The Supreme Court:

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

RESOURCE GRADE LEVEL MEDIA TYPE
The Civil Rights Cases

The Civil Rights Cases

This video from the series The Supreme Court details both the Court’s contribution to the end of Reconstruction and its first major dissent. OER Level

9-12

Video

Early Civil Rights Cases Facing the Supreme Court

Early Civil Rights Cases Facing the Supreme Court

In this lesson, students analyze and compare important early Supreme Court decisions involving the Fourteenth Amendment, including Justice John Marshall Harlan’s dissent in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883.

9-12

Lesson Plan

FDR and the Court

FDR and the Court

In this video from The Supreme Court, the Court reverses its practice of protectionism for big business to protect the worker. OER Level

9-12

Video

Liberty of Contract

Liberty of Contract

In this lesson, students examine how the Supreme Court applied the Fourteenth Amendment to questions involving the liberty of contract and protections for working people.

9-12

Lesson Plan

A New Kind of Justice

A New Kind of Justice

Explore the creation, intention and language of the Fourteenth Amendment in this video from The Supreme Court. OER Level

9-12

Video

The Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment

The Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment

In this lesson, students analyze and compare important Supreme Court decisions involving the Fourteenth Amendment and civil rights.

9-12

Lesson Plan

Worker's Rights

Worker's Rights

Explore the Constitutional idea of “liberty of contract” in this segment from The Supreme Court. OER Level

9-12

Video