People often hear the words precedent and Supreme Court together, but why? A resource on the Supreme Court includes a variety of discussion questions, handouts that guide young historians, a video about Nixon and the court system, and methods to check for understanding, such as examples given by pairs working together.

Concepts

supreme court cases, supreme court justices, the supreme court, american history, courts, the united states government, richard nixon

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Extend learning by going over more Supreme Court cases that used precedent 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires the ability to present video and Internet access
• Takes some prep work to print and distribute handouts

Pros

• Effectively puts the scholars into a situation where they easily understand the vocabulary word precedent
• Includes possible answers for the discussion questions

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.3