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The Supreme Court: Liberty of Contract Lesson PlanThe Supreme Court: Liberty of Contract Lesson Plan
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PBS
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9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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The Supreme Court: Liberty of Contract

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This The Supreme Court: Liberty of Contract lesson plan also includes:
  • Worker's Rights Video
  • Reflections on Dissent Video
  • The Fourteenth Amendment and Protection for Workers
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How did the Supreme Court apply the Fourteenth Amendment to cases involving working people? Learn all about labor rights in a resource that focuses on the liberty of contract and protections for workers. Scholars complete handouts that guide them during the video, participate in a class activity relating to the minimum wage, and engage in discussion.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

supreme court cases, supreme court justices, the supreme court, liberty, the fourteenth amendment, labor, labor laws

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Ensure learners have prior knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and Depression Era by quizzing them and checking for understanding before beginning the lesson

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires downloading and presenting two QuickTime videos
  • Takes some prep work to create and post signs as well as distribute a handout

Pros

  • Supplies answers to discussion questions
  • Helps high schoolers build critical thinking skills

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.7

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