Supreme Court Cases Project

Poll

Check-In:

How are you feeling today on a scale of 1-5

• 1

  Today's been the worst

• 2

  Bleh - Not good

• 3

  It's aight

• 4

  Not bad

• 5

  It's actually been a good day today

Poll

Daily Quote:

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours." -Wayne Dyer

This quote means:

• Karma is about how the world treats and reacts to you

• You can be a part of someone else's karma for better or worse

• Be aware of how you treat people, becuase it's bound to come back to you for good and bad

• Other - I'd like to say what it means to me

Open Ended

Pick a quote about relationships you like from this link:

https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/relationship-quotes

Copy and Paste the quote into your response

1. Go to "File"

2. Scroll down to and click "Make a Copy"

3. Click on "Entire Presentation"

4. Rename the slideshow: Court Case Project (Your Name)

5. Click on "Make Copy"

6. If you are working individually, click "share" and enter [e-mail] so I can grade the slideshow

​Open this Google Slideshow Template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d32KLaftamoAYNA9MJsW6qdFuHOcXfdSP5hyfx8bB6g/edit?usp=sharing

If working with a partner, one person needs to do the following:

1. Click on "share"

2. Click on "Add people and groups"

3. Type-in your partner's school email

4. Share as "editor"

Once the slideshow is shared, the other partner needs to go to their email or Google drive to access the slideshow and begin working on the research to complete the slidshow.

Share the slideshow to [e-mail] to recieve a grade for the slideshow

Google Slideshow:
Can be done individually or with one partner

• Research 3 Supreme Court cases to identify:

  1. What was the story

  2. What was the issue the court needed to decide

  3. What did the court decide

  4. What were the long-term consequences of the court's decision

​Task:

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Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Dred+Scott/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Dred_Student.pdf 

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Plessy/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Plessy_Student.pdf 

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Korematsu/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Korematsu_Student.pdf 

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Brown/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Brown_Student.pdf 

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Miranda/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Miranda_Student.pdf 

Texas v. johnson (1989)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Texas/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Texas_Student.pdf 

Roe v. Wade (1973)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Roe/Student/Case_Summary_MS_Roe_Student.pdf 

Obergefell v Hodges (2015)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/landmarkcases.org/Obergefell/Student/Case_Summary_Ms_Obergefell_Student.pdf