Lesson Three 1
Judicial Review/Marbury v. Madison
DATE:
09 January 2013
TIME:
55 Minutes
GRADE LEVEL/CONTENT AREA:
10th American Government
GROUP SIZE:
Individual Work/Entire Class
STANDARDS:
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CONTENT STANDARD 1.1c Students will be able to explain how judicial review affects the
functioning of government
CONTENT STANDARD 1.1c Students will analyze the US Supreme Court case Marbury v.
Madison and the establishment of the judicial review
OBJECTIVES:
Students will read, examine, analyze, and define the following:
 Judicial Review
 Circumstances surrounding Marbury v Madison
 The Supreme Court’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison
 Chief Justice John Marshall’s written opinion from the Court
MATERIALS:
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Student text How Does the Supreme Court use the Power of Judicial Review?
Notebook Paper
Pen/Pencil
ACTIVITY:
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Distribute the student text How Does the Supreme Court use the Power of Judicial Review?
Directions:
o Students have 5 minutes to write 3 questions in the first section of the text
o Once the 5 minutes has expired, students have 2 minutes to ask as many questions
as possible to the teacher.
 Questions have to be based on the reading and visible in the text in they
have read
 No vague or broad answers
o If the student stumps the teacher, the students receive a point
o After the 2 minutes of questioning, the students have 7 minutes to read over the
next section of text
o Once the 7 minutes is up, have students flip the text over and then the teacher has 2
minutes to ask as many questions as possible.
o For every student the teacher stumps, the teacher receives a point.
o Repeat until the end of the text
ASSESSMENT:
Lesson Three 2
Judicial Review/Marbury v. Madison
Students will be informally assessed on the comprehension of the material covered through oral
responses.
SOURCES:
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National Endowment for the Humanities EDSITE
We the People: The Citizen & The Constitution Textbook