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=Welcome to the second week of our program! This week will focus on the Supreme Court in the 21st century.=

First, there will be some reflection on the previous week with Mr. Green and Mr. Max
 * __Part 1 - Review of the previous week and connection to the program theme__**

First: Open your virtual notebook to the Supreme Court page, write the heading "Introduction to the Supreme Court" and copy today's objectives into your virtual notebook. Objectives: Students will be able to: -Connect last week's unit on immigration to this week's unit on the Supreme Court -Identify prior knowledge about the Supreme Court -Create a list of questions students still have about the Supreme Court
 * __Part 2 - Introduction to the Supreme Court__**

Opener Listen/read the link below. The clip connects the topic of immigration from last week to our topic for this week, the Supreme Court.

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After listening to the clip, predict what you think the connection between immigration and the Supreme Court is based on the clip above and your prior knowledge. Write these down then share your thoughts with your group, revise to your page if necessary.

**Activity 1:** Each table will be given a note card with a vocabulary word on it. Walk around the room and get a definition of your word from 5 people not in your group. Write down their names next to the definition they give you.

Precedent Chief Justice Confirmation hearing Conservative/Liberal Majority Opinion
 * Word List**

Meet back in your tables, share your definitions. Create one group definition based on the information you gathered.

In your virtual notebooks, add your group's word and definition to the page, be prepared to add the other vocab words and definitions.

One further note about the terms Conservative and Liberal. Throughout the week we will be looking at differing perspectives of the Supreme Court and its decisions. Conservative and Liberal views are two of the most common ways to interpret the law. Check out BalancedPolitics.org to read a little more about conservative and liberal views.

**Activity 2** - Think-Write-Pair-Share In your virtual notebook, write three things you know about the Supreme Court, and three questions you have about the Supreme Court. Share these with a partner, and add their information to your list in bold, italics, or a different color. You will share these as a class. Don't forget to put a heading on your virtual notebook page, so people know what they're looking at.

**Activity 3** - Determining research topics We have generated a class list of questions and topics you would like to learn about the Supreme Court. You will pick one of these questions to research. You will then present and share your findings with the class through the inspiration template shown here. Open the file by SAVING IT FIRST. Then open through Inspiration.





For each of the general questions on the mindmap, be more specific with your answers (see below). Depending on your chosen topic, identify the pertenant info below: 1) Who? (not just names, but also relevent background about the people) 2) Why? (what problems existed before which made your topic necessary? ) 3) When? (not just dates but mention something about the time period) 4) How? (what steps were involved in the process?) 5) What’s the greater significance? Does this still affect you today? How? Did this make significant changes at that time or later? Why?
 * Initial Supreme Court Research :**

// Before you do any research, we need to learn how to find reliable, accurate research on the internet. //

__**Part 3 - How to use the internet to find reliable, accurate research**__ With Mr. Green and Mr. Max