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Lesson Plan
iCivics

Argument Wars

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
From start to finish, here is a fantastic resource that uses engaging activities and an interactive virtual game to teach about major US Supreme Court cases. Your class members will distinguish the primary arguments made in such cases as...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding and Applying the Miranda Decision

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore Miranda v. Arizona. In this U.S. Supreme Court lesson, students examine primary sources from the trial and watch the provided QuickTime videos to examine the case as well as the court's decision regarding it.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Supreme Court: Practice with Precedents 2010

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the term precedent in the court system.  In this American Government lesson, 11th graders research various court cases in history.  Students create a study chart that shows comparisons of these cases. 
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Chief Justice Earl Warren's decision in this landmark Supreme Court case.
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Unit Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Curriculum Unit Landmark Library

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This library of mini-lessons targets a variety of landmark cases from the United States Supreme Court and includes a one-page reading and a one-page activity.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right Against Self Incrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the right against self-incrimination in the United States.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right to Assistance of Counsel

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the history of right to assistance of counsel in the United States.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Legal Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of legal rights in the United States.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Article Iii (Lab Team 4)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will analyze the Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice Earl Warren in the Case of Miranda v. Arizona and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article III of the Constitution in action.
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Handout
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Supreme Court: Landmark Cases: Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS presents a summary of the landmark Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona which ruled that a person suspected of a crime must be informed of their constitutional rights before police questioning, becoming known as the "Miranda...
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Handout
Cool Fire Technology

Cool Fire Technology: Supreme Court Decisions

For Students 9th - 10th
A listing of the most significant Supreme Court cases in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with brief summaries of how they impacted on federalism.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Miranda Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress contains the original handwritten notes of Chief Justice Earl Warren on Miranda v. Arizona. A note written by Justice William E. Brennan offering suggested changes to Warren's ideas is also available.
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Primary
Other

U.s. Supreme Court: Miranda v. Arizona, 384 u.s. 436 (1966)

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete and in-depth history of the 1966 U.S. court case of Miranda v. Arizona.