The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court

Brown v. Board of Education http://brownvboard.org/actvtybk/word.htm
Word search. Find the words listed about the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case of 1954.

Brown v. Board of Education
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/judicialbranch/brownvboard.htm
Matching quiz related to Brown v. Board of Education, desegregation, or civil rights.

Congress - Courts Keeping the Balance http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/4.htm
Information and questions about Congress and the Supreme Court.

Constitution Test #1 and #2 http://www.constitutionfacts.com/exam.shtml
Multiple-choice tests with specific questions about the Supreme Court and other topics related to the judicial branch.

The Constitutional Framework
http://qte.harbrace.com/qte98/owa/
assignment_start?f_sess_id=0&f_asns_id=29698
Supreme Court cases quiz

A Dual Court System
http://studentweb.fontbonne.edu/~cdavis/webbits/mmbwk01/webquest/
Webquest - Become adept in both court systems, federal and state, and the laws on which they are based.

The Federal Courts in American Government
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/lessonplans/checks.pdf
Lesson Plan - Presented in PDF format, this lesson presents a structural framework for students to think about how the judiciary affects government and the public, and how government and the public affect the judiciary.

Find Equal Protection Under the Law
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
webquests/supremecourt/index.html
WebQuest - Have you ever wondered how the United States Supreme Court makes its decisions? You are about to become a Supreme Court justice, entrusted with the power to make the final decision upon a contraversial case. Your opinion will become law in this country.

Government Lesson Plans - Lesson Plan 9
http://www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/hsa/government/
lesson_plan/lesson9.html
Lesson Plan - Use this lesson as an introduction to civil and criminal proceedings. Compare the steps of a criminal case and a civil case and analyze the differences in standards of proof in legal cases.

Here Comes the Judge
http://universe.uiwtx.edu/%7Enewcomb/projects/Venables/
court/Intro.htm
An interactive web-based lesson plan for learning about the Supreme Court, the Justices, and landmark decisions.

Independence of the Judiciary
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/
quizzes/judiciary.html
Quiz

The Judicial Branch http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/23.htm
Information and fill-in-the-blank questions about the judicial branch.

The Judicial Branch http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/24.htm
Printable fill-in-the-blank worksheet about the judicial branch.

Justice
http://qte.harbrace.com/qte98/owa/
assignment_start?f_sess_id=0&f_asns_id=29747
U.S. Supreme Court quiz

Landmark Supreme Court Cases
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/
question.cfm?Course=USHG&TopicCode=2c&QNum=1&Wrong=0
10 interactive multiple-choice questions.

Presidents and the Supreme Court
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/judicialbranch/trivia1.htm
Fill-in-the-blank trivia questions about presidents and the Supreme Court.

Roosevelt Attempts to Pack the Court
http://www.michigan.gov/scope/0,1607,7-155-13515_13521_13525-45234--,00.html
Lesson Plan - Explain President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to pack the Court in a classroom conversation and express your position by writing a persuasive essay on whether the situation justified altering the balance of powers among the three branches of government.

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