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Introduction to the Judicial Branch
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Social Studies
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10th Grade
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Easy
Jayme Pieretti
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6 Slides • 8 Questions
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We are Introducing Unit 4, Judicial Branch
We will be working in Unit 4 in OneNote.
We will be working in Unit 4 in Schoology.
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What do you know about the Judicial Branch?
(Think about checks and balances, the job of the judicial branch, and what you know from media)
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Open Ended
Identify the basic job of the Judicial Branch.
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Explain how different cases are related to one another.
Explain how each decision impacts your school experience.
We are going to analyze 3 Supreme Court Cases. By the time we are done, hopefully you can:
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Open Ended
You are going to be asked to identify, analyze, and explain information as part of an activity. What does 'identify' mean? What does 'analyze' mean? What does 'explain' mean?
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Poll
To get us in the right mindset to do these tasks, answer the poll and be prepared to explain your choice.
Should students have the same rights to express themselves and their opinions in school as they do outside of school?
Yes
No
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We are going to look at 3 Supreme Court Cases to help us understand why these cases are important to you.
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We will do the first case together to model what you need to do with the others.
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How are you affected by Supreme Court decisions?
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Open Ended
The main job of the judicial branch is to interpret laws. in all 3 cases we looked at today, people appealed the decisions of the original court. Some higher courts agreed with the original decision. Others disagreed.
What conclusions can you reach about the way judges interpret the law?
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Open Ended
Do you have any questions? Does anything surprise you? Confuse you? Worth talking about?
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Open Ended
No one appealed the Supreme Court decisions? Why not?
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