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Library of Congress

Loc: congress.gov: Constitution Annotated

For Students 9th - 10th
The Constitution is a living document. This annotated Constitution offers analysis and interpretation based on Supreme Court case law. This regularly updated document is easily searchable according to article, amendment, cases, laws held...
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Other

A Guide to Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has A Complete Guide to the Supreme Court Decision for this Supreme Court case. It can be downloaded as a PDF file. The article explains many different aspects of the case, including What the Decision Says, What the Decision...
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Harvard University

Harvard Law: Freedom of Speech and Anonymous Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Cyber Harvard Law offers summaries of three different Supreme Court cases which address the limits of free speech. Includes interactive opinion, multiple-choice questions. Links to the written opinions of the Court for...
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Lectric Law Library

Proving Business Necessity: Disparate Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
A 1971 Supreme Court Case, "Griggs Decision" presents the higher court's decision and findings on the impact and assessing of legality of employment practices that create disparity.
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George Mason University

George Mason University: Between the Wars: Wwi and the Crusade for Conformity

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of 3 U.S. Supreme Court cases on Free Speech during WWI. These cases deal with literature criticising the U.S. involvement in WWI. Includes the text of the Espionage Act under which war protesters were arrested.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan Library: Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of materials outlining the famous Brown v. Board of Education case and the events that followed it. Covers Supreme Court cases and school desegregation issues and events.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers the complete syllabus of the landmark Supreme Court case of Lemon v. Kurtzman. This case dealt with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and established the "Lemon test," which states that there be no excessive...
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University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Separation of Powers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
When do the actions of one branch of the federal government unconstitutionally intrude upon the powers of another branch? This article surveys the history of this question in historic Supreme Court cases.
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State of Florida

Florida Department of State: November 7, 2000 General Election

For Students 9th - 10th
2000 general election results from the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections. Provides contextual information for the contested results and ensuing Supreme Court Case, Bush v. Gore, 2000.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Are Bible Readings Ever Allowed in School? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the consitutionality of prayer, worship or reading the Bible at school. Students analyze Supreme Court cases, answer questions for discussion and debate the protective clause of first amendment rights.
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Boston College

Boston College: Gitlow v. New York

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete syllabus and opinion of the Gitlow v. New York United States Supreme Court case.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 8th
A comprehensive learning module on the WWII internment of Japanese Americans that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn...
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Other

San Francisco Unified School District: Bill of Rights

For Students 6th - 8th
A collection of resources for learning and teaching about the Bill of Rights. Includes ideas for projects, links for the First to Eighth Amendments, videos, resources on significant Supreme Court cases, and histories of the Amendments....
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article Vi: Oath of Office

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the words in the U.S. Constitution, Article VI, concerning the oath of office. Link to a Supreme Court case which tested the interpretation of this article, McCullock v. Maryland, to view the decisions of the Justices.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Separate but Equal: A Study of Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
Given Supreme Court case summaries, students will compare and contrast the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education decisions.
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Lectric Law Library

The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon: Eighth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This definition page at 'Lectric Library discusses the definition in the context of significant Supreme Court cases.
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Boston College

Boston College: Dennis v. United States (1951)

For Students 9th - 10th
Full syllabus and decision from the Dennis v. United States Supreme Court case.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Baker v. Carr

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions over Baker v. Carr, a Supreme Court case that addresses equality in voting districts. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Texas v. Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1984 Republican National Convention, respondent Johnson participated in a political demonstration to protest the policies of the Reagan administration and some Dallas-based corporations. After a march through the city streets,...
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Digital History

Digital History: Standard Oil on Trial [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The anti-trust case against Standard Oil, based on the Sherman Antitrust Act, pitted the federal government against the largest corporation in the United States. Read the trial preparation information including the arguments of the...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Plessy vs. Ferguson Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides an overview and detailed facts about the impact of the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case on racial segregation.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: From Dred Scott to Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that African-Americans were not citizens of the United States. Yet within 18 years, Black Americans would not only have citizenship, but would be guaranteed the right to...
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Finishing the Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of over one hundred archival video clips highlighting significant events in the history of the Civil Rights Movement since the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954. There are ten collections covering...
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief summary of the case of Gibbons v. Ogden, which protected the right of Congress to regulate interstate commerce, along with information on each of the presiding justices and how they voted.

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