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Grutter vs. Bollinger

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How do you create protection under the law? While most Americans hear these words and think of the civil rights movement, in some cases, those rights could be violated for non-minority groups. Viewers investigate the Supreme Court case Grutter vs. Bollinger to better understand the issue of affirmative action. 

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
supreme court cases, the supreme court, the american civil liberties union, civil rights, affirmative action
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Instruct students to review and compare the application to several colleges (what questions are they asking in the application?)
  • Create a series of five questions and have your class answer them during the video
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires access to the Internet 
  • The fourth installment of a 10-part series
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Video is short, factual and easy to understand
  • Visuals in the clip are an excellent way to represent the case 
Cons
  • Does not provide any materials for classroom use