Unit 6: The Judicial Branch

Learning Targets:

1. Describe the judicial branch of government and its duties/powers within the federal system.
2. Investigate the historical qualifications and selections process of the members of the Supreme Court.
3. Describe the different levels of the federal court system.
4. Name and describe historically significant Supreme Court cases.

Resources and Assignments:

• Unit 6 Terms and Questions
• PPT: The Judicial Branch
• Comparing Criminal and Civil Lawsuits
  • Chart
  • Readings
• Comparing State and Federal Courts
  • Questions
  • Fact Sheet
• Jury Qualifications
• What the Justices Think About Precedent and Stare Decisis
  • Questions
  • Reading
• Landmark Supreme Court Case Project
  • Groups
  • Description
  • Rubric
  • Sites for research
    • Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court (Street Law, Inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society)
    • Oyez.org (IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law)
• Appointing a New Supreme Court Justice
  • NY Times Article

Review

• Review: Unit 6 Test

Lesson Credits

• Lesson Credit (Comparing Criminal and Civil Lawsuits, Comparing State and Federal Courts)
  • Judicial Learning Center
• Lesson Credit (What the Justices Think About Precedent and Stare Decisis)
  • Street Law