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Analyze significant Supreme Court decisions relating to integration, busing, affirmative action, the rights of the accused, and reproductive rights.
Standard #: SS.912.A.7.8
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Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: American History
Standard: Understand the rise and continuing international influence of the United States as a world leader and the impact of contemporary social and political movements on American life.
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved
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  • SS.912.A.7.AP.8 # Identify the importance of Supreme Court cases, relating to integration, busing, affirmative action, the rights of the accused, and reproductive rights.
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  • Matzevot for Everyday Use by Lukasz Baksik. A Study Guide for Educators # Ursula Szczepinska, Curator of Education & Director of Research at The Florida Holocaust Museum, developed this study guide to accompany the traveling exhibition of black and white photographs taken by a Polish artist Lukasz Baksik. Baksik shows in his photographs how gravestones (matzevot) from Jewish cemeteries in Poland have been misused as building material or everyday objects after the local Jewish communities had been destroyed during the Holocaust. The study guide helps educators address questions regarding memory, history, community, respect, responsibility and challenges readers to think about our local history and historic sites. The guide can be used with the exhibition or independently. Lesson objectives:
    • Students will examine the ways in which Europe’s Jewish community was affected by the Holocaust.
    • Students will consider the long-term impact of the Holocaust on the 20th and 21st centuries.
    • Students will examine concepts of memory, history, community, dehumanization, respect, responsibility.
    • Students will investigate what happened to the Jewish communities in Eastern Europe during the Holocaust.
    • Students will examine the post war fate of historic sites.
Lesson Plans
  • Comparing U.S. Supreme Court cases # In this lesson plan, students will be comparing two U.S. Supreme court cases of Plessy V Ferguson and Brown V. Board of Education by reading and analyzing the impact in the decisions.
  • Accusations and the Supreme Court #

    In this lesson plan, students will analyze and rank the importance of 5 Supreme Court cases regarding the subject of the rights of the accused.

  • Segregation and Integration: Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education (3 of 3) #
    • A guided practice will be used to teach the end of segregation in the United States. The guided practice requires students to interact with primary text from the Supreme Court opinion of Brown v. Board of Education.
    • This lesson will be used to demonstrate the end of segregation in the United States and draw a direct comparison between the Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education.
  • Segregation and Integration: Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education (2 of 3) # Students will be placed into small groups to view, analyze, and discuss primary source photos. The photos incorporated will display Jim Crow Laws, segregation, and early forms of protest during the Civil Rights movement. Each photo will require students to provide a brief description and answer questions based off of the primary source images. After the lesson, students will complete a guided practice incorporating primary source text taken from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. This is lesson 2 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and U.S. History.
  • Segregation and Integration: Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education (1 of 3) # Students will be introduced to the practice of segregation through a guided lesson. The guided lesson will include key vocabulary terms necessary for the lesson, the basis of the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson, and the establishment of Jim Crow laws. After the lesson, students will complete a guided practice incorporating primary source text taken from the opinion of Plessy v. Ferguson. This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and U.S. History.
  • Integration and the Supreme Court # In this lesson plan, students will analyze and rank the importance of 5 Supreme Court cases regarding the subject of integration.
  • Our Rights: Supreme Court Cases # In this lesson, students will review important Supreme Court cases that helped expand or protect civil rights and liberties related to integration, busing, and the rights of the accused.  
  • U.S. Constitution Safeguards and Limits Individual Rights # In this lesson, students will analyze the facts and opinions of landmark SCOTUS cases, looking for evidence of how the Court safeguarded and/or limited the rights of certain individuals, populations, or communities.
  • Civil Rights Road Trip # Students will go on a "road trip" to learn about events surrounding the Civil Rights Movement while becoming familiar with the geography of the United States.
  • Landmark Supreme Court Cases # This gallery walk covers landmark Supreme Court cases that may directly impact the lives of students.
  • The Road To Equality # Students will "think, pair, share" the road to African-American equality based on reading about various U.S. Supreme Court cases and constitutional amendments.
  • Expanding the 14th Amendment # In this lesson plan, students will read excerpts from Plessy v. Ferguson [1896], Brown v. Board of Education [1954], and Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education [1971] and explain the outcomes of each case using a graphic organizer. Students will receive direct instruction on some historical context and background information of each case to aid in understanding. Students will complete a timeline to illustrate the impact of landmark Supreme Court decisions as it relates to integration and busing. The lesson will conclude with a student analysis of the impact of the Supreme Court cases on integration and busing and how those cases have expanded rights found in the U.S. Constitution 
  • Civil Rights Gallery Walk # In this lesson, students will travel to multiple "stations" to learn about significant events and people from the American Civil Rights Movement.
  • Landmark Court Cases Speed-Dating # In this lesson, students will work collaborative to identify key excerpts from landmark Supreme Court cases and evaluate the legal and societal impacts of each case. The landmark cases deal with integration and the rights of the accused, (Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Miranda v. Arizona, and Mapp v. Ohio). 
  • Resolving State versus Federal Issues # In this lesson plan, students will explain how issues between Florida, other states and the federal government are resolved.
  • Federal and State Court System Review and Scenario Practice # In this lesson, students will apply what they have learned about the levels, structure, and jurisdiction of U.S. Federal and Florida State Court systems to case scenarios.
  • Where is the Love? Civil Rights in America # In this lesson, students will integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information about Brown v. Board of Education and the struggle for civil rights before and after the case through discussion, music, and video, using reasoning and evidence from class discussions to be inspired to do their part to educate and stop discrimination.
Original Student Tutorials
Teaching Idea
  • Source Analysis: Civil Rights Movement # In this source analysis activity, students will read and analyze speeches and documents from the Civil Rights Movement and the Declaration of Independence. Students will answer questions about each document after reading. At the end, discussion questions require an overall analysis of the foundational principles of the United States and expansion of civil rights for African Americans.
Text Resources
  • Supreme Court Landmark Cases: Grutter v. Bollinger & Gratz v. Bollinger (2003) # Learn more about the 2003 landmark Supreme Court decisions Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger. In these dual cases, the Court upheld the use of affirmative action (as one factor in many) in deciding college admissions.
  • Supreme Court Landmark Case: U.S. Steel Workers of America v. Weber (1979) # Learn more about the 1979 landmark Supreme Court decision U.S. Steel Workers v. Weber. In this case, the Court upheld a controversial affirmative action policy regarding the training and placement of skilled laborers.
  • Supreme Court Landmark Case: Miranda v. Arizona (1966) # Learn more about the 1966 landmark Supreme Court decision Miranda v. Arizona. In this case, the Court considered the civil rights issues of due process and self-incrimination. The case set an important legal precedent and established the "Miranda Rights" which must be read to criminal defendants upon arrest.
  • Supreme Court Landmark Case: Cooper v. Aaron (1958) # Learn more about the 1958 landmark Supreme Court decision Cooper v. Aaron. In this lesser known follow-up to Brown v. Board of Education, the Court held that states could not pass legislation that undermined the desegregation of public schools.
  • Supreme Court Landmark Case: Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978) # Learn more about the 1978 landmark Supreme Court decision Regents of University of California v. Bakke. In this case, the Court upheld policies of affirmative action (but not strict racial quotas) as a factor in deciding college admissions.
  • Supreme Court Landmark Case: Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) # Learn more about the 1963 landmark Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright. In this case, the Supreme Court decided issues related to due process and a criminal defendant's right to a lawyer's counsel even if he or she cannot afford one.
  • The Freedom Riders, Then and Now # This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the Social Studies content area. It is most appropriate for 11th-12th grade students enrolled in a U.S. History class. This article both retells the struggles of the Freedom Riders who were beaten and arrested in 1961, and also interviews them on their experiences, more than 50 years later. It is accompanies by a photo gallery of before/after photos of the Freedom Riders.
Tutorials
  • Reconstruction and the 15th Amendment # This short video provided by Khan Academy features two historians reviewing the ratification of the 15th Amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote. The historians also explore ways in which the different Reconstruction Amendments were undermined and not fully realized for almost a century. Helpful graphics illustrate the content.
  • The Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education # Learn more about the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. This case was a pivotal moment in the struggle for racial equality in America.
  • The Supreme Court: Timeline # With this interactive timeline, you can explore key cases and events in the history of the Supreme Court, ranging from 1787 to 2005. To learn specifically about cases related to integration, busing, affirmative action, the rights of the accused, and reproductive rights, click on the years 1954, 1963, 1966, and 1973, though ALL the links will lead you to valuable information. Have fun exploring!
  • A Conversation on the Constitution: Brown v. Board of Education # In this video, you will hear from Supreme Court Justices O'Connor, Breyer and Kennedy as they recount the landmark Supreme Court decision on the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. This case was instrumental in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement and to desegregating public schools in America. The video also include discussion of a key event that followed the Brown v. Board ruling, specifically that of the nine students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, a group known as the Little Rock Nine. Enjoy this conversation on the Constitution!
  • Let Freedom Ring # In this tutorial, you will explore key events that took place in American history from 1955-1963, including the rise of the Civil Rights Movement and early events in the Cold War. Through this interactive tutorial, you can examine primary source documents and photographs, listen to key speeches, and interact with a wealth of information during this webisode brought to you by PBS. The webisode even includes a timeline, glossary, quiz, and additional resources that you can examine to further explore this era. Enjoy this journey into American history!
  • Crash Course U.S. History: The Sixties # In this tutorial video, you'll take a whirlwind journey through the 1960s, a decade in American history marked by social, political, and governmental change, as well as influential leaders such as JFK and Martin Luther King, Jr. You'll learn more about the Civil Rights Movement and the laws and court decisions that sought to bring equality to more groups of people in our nation. Enjoy this "crash course" in U.S. History!
  • Crash Course U.S. History: Conservatism # In this tutorial video, you'll take a whirlwind journey through the era of conservatism in the 1960s and 1970s in America. During this time, President Richard Nixon and others harnessed a backlash to 1960s liberalism by bringing groups together to fuel a new conservative movement across the nation. You'll learn about Watergate and about key pieces of legislation and government agencies, such as the ERA and EPA, that mark this era. Enjoy this "crash course" in U.S. History!
Original Student Tutorials Social Studies - U.S. History - Grades 9-12
Integrated Social Studies with Civics Original tutorials - Grades 6-12
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