential case was the Brown vs. Board of Education because everyone has the right to an education no matter what race you are and you should be feeling good about what they're learning and where your learning.=====

> The Warren Court is famous for hearing cases that violet civil rights. > The decisions made by the Warren Court show what will happen to you if you commit > the same crime. > The effects of the Warren Court is that people now know their right well and they can enjoy them.
 * 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?

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Activity 1
Watch/Listen to either CBS's Face the Nation //or// NPR's Talk of the Nation below to answer this question: **What are the major parts of a news/talk radio show?**

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:
 * 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

AFTER READING THE ARTICLE FOR ONTARIO vs. QUON source: USA TODAY

Ontario v. Quon is a case about a member of the SWAT team and how he used his work pager to send out sexually explicit messages to his wife and girlfriend. The city of Ontario went through his messages and found the messages. Quon filled a report that the city of Ontario had violated his rights by reading his private mesages.

OUR FINAL PROJECT

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CLOSING 7/15 What case did you study? We studied the Ontario v. Quon case. -details about the case? Quon a SWAT member used his electronic device stictly for work for his private life and also used excessive amount of text. -your opinion & how it affects you/people of Malden? I think that he should've never done it because the phone is strictly for work purposes only. This affects me and the people of Malden because now we know what's going to happen if we use our work devices for our personal purpose.

Process of group project -like In my group i liked the fact that we all get along very well. how we had an unlimited source to find articles on the case. -dislike that we only got to pick one article to talk to the text. how Warda's screen kept flashing we made avoidable mistakes on the recording -how to improve Practice alittle more before recrding Get Warda a different Laptop