The relationships between civil rights and the Supreme Court is a long, complicated chapter from American history. Pupils view a video, engage in discussion, and read background information to learn about the steps the highest court in the land has taken toward equal rights—and the steps many critics say that it has taken away from them.

Concepts

supreme court cases, supreme court justices, the supreme court, court cases, american history, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, reconstruction, the reconstruction era

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Flip the class by assigning the video as homework

Classroom Considerations

• Includes sensitive topics
• Requires classrooms or devices with Internet access or another way to present the video to the entire class

Pros

• Easily connects to Google Classroom to share with scholars
• Includes support materials

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.7