THURSDAY CLASS
LEARNING TARGET: How far was the reach of the precedent established by BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION on government's authority to address discrimination under the equal protection clause of the Constitution?
**** Deadline for turning in journals, with Moot Court activities 3 and 4, plus the study guide to "Race Matters" is TOMORROW
* discuss Youth Court program
* review gun control, voting rights articles
* review part 1 of case study -- 1789-1896
* Government video: DEFINING FEDERALISM and discussion of unitary, confederate and federal systems of government
* discussion: How was the landscape on issues of discrimination altered by the BROWN decision? (civil rights case study)
HOMEWORK: rough drafts of the appellate brief and the student briefs (typed) due by MARCH 21 (sample appellate brief is available on the course MOODLE website). BRING LAPTOPS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR TWO DAYS OF TEAM WORK ON THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE APPEALS BRIEFS.
**** Deadline for turning in journals, with Moot Court activities 3 and 4, plus the study guide to "Race Matters" is TOMORROW
* discuss Youth Court program
* review gun control, voting rights articles
* review part 1 of case study -- 1789-1896
* Government video: DEFINING FEDERALISM and discussion of unitary, confederate and federal systems of government
* discussion: How was the landscape on issues of discrimination altered by the BROWN decision? (civil rights case study)
HOMEWORK: rough drafts of the appellate brief and the student briefs (typed) due by MARCH 21 (sample appellate brief is available on the course MOODLE website). BRING LAPTOPS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR TWO DAYS OF TEAM WORK ON THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE APPEALS BRIEFS.