Themes That Bind Us (eBook)

Simplifying U.S. Supreme Court Cases for the Social Studies Classroom

Johnna L. Graff, Cynthia Wood Maddux, Gretchen Oltman (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
264 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3608-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides any teacher with viable, useable case law to fit any historical timeframe or unit of study. Aligned with the NCSS’ Ten Themes, this teacher’s guide provides thirty-two high-interest U.S. Supreme Court cases edited to a more reader-friendly format while retaining the original verbiage.

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Teaching U.S. Supreme Court cases can be a daunting task for any social studies teacher, but this book can ease that process. Carefully aligned with the NCSS' Ten Themes, this teacher's guide provides thirty-two high-interest U.S. Supreme Court cases edited to a more reader-friendly format while retaining the original verbiage. Features of each chapter include pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading questions, as well as teaching extensions to help students better understand the stories behind the cases, the intricacies of the laws involved, and the effects of the Court's decisions on American life. This book provides any teacher with viable, useable case law to fit any historical timeframe or unit of study.

Autor

Gretchen Oltman, J.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University. She is a lawyer, author, and former high school teacher.Johnna Graff has over fifteen years of secondary classroom teaching experience, and she currently serves as an English department chair and high school teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska. Graff is a 2004 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law.Cynthia Wood Maddux is a former practicing attorney and non-profit executive director. She currently is an English teacher at Lincoln North Star High School and adjunct faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Inhalt

The Importance of Teaching Disciplinary ReadingHow Cases Were Selected, Prepared, and Edited for this TextMeyer v. State of NebraskaBrown v. Board of Education of TopekaCounty of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionMarbury v. MadisonWhitney v. CaliforniaBrandenburg v. OhioSouth Carolina v. GathersPayne v. TennesseeUnited States v. AmistadKelo v. City of New LondonMichigan v. Environmental Protection AgencyIn re Gault Loving v. Virginia Wisconsin v. YoderKorematsu v United StatesAdler v. Board of Education of City of New YorkSherbert v. Verner Gideon v. WainwrightMiranda v. ArizonaTinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSwift & Co. v. United StatesUnited States v. 95 Barrels of VinegarGonzales v. RaichUnited States v. American Library Association, Inc.United States v. JonesMaryland v. KingRoper v. SimmonsMedellin v. TexasMaselenjak v. United StatesEdwards v. South CarolinaTexas v. JohnsonShelby County v. HolderA Note from the AuthorsBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Case Studies • court room • Elementary School • High School • History • history classroom • judicial branch • Law • middle school • professional development • Social Studies • social studies classroom • Supreme Court Cases • teaching history • teaching social studies • United States
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3608-2 / 1475836082
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3608-0 / 9781475836080