$17
weeklyJustice Served: Ongoing Supreme Court Case Discussion
Completed by 228 learners
Ages 12-17
Live Group Class
Live video meetings
1x per week
3-18 learners per class
50 min
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1-2 hours per week. Each week, prior to class, the case for the upcoming week will be announced in the classroom. Learners will be responsible for reading (assigned sections) and summarizing the case before class. A graphic organizer will be provided to assist learners in the summarizing of case decisions.Assessment
If requested, grades and assessments are available. All assignments must be completed in order to receive grade or assessment.Grading
If requested, grades and assessments are available. All assignments must be completed in order to receive grade or assessment.Class Experience
US Grade 8 - 11
The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest court in the country, has ultimate jurisdiction and hands down over 100 decisions each year. Yet, many U.S. citizens know little about the process of our judicial system. Each week learners will address a Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision. Together we will learn how the case came to the court, the interesting details of the case (for example, who argued it, why it was chosen etc), and then move on the analyze the judicial reasoning within the case in order to understand how the justices came to their overall decision. Dissenting opinions will also be analyzed, in order for learners to assess differing views, reasoning and decision making. Ultimately, discussion and debate will be undertaken in each class in order to allow learners to come to their own conclusions about the case and its effect on society. We will read sections of the decisions ahead of class in order to come able to discuss, debate and ultimately understand some of the most influential and important decisions in American life today. This ongoing class will ultimately have 20 weeks of cases. There are 17 landmark Supreme Court cases we will study including: Marbury v. Madison U.S. v. Nixon Tinker v. Des Moines Texas v. Johnson Plessy v. Ferguson Koramatsu v. U.S. Brown v. Board of Education U.C. Regents v. Bake Dred Scott v. Sanford Mapp v. Ohio Gideon v. Wainwright New Jersey v. TLO McCulloch v. Maryland Gibbons v. Ogden Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier Miranda v. Arizona Roe v. Wade We will then spend 3 weeks on current Supreme Court cases. That will conclude this ongoing course. Upon conclusion, there is a follow up 5 week course to participate in a moot court (or mock trial) Supreme Court case. This will engage learners who have studied Supreme Court cases to now apply that knowledge in their own Supreme Court case.
Learning Goals
Learners will develop the ability to find Supreme Court decisions, to read Supreme Court Decisions, to understand Supreme Court decisions, and to critically analyze Supreme Court Decisions. Ultimately, learners will gain critical thinking skills and continue to develop the capacity to be involved and educated citizens through this course.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Largely controversial subjects will not be undertaken in this course. The course does not push any one agenda and is set up to help learners understand how justices come to legal reasoning and conclusions, rather than to place any substantive judgement on a topic. However, the case will be announced prior to the class, and if a student or family is uncomfortable with the particular case to be studied that week, they can opt out of the class for that week and pick back up again the following week.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
As a practicing human rights lawyer, I follow U.S. Supreme Court decisions regularly and am adept at analyzing the reasoning and conclusions of case law.
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