Game/Simulation Lesson: Mock U.S Supreme Court Trial
Goals and Objectives
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Driving Historical Question
How has the interpretation of the
Bill of Rights and other amendments of U.S Constitution changed through U.S
history?
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Common Core Literacy Standards
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
WHST 11-12.1A: Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the
significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or
opposing claims, and create an organization that logically sequences the
claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
WHST 11-12.2A: Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and
information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create
a unified whole; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures,
tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
WHST 11-12.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
WHST 11-12.5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising,
editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is
most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
WHST 11-12.9: Draw evidence from informational text to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
RHST 11-12.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and
secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an
understanding of the text as a whole
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CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy
RHST 11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented
in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words)
in order to address a question or solve a problem.
- CCSS.ELA-HSS Literacy RHST 11-12.9: Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources
Content Standards
12.2 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relation- ships among them, and how they are secured.
1. Discuss the meaning and importance of each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, privacy)
5. Describe the reciprocity between rights and obligations; that is, why enjoyment of one’s rights entails respect for the rights of others.
12.3 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society.
1. Explain how civil society provides opportunities for individuals to associate for social, cultural, religious, economic, and political purposes.
12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.
1. Understand the changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time, including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal-protection-of-the-law clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government. California
1. Discuss the meaning and importance of each of the rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how each is secured (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition, privacy)
5. Describe the reciprocity between rights and obligations; that is, why enjoyment of one’s rights entails respect for the rights of others.
12.3 Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society.
1. Explain how civil society provides opportunities for individuals to associate for social, cultural, religious, economic, and political purposes.
12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.
1. Understand the changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time, including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal-protection-of-the-law clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
12.10 Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government. California