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Welcome to Overruled! You will be exploring the interworkings of our country's highest court system and the powers held by our courts. Your research should offer the experience of analyzing whether or not the court system is working for or against its constituents.
Welcome to Overruled! You will be exploring the interworkings of our country's highest court system and the powers held by our courts. Your research should offer the experience of analyzing whether or not the court system is working for or against its constituents.
Lesson 1: Entry Event
Lesson 1: Entry Event
TO DO:
TO DO:
Step 1: Explore the resources on this page
Step 2: Make a copy of the Entry Event (have your mentor print out the first page for you).
Step 3: Fill out the Studio Overview page
Step 4: Complete the Entry Event and submit it to Slate
Resources
Resources
Your Task
Your Task
COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS DEFINED
COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS DEFINED
What will I be able to do after this studio?
What will I be able to do after this studio?
Social Studies Competencies
Social Studies Competencies
1 Analyzing Historical Ideas
1.1 Evaluate historical outcomes in context
1.2 Analyze multiple perspectives
1.3 I can analyze historical sources.
1.4 I can evaluate the importance of people's actions in shaping outcomes.
1.5 I can analyze outcomes as either change, continuity, or both.
2 Engaging as a Citizen
2.1 Participate in Community
2.2 Examine Enduring Problems
2.3 Build Civic Knowledge
2.4 Take action to improve my community
Social Studies Competencies
Social Studies Competencies
3 Understanding Geographic Representations
3.1 Display and explain spatial patterns
3.2 Apply Geographic Tools
4 Analyze Human-Environment Interactions
4.1 Analyze relationships between human and environmental systems
4.2 Evaluate the impacts of human activity on environmental systems
ELA Competencies (Optional)
ELA Competencies (Optional)
2 Argumentative Writing
2.1 Introduce the topic
2.2 Develop my claim and counterclaims
2.3 Use transitions to connect my ideas
2.4 Use a formal style, objective tone, and precise language
2.5 Provide a compelling conclusion
2.6 Strengthen my writing through revision
Performance Task
Performance Task
You will write an argumentative essay about an issue presented in a supreme court case. You will take a side of the case and make arguments for that side.
You will write an argumentative essay about an issue presented in a supreme court case. You will take a side of the case and make arguments for that side.
Time to explore the rest of the studio!!
Time to explore the rest of the studio!!
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