Teachers Discovering History As Historians

Supreme Court: Primary Resources & Websites

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

An exceptional site created by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society for teachers to use in their classrooms.  Fifteen major cases (1803-1989) and nine major constitution concepts are featured.  The standard resources include background summaries and questions at three reading levels, diagrams of how the case moved through the court system, excerpts from the majority and when appropriate dissenting opinions, links to the full text decisions and numerous case specific activities. Class activities include in depth analysis, moot court, political cartoon analysis and continuum exercises.
http://www.landmarkcases.org/index.html

Famous Trials

Trials include:  Scopes (Monkey) Trail 1925; Rosenberg Trial; Amistad Trial 1839; My Lai Court Martial 1970; Scottsboro Trials 1931-1937; Mississippi Burning Trial 1967 and others of significance.

This is an educational site maintained at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School.

www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm

An exceptional electronic textbook.   The Title will take you to the entire text.  The specific chapters/resource guides related to this topic are noted below the description:

Digital American History Textbook

A new and exceptional digital history text Includes a full textbook, guided readings, documents, timelines, exhibits, reference materials, study guides, and other materials for teaching American History. 

          Significant Court Decisions

 

The Supreme Court Historical Society

Extensive information on the court, specific cases, teaching/learning activities, articles and publications.
    http://www.supremecourthistory.org/

 

OYEZ

Home Page including a comprehensive database of major Constitutional Cases and multimedia resources including audio. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

                     

 

The Official Supreme Court Page

General information regarding the Supreme Court, Constitutional interpretations, traditions, procedure and related data.
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Findlaw

Internet Legal Resources and content of cases from 1893+, Internal Search Engines and Documents.
http://www.findlaw.com

The Center For Civic Education

The Center is dedicated to a wide range of civic programs including "WE THE PEOPLE". The principal goals of the Center's programs are to help students develop (1) an increased understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded, (2) the skills necessary to participate as effective and responsible citizens, and (3) the willingness to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict.  Resources, Websites, Teaching Materials, etc.

http://www.civiced.org/

 

National History Education Clearinghouse

Welcome to the National History Education Clearinghouse, the central online location for accessing high-quality resources in K-12 U.S. history education. This site began in 2008 and is rapidly becoming one of the best sources for United State History Educators including access to History Content, Teaching Materials, Best Practices, Issues and Research, Professional Development, and TAH Grants.

http://teachinghistory.org/

 

 

Best of History Web Sites

The Best of History Web Site is an incredible portal created for teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts.  After accessing your historical subject or topic of choice, sites are listed by historical topic with a description of what you will find and an evaluation.  A keyword search function is also available.  Scroll beyond the sites provided and you will find time period specific lesson plans, activities and teacher guides.

          http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml

 

Academic Info:  United States History

Access to thousands of internet sites related to specific time periods and topics of United States History.  A recommend source to visit for a wide range of materials--do not allow the advertisements to irritate you.

http://academicinfo.net/histus.html

 

Two exceptional search engines for teachers and students.

 

Mamma

http://www.mamma.com

 

Google

http://www.google.com

 

Cornell Law Library

            Selected Historic and Current Decisions: Links to Findlaw, Villanova,  Fedworld, and Case Western.
            http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

                   Historic Cases   http://supct.law.cornell.edu:8080/supct/cases/name.htm 

USSC+ Database

Supreme Court Research Center and Data Base, Cases, Opinions and Real Audio Arguments.
http://www.usscplus.com

 

Fedworld

United States Government Web Sites
http://www.fedworld.go

 

American Civil Liberties Union

75 of the most famous cases involving the ACLU since 1920.
http://www.aclu.org

 

Romingers Research Page

Exceptional site with numerous Federal and State legal link and Current Events.
http://www.romingerlegal.com

 

"Lectric Law Library

Less Traditional Site blending humor and access to legal resources.  Superb access to sources by topic--(US Constitutional Law and Rights; Historic Court Decisions, Criminal and Civil Law.
http://www.lectlaw.com

Court TV

Links to famous cases, news, documentaries and other materials related to Court TV.

http://www.courttv.com/  

 

  Law Guru

A database of 4,000 legal questions and answers, forms, search engines, etc..

        www.lawguru.com

American Bar Association's Online Journal

Interesting readings on a variety of current legal issues.

         http://www.abanet.org/journal/home.html

 

 

www TDHAH.com

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Web Design and  Research Team:
 Paul Benson
 Pam Brown
 Rick Bates
 Carol Shick
 Rick Walters
 Mike Swanson