Day+3

=__Focus on Two Famous Cases - 19th and 20th Century__=



**__Part 1 -__**
__**19th Century Case**__ with Ms Pember Click on the following link:

** Marbury v Madison **
OR


 * __20th Century Case__** with Ms Johnson

Warren Court Cases

__Part 2 - Begin Final Research Project__
Objectives: students will be able to:
 * research current trends/decisions of the US Supreme Court
 * analyze and annotate court documents (majority/minority opinions) and expert analysis reports
 * discuss the details and ramifications of recent court cases and justice nominations
 * create a podcast that incorporates students' knowledge and various viewpoints about the situation

Introduce final project - for Thursday

Activity 1
What are the major parts of a news/talk radio show?

Watch a video clip of a political talk show

[|Watch CBS News Videos Online]

View this "Face the Nation" sample which discusses the Supreme Court Justice nomination of Elena Kagan (available at: []) Refer back to the opening question: **What are the major parts of a news/talk radio show?** Class discussion to answer this question and develop timely ideas about the Supreme Court that would make an interesting talk show

**Activity 2 -** Read the overview for the final project below

Project Directions

**Activity 3** - Assign roles and find an article

Step 1 -For today, your group will assign roles and then find an article that fits with your point of view on your particular case.

Step 2 - Once you have found and agree on an article to use, copy and paste this link into word.

Step 3 - You will read this and mark this up digitally.

To review how to mark up:

**__Technology Skill__**
Highlighting and inserting comments in a word document
 * 1) Copy and paste your article in to a Word document. Save it
 * 2) Select from the the file menu: **View.....Toolbars......Reviewing**
 * 3) Click the **highlighter icon** to highlight key terms
 * 4) Place the cursor next to a word or phase in the document that you want to comment or revise
 * 5) Click the **insert comment** icon to write a comment or revision



You will share your comments and thoughts on this article with your group tomorrow.

Closing