• Choose a Supreme Court case from the list below. You may use the Supreme Court Landmark Case Timeline as a starting point for making your selection (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/educators/sc_timeline.html). Using the Internet, research the case with the research guide below. Then develop an information poster that summarizes the main points of the case and shows illustrations for further explanation.

  • Supreme Court cases (select one)

    • 1803, Marbury v. Madison

    • 1819, McCulloch v. Maryland

    • 1831, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

    • 1857, Dred Scott v. Sanford

    • 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson (segregation)

    • 1944, Korematsu v. United States (Japanese Internment)

    • 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (ending segregation)

    • 1966, Miranda v. Arizona

    • 1967 Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage)

    • 1973, Roe v. Wade (abortion)

    • 2000, Bush v. Gore

    • 2008, District of Columbia v. Heller (right to bear arms)

    • 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges Gay marriage

Research Guide for poster assignment

• Identify the case by its Court citation (Name v. Name; citation number, and date)

• Summarize the basic facts that originally caused the case to come to court.

• Summarize the position of the petitioner and respondent.

• Summarize the constitutional question being asked and which amendment it applied to.

• Summarize the Court’s decision and which citizens’ rights were affected

  • include the majority and dissenting opinions and who wrote them

• What court did this exist under? (Marshall, Warren, Roberts, etc)

• Explain in a well developed paragraph using academic vocabulary and knowledge of US History the effect the Watergate Scandal had on the office of the president and the American public.

• NY Times Article - Watergate with Questions for understanding

• PBS Newshour - Watergate

• Create a magazine cover for National Geographic that highlights population issues in South Asia. The magazine cover should include at least one cover-sized picture and the titles of at least 5 articles contained in the magazine. The titles of the articles should indicate how population distribution affects economic and social patterns in South Asia

• Income Inequality in India - Data based article outlining the growing disparity in income between the differing social stratas in India.

• A Day in the Largest Slum in India (15:09) Interesting video that follows the daily activities of the inhabitants of a slum outside of Mumbai. It is the largest in India.

• Create a timeline identifying the major factors leading up to the American Revolution and the political factors that came about following the American colonies Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. The timeline should cover the time period between 1750 until 1789. Khan Academy - The Road to Revolution

• Extension Activity - Create a Venn Diagram chart comparing and contrasting the political, economic and social characteristics of the American and French Revolutions.