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Planning Time and Activities
If you have one day . . .
- Read the background summary (•••, ••, •) and answer the questions.
- Complete Who Should Decide? activity.
- Complete the Classifying Arguments Activity. Discuss which arguments the students find most convincing.
- For homework, have students read the Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion and answer the questions. Follow-up the next day by reviewing the questions with students.
If you have two days . . .
- Complete all activities listed for the first day (excluding homework).
- For advanced classes, complete The Power of the Judicial Branch. For on-level classes, complete Is the Judiciary Act of 1789 Constitutional?
- Complete the Cartoon Analysis Activity.
- For homework, have students read the Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion and answer the questions. Follow-up the next day by reviewing the questions with students.
If you have three days . . .
- Complete all activities listed for the first and second days.
- On the third day, have students predict how different individuals, such as Republicans, may have reacted to the outcome. Complete the Thomas Jefferson's Reaction Activity.
- Wrap up the discussion with So, What's the Big Idea???
- For homework, have students complete Chief Justice John Marshall’s Legacy project.
If you have four days . . .
- Complete all activities listed for the first, second, and third days (excluding homework).
- On the fourth day, complete Mini-Moot Court Activity: United States v. Lopez (1995)
- For homework, have students complete Chief Justice John Marshall’s Legacy project.