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This Franklin Roosevelt's Proposal for Reforming the Supreme Court: 168 Days of National Debate lesson plan also includes:
- Franklin Roosevelt's Proposal for Reforming the Supreme Court: 168 Days of National Debate (.html)
- Resource Sheet #1: Judicial Branch Reorganization Plan (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #2: Interpreting Primary Sources: Cartoons (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #3: Interpreting Primary Sources: Letters (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #4: Reorganization Plan (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #5: Presidential Interview (.pdf)
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Was it overreach or wise executive functioning? Scholars have long debated Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing scheme when he attempted to stack the court with justices friendlier to his New Deal measures. Now, learners pick up the discussion using primary sources, such as political cartoons and a WebQuest format.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use the lesson to unravel the debate around FDR's court-packing scheme in a unit on the New Deal
Classroom Considerations
- While some links no longer work, there is an archived link in the resource
- Pupils need background knowledge of the Great Depression
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- Lesson integrates choice and technology into learning
- Worksheets allow for scaffolding of a complex argument
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