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Justice in the Classroom | Judicial Systems
Judicial Systems: Federal & Virginia Courts
U.S. GOV'T AP U.S. GOV'T SPANISH
Justice in the Classroom | Judicial Systems - Federal and Virginia | Federal and Virginia Courts is a lesson on the importance of the federal and Virginia judicial systems and how they function through standards-based curriculum for high school students. The lesson teaches contemporary cases through primary and secondary source documents that illustrate the structures of both the Virginia and federal court systems and how they operate in our dual court system. It also encourages classroom participation through graphic organizers, a gallery walk, use of primary source documents, web-based media, and creative pre- and post-assessments.
Judicial Systems: Federal and Virginia - Lesson Plans
Standards: AP US/VA Government
Virginia
GOVT.4d Article III of the U.S. Constitution
GOVT.7a United States Court System
GOVT.10a Federal Courts and Jurisdiction
GOVT.8a Virginia Court Systems The judicial branch consists of four levels of courts
GOVT.11a Civil Liberties and the First Amendment
GOVT.11d Limitation of Rights
National
NSS-C.9-12.3 Principles of Democracy
Introduction
Virginia v Black Puzzle
Virginia & Federal Courts
Judicial Systems Review
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Judicial Review, Life Tenure, and the Debate Over the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court’s Power - Lesson Plans
Standards: AP US/VA Government
CON-5.A: Explain the principle of judicial review and how it checks the power of other institutions and state governments.
CON-5.B: Explain how the exercise of judicial review in conjunction with life tenure can lead to debate about the legitimacy of the Supreme Court’s power.
CON-5: The design of the judicial branch protects the Supreme Court’s independence as a branch of government, and the emergence and use of judicial review remains a powerful judicial practice.
CON-5.A.1: The foundation for powers of the judicial branch and how its independence checks the power of other institutions and state governments are set forth in:
Article III of the Constitution
Federalist No. 78
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
CON-5.B.3: Controversial or unpopular Supreme Court decisions can lead to challenges of the Court’s legitimacy and power which Congress and the president can address only through future appointments, legislation
Introduction
Research Templates
Print Resources
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Dred Scott v Sanford
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