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Teaching Recommendations
Based on Your Time
If
you have one day . . .
- Begin
with the "Introductory Scenario."
- Read
the "Background" as a class. Have students identify
the arguments for each side and predict the outcome.
- For
homework, have students read the excerpt of the opinion
and answer the accompanying questions.
If
you have two days . . .
If
you have three days . . .
- Complete
all activities listed for the first two days.
- On
the third day, have students predict how different individuals,
such as Republicans may have reacted to the outcome. Complete
the activity "Thomas Jefferson's
Reaction."
- Wrap
up the discussion with the "Political
Cartoon Analysis." This could also be done for
homework or used in an assessment.
If
you have four days . . .
- Begin
with the "Introductory
Scenario."
- Read
the "Background" as a class.
- Have
students complete the activity, "The
Power of the Judicial Branch . . ." Students
can finish the questions for homework.
- On
the second day, discuss students' responses to the questions
that accompany "The Power of the Judicial Branch
. . . "
- Complete
the activity "Using Documents
to Decide the Outcome: The Constitution and the Judiciary
Act of 1789." Discuss students' responses to
and predictions of the outcome.
- On
the third day, review students' predictions.
- As
a class, read the excerpts from the majority opinion.
Have students answer questions. Discuss responses.
- Discuss
how the Court's opinion differed from students' opinions.
- On
the fourth day, have students predict how different individuals,
such as Republicans may have reacted to the outcome. Complete
the activity "Thomas Jefferson's
Reaction."
- Wrap
up the discussion with the "Political
Cartoon Analysis." This activity could also be
assigned for homework or used in an assessment.
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