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[|John Marshall and the Supreme Court]

This resource will be extremely helpful in my Justice and Government class when I teach units on both the Supreme Court and the concept of judicial review and Federalism. I find this resource interesting because of the impact Marshall's decisions had on thr future working if the Court and its role in the three branch system of the Federal Government.

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This video will be helpful in showing the decision process that Harry Truman went through before he gave the order to drop the atomic bomb on Japan Video on dropping the bomb

This video will allow students to background knowledge about what led to the "cold war" between the USA and the Soviet Union American Exerience Video on the Cold War

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Civil Rights Movement interactive Timeline

This timeline can be helpful in putting the entire Civil rights movement in historical context. Because it spans the thirty year period following World War II. However I think it can also be helpful in narrowing down the broad topic of the Civil Rights movement by focusing on selected dates.


 * Frame**: Before i allowed the students to use this timeline I would do a lesson on an overarching view of the Civil Rights movement. I would activate prior knowledge by having the students think about what they already know about the cause and results of the movement. This frame reminds me a great deal of the before reading strategies we use when have our students read text.


 * Focus**: For the focus phase of this lesson i would instruct students to look at a specific raange of date that i felt were most important. For the US II class i teach I would most likely tell the students to focus on events taking place between 1950 and 1965. This would allow them to narrow the search and hopefully take more away from the lesson than a series of different dates spanning thirty years.


 * Follow-up**: For follow-up I would have my students do some form of writing that summarized the information that gathered from the interactive timeline. The could piece together what they have learned into a bigger picture of what the Civil Rights movement was all about. I see this timeline as just one piece of a bigger unit on the topic, but i do think using these steps would help the students get the most out of this resource.

__**Lesson on the Fly-Miranda v. Arizona**__

The resources provided by TD will be very helpful in reaching the following objectives:

students will examine the "rights of the accused" and their constitutional origins and implication. students will analyze the arguments regarding the role of government in protecting those rights


 * DO NOW**: Frame the lesson by having students analyze the following quote and answer the accompanying questions:

"Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer " William Blackstone 1. What does this quote mean? 2. Do you agree?

Have students pair share their responses and debrief whole class.

1. Show Miranda v. Arizona and Gideon v. Wainwright videos. Focus students by having them take note of the basic fact of the case and how they apply to the rights of the accused and the Constitution. At the completion of the each video have students write a reflection on what they have seen. They can focus their responses on the following questions: How does each case relate to the rights of the accused? Are certain rights more important than others? How far should we go in protecting the rights of the accused and what should the role of government be when it comes to protecting those rights? 2. Next have class read/mark-up background essay on Dickerson case. Show video on Rehnquist's views on Miranda. 3. For a follow-up have students demonstrate what they have learned by writing an essay that answers the following questions. A. What are the rights covered and what is their constitutional origin? B. What are the differing view points when it comes to the government's role in protecting the rights of the accused? C. Which side of the argument do you support? Explain your answer.
 * Lesson**:

Lesson Plan: Stare Decisis Lesson This lesson would be helpful in explain the importance and rational behind the concept of //stare decisis//. I like the fact that it incorporates video as well and quote analysis. In order to adapt this lesson to better fit my class and the Malden district strategies I would have students mark-up the readings presented in the lesson as well as pair/share a reflection to the nixon video.

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