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Alex: Extra! Extra! Supreme Court Case Makes Headlines! Lesson PlanAlex: Extra! Extra! Supreme Court Case Makes Headlines! Lesson Plan
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Alabama Learning Exchange
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6th - 9th
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Alex: Extra! Extra! Supreme Court Case Makes Headlines!

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This is a project to conclude the study of the Judicial Branch of our government. The students, working in pairs, will be assigned a landmark Supreme Court case to research in a computer lab setting. They will then construct a one-page newsletter on the case which will include a summary of the case, two pictures, a short biography on one of the justices on the Court at that time, and an editorial describing their reaction to the case.

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