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Glossary
Planning Time and Activities
If you have one day . . .
- Read the background summary (•••, ••, •) and answer the questions.
- Complete the Classifying Arguments Activity. Discuss which arguments the students find most convincing.
- For homework, have students read the Key Excerpts from the Opinion and answer the questions. Follow-up the next day by reviewing the questions with students.
If you have two days . . .
- Complete the activities for the first day (excluding the homework).
- Complete the Judicial Opinion Writing Activity
- For homework, have students read the Key Excerpts from the Opinion and answer the questions. Follow-up the next day by reviewing the questions with students.
If you have three days . . .
- Complete the activities for the first and second days (excluding homework).
- Have students read the Key Excerpts from the Opinion and answer the questions. Complete the Advertisement Analysis Activity
If you have four days . . .
- Complete the activities for the first, second, and third days.
- Complete the Political Cartoon Analysis
- Complete the Applying Precedents Activity: Snyder v. Phelps (2011).