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Supreme Court Case Story Time
Ms. Miller, Honors Civics
Directions. We are going to have
story time! You can create an old
school storybook OR animated
storybook using PPT to tell the class
the story of one HISTORIC Supreme
Court Case. To do so, you’ll need to
think of a SWEET story you
remember from when you were a kid,
then you’ll research your case and tell
the story of that case in storybook kind
of way…Got it?
STEPS TO FOLLOW:
1.
Choose a story you remember
2.
Research Your case using Oyez
3.
Make sure you have taken down the
critical information for your case (see
below CRITICAL INFO SECTION)
4.
Create a storyline using simple
explanations
5.
Add illustrations to show your
audience what is going on!
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For the complete decisions see the comprehensive Supreme Court site at Cornell University http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
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And another site of interest should be http://www.oyez.org from Northwestern University.
Details, Details! Here are the details you need to make sure you get a Fabulous Grade!
FACTS OF THE CASE...............................................................................................................................20
We need to know what is going on with the people involved in the case, what’s the deal, how’d they get here
STARE DECISIS……………………………………………………………………………………………………….20
We need to know about previous decision the NC/Federal has made (beforehand) that may effect this case
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION……………………………………………………………………………………20
We need a clear picture of what the Constitutional Issue before the Justices is….Why is this case so important?
IMPLICATIONS……………………………………………………………………………………………………….20
Who cares? Why is this case so important, what are its effects?
DESIGN & DELIVERY……………………………………………………………………………………………….20
How much effort, color, organization, creativity, and coolness went into this project? How was your story time?
100 pts Total
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Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Judicial Power
1. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
2. Baker v. Carr (1962)
Contract Law
3. Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
4. Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
Separation of Powers/Federalism
5. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
6. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
7. Munn v. Illinois (1877)
8. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886)
Freedom of Speech
9. Schenck v. United States (1919)
10. Gitlow v. New York (1925)
11. Debs v. United States (1919)
12. Schecter Poultry Corp. v. The United States (1933)
13. United States v. Butler (1933)
14. Dennis v. United States (1951)
15. Yates v. United States (1957)
16. *Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
17. *Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982) - Censorship Case
18. *Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986)
19. Texas v. Johnson (1989)
State Rights & Students' Due Process
20. *Goss v. Lopez (1975)
Right To Privacy
21. Roe v. Wade (1973)
Executive Privilege / Separation of Powers
22. United States v. Nixon (1972)
23. Ex Parte Milligan (1866)
Labor Law
24. In Re Debs (1895)
25. Lochner v. New York (1905)
Freedom of the Press
26. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
27. NY Times v. United States (1971)
28. *Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) - Students Rights
Search and Seizure
29. Weeks v. United States (1914)
30. Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
31. Olmstead v. United States (1928)
32. Katz v. United States (1961)
33. *New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1984)
Rights of the Accused
34. Betts v. Brady (1942)
35. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
36. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Civil Rights
37. Plessey v. Ferguson (1896)
38. Brown v. Board of Ed. Topeka Kansas (1954)
39. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
40. University of California Regents v. Bakke (1976)
Freedom of Religion
41. *Engle v. Vitale (1962)
42. *Abington v. Schempp (1963)
43. *Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)
44. *Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
45. Other
* Denotes cases that pertain to
education, law, and students’
rights