Projects!
- Pick one of the most significant
decisions by the Supreme Court. Learn about how the court voted, who wrote
the majority and dissenting decision and what the case was about.
- Brown vs. The Topeka Board
of Education is one of the great decisions of the Supreme Court. Write a skit
reenacting what happened in that case.
- Pick a Supreme Court justice
and write a short report on him or her.
- Go to a judicial branch link
and find out what cases the Supreme Court have on their docket this term.
- Do you think nine is a good
number of justices on the Supreme Court and why or why not?
- The Supreme Court justices
are appointed. Do you think they should be elected and why or why not.
- What are the advantages and
disadvantages of trial by jury. Debate this issue for the class with a friend.
- Write an essay on whether cameras
in the courtroom are a good idea.
- Write an essay on what age
and for what crimes a child should be tried as an adult.
- Write an essay on whether the
names of children who commit crimes should be published.