Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, which was a prison for federal criminals. Photo taken in 2011.
Dear class,
Today was another deep dive into various different Supreme Court cases, to see how the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government impacts our day to day lives. Here's what happened today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different levels of U.S. government.
Soundtrack: "My Generation" by The Who. Selected because we talked about various different Supreme Court cases that our generation should know about, with students being impacted. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 12/5/14:
News Brief – Jerick
Finish Teen Cases
Landmark Case Reading
Homework: Read the blog. Next news brief: Alfredo
News Brief: Jerick had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - 12-year-old with air gun dies in Cleveland police shooting. This is yet another tragic story about use of deadly force by police officers. We talked about it, and also the protests last night here in Portland, which resulted in the Trail Blazers game being impacted. A very interesting, important discussion to be having about our government right now!
Alfredo was assigned to do the next news brief.
Finish Cases Teens Should Know: This was from last class - we finished and then went over the answers:
2) Describe the judge’s decision and explain their reasons why.
3) Do you agree or disagree with the judge’s decision? Explain your reasons why or why not.
SCOTUS Overview: We did not get to this, because of the interesting conversation about the cases, but here's the information! I might go over it next class:
Alfredo was assigned to do the next news brief.
Finish Cases Teens Should Know: This was from last class - we finished and then went over the answers:
The assignment was to, on a separate sheet of paper, read and write the answers to the following questions for a minimum of five out of the ten cases.
1) What was the issue?2) Describe the judge’s decision and explain their reasons why.
3) Do you agree or disagree with the judge’s decision? Explain your reasons why or why not.
SCOTUS Overview: We did not get to this, because of the interesting conversation about the cases, but here's the information! I might go over it next class:
Landmark Case Reading: This was definitely a reading and work heavy day. That's kind of what the Supreme Court is all about, though - lots of legal papers and decisions to look at, in order to understand the law. Here was the reading:
The assignment that went along with the reading is here:
That was it for the day! Thank you so much for your focus and hard work! Next class, we will finish up the Supreme Court landmark cases, then start looking at conducting a mock trial. :-)
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