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Chapter 11 - Section 1  Pages 305-310  Carlo Sordi and Cydney Panichi 

Objective: Students will understand the powers and limitations of the Supreme Court. They will also be able to identify the different types of jurisdictions and the affects of Supreme Court decisions.

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[|Cydney's Link: Supreme Court] This link is the official website for the U.S Supreme Court. I chose this website because it gives great information about what rights the Supreme Court is granted by the constitution. It explains what the Supreme Court consist of and how it works. This website allows people to see who is currently a member of our Supreme Court and what their individual job is withing our court. A person can use this website to look up past cases considered by the Supreme Court and the current schedule of cases being looked at by the Supreme Court. Not only does this website give information about the history of the Supreme Court but it also gives current insight on the Supreme court. I feel as though this website is very helpful in understanding the roles of the Supreme Court and what actually goes on inside the Supreme Court. This website allows students to fully understand exactly what the Supreme Court is and what it does which is why i think it is a great website for our wikipage and topic.

[|Carlo's Link: Federal Court Concepts] This is a good site for this concept. Our wiki talks about the judicial branch and the court system, including the Supreme Court. Another topic it talks about the jurisdictions of the courts. However, it only talks about some of them. This website gives a more in depth description of jurisdiction and how it works depending on the type of court. It talks about some other types of Jurisdiction not discussed in the textbook and power point. It also has chart to help distinguish between the three. There are other sections there on the Federal courts, which would be helpful for anyone who wanted to learn more about that subject.



Activity: [|Supreme Court Game]

Reflection Questions
 * 1) How do the different types of jurisdictions reflect their courts?
 * 2) What role has the Supreme Court played in American history?
 * 3) Explain where the Judicial Branch would stand today without John Marshall's influence.

Answers

Sources: 
 * Government Text book
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