Earl Warren Court Cases

Task #1: How is the Supreme Court Different from other Courts?

Answer here:

Task #2: Who was Earl Warren?

Read & Annotate the 2 biographies of Earl Warren.

When you click the links below, it will make your own copy of the document, so you will be able to highlight and add comments to it.

Select three important or intriguing facts from each of the articles to write here.

Article #1:

Article #2

Task #3: What did Earl Warren make decisions on?

Read your group’s assigned court case summaries (linked below).
You must also access Oyez.org, BillofRightsInstitute.org, SupremeCourt.gov, or ABC-Clio and provide the link to the exact article(s) you referenced.
Fill out the charts below while reading.

Name of Case	Case Summary	Provide a link to the external article that you referenced for each case
Brown v. Board of Education - 1954 - Civil Rights Mapp v. Ohio - 1961 - Search & Seizure	GROUP 1 - Click here for your case summary	Case 1: Case 2:
Betts v. Brady - 1942 - Right to Counsel Gideon v. Wainright - 1963 - Right to Counsel Escobedo v. Illinois - 1964 - Right to Counsel Since you have 3 cases,	GROUP 2 - Click here for your case summary	Case 1: Case 2: Case 3:
Miranda v. Arizona - 1966 - Rights of the Accused Engle v. Vitale - 1962 - Separation of Church and State	GROUP 3 - Click here for your case summary	Case 1: Case 2:
Abington v. Schempp - 1963 - Separation of Church and State Tinker v. Des Moines - 1969 - Symbolic Speech	GROUP 4 - Click here for your case summary	Case 1: Case 2:
Olmstead v. United States - 1928 - Search & Seizure (Wiretaps) Katz v. United States - 1961 - Search & Seizure (Wiretaps)	GROUP 5 - Click here for your case summary	Case 1: Case 2:

My Group’s Case #1: _____________________

Who was involved?
What was it about? (2-3 sentences)
Where did it occur?
When did it occur?
Why is it important? (2-3 sentences)
How does this case affect us today? How would our lives be different without it? (2-3 sentences)
Bonus: Find a modern example from the news where this case comes into play.

My Group’s Case #2: _____________________

Who was involved?
What was it about? (2-3 sentences)
Where did it occur?
When did it occur?
Why is it important? (2-3 sentences)
How does this case affect us today? How would our lives be different without it? (2-3 sentences)
Bonus: Find a modern example from the news where this case comes into play.

GROUP #2 ONLY

My Group’s Case #3: _____________________

Who was involved?
What was it about? (2-3 sentences)
Where did it occur?
When did it occur?
Why is it important? (2-3 sentences)
How does this case affect us today? How would our lives be different without it? (2-3 sentences)
Bonus: Find a modern example from the news where this case comes into play.

Task #4: Court Case Presentations

As a group, make a presentation with the information about your case from the table above. All members of the group must have a speaking role. The presentation should be 2-3 minutes in total for all court cases your group was assigned.

You can use any tool to do this (Google Slides, Prezi, Google Drawings, etc - be creative!)

Make sure to emphasize how the case affects us today.

One group member will turn in the presentation on Google Classroom. The remaining members will add a private comment on the assignment with the link to their presentation.

During the presentations, you will take notes on a hard copy of this document.

Task #5: Quiz