If you’re brand new to Civics or need to upgrade what you have, this is ready-to-go and fully loaded for you!

Challenge your students to see the why and how of this most secretive branch of government, including how its day-to-day operations don’t necessarily match with the Framers’ intentions, with this slide deck kit.

Here’s what’s included in this complete Judicial Branch Lecture Kit:

95-Slide Lecture

• Clean, modern look in Google Slides (one-click download to PowerPoint)
• Extensive teacher script on every slide
• Embedded animations to focus attention
• “Pause and Talk” reflection & processing questions at the end of each segment

2 Differentiated Versions of Accompanying Notes

• 5-Page guided notes for on-level students
• 5-Page more scaffolded fill-in-the-blank notes for support students
• Print PDF and Google Doc files of both sets
• Answer key included too!

50+ Question Test Bank

• Easily copy/paste questions to build quizzes and formative checks natively into your LMS or other platform
• Fill-in-the-blank, matching, short-answer, and open-ended questions included
• Answer key included too!

This lecture covers:

• Founders’ intentions with creating an isolated judiciary
• Lifetime appointments, “in good behavior” standing
• Unofficial requirements expected of a federal judge
• Comparison with other countries’ requirements for judges
• Judiciary Act of 1789
• District & Circuit courts
• Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
• Marbury v. Madison & judicial review
• Textualist, Orginialist, & Living Constitutionalist interpretations
• Judicial restraint & judicial activism
• Supreme Court ruling “tests” to set precedents
• Majority & Minority Opinions
• Original & Appellate jurisdiction
• Overturning Supreme Court rulings, constitutional amendments
• Current members & leaning of the Supreme Court
• Landmark cases highlighted to illustrate concepts listed
  – Dred Scott v. Sanford
  – Riley v. California
  – Dobbs v. Jackson
  – Obergefell v. Hodges
  – Virginia v. Tennessee
  – Brandenburg v. Ohio
  – Schenk v. United States
  – Brown v. Board
  – Plessy v. Ferguson
  – Texas v. Johnson
• Illustrative recent & historical examples of all topics

This resource is 95 slides, 12 PDF pages, plus Google files.

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This is a must-have resource for a new Civics/American Government teacher or an experienced teacher seeking to change it up. The lessons were clear, organized, and provided all necessary information (including teacher keys and rubrics) to save time and energy. There were many engaging lessons and activities. – Tara

This is phenomenal for homeschool families looking to teach high school Civics, and it doesn’t require additional textbooks or materials. The content was engaging and varied, with interesting projects, primary source document analysis, and essays that tie the unit together. This course is slow and thorough enough my son was able to grasp the material and understand how it’s relevant to today’s issues in government and fast enough that he didn’t lose interest. I learned more from guiding him than I did from attending a very highly regarded public high school. – Julia