Online Learning Opportunities

AP Court Case Review 

Wednesday, April 5 | 12 p.m. ET (Introductory class) and 2 p.m. ET (Advanced class)

In this fast-paced and fun session, students will review the top 14 Supreme Court cases from a typical course of study for an AP Government class. This class helps students better understand these landmark Supreme Court cases and the U.S. Constitution’s foundational principles. Cases include McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), Engel v. Vitale (1962), Schenck v. United States (1919), Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), Baker v. Carr (1963), and 10 more canonical cases. This is a great session for middle school students to preview and examine the Supreme Court cases to encourage further study of government. 

AP Supreme Court Case Review with Caroline Fredrickson

Friday, April 7 | 1 p.m. ET

In this Friday session, Caroline Fredrickson, scholarly contributor for the National Constitution Center’s new Supreme Court Case Library, joins Chief Learning Officer Kerry Sautner to review the top-14 Supreme Court cases from a typical course of study for an AP Government class.

Caroline Fredrickson is the Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown Law, Senior Fellow at Brennan Center for Justice, and the author of La Cour Suprême, Le Pouvoir Suprême; The Democracy Fix; Under the Bus; and The AOC Way.

MORE CIVIC LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Live at the Museum: Learn\ about the Courts and Meeting a REAL Judge! 

Wednesday, April 12 | 12 p.m. ET 

*Great for 3rd–5th grade students

Join the Center’s education team and meet a real judge! Stephanos Bibas, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, joins us as we explore Article III of the Constitution. Article III establishes the judicial branch of government: the branch that is responsible for interpreting the laws (explaining what they mean). Learn about the branch at the highest level, the U.S. Supreme Court, to the lower federal courts consisting of the courts of appeals and the district courts, and hear stories about key court cases and how they affect our lives today.

For Educators

Professional Learning Session: 14th Amendment and the Battle for Freedom and Equality in America

Wednesday, April 19 | 6:30 p.m. ET

During this session, participants will explore the 14th Amendment and the battles for equality in America with Professor Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. Educators will examine its clauses and the battle over their meaning from Reconstruction to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges. We will also explore America’s first and second civil rights movements, the Constitution and women, and modern interpretations of the 14th Amendment. 

#NCCed: Coming to a Conference Near You!

Members of the Center's education team will be traveling to state and national conferences over the next several months. Find us at a booth, or come to one of our sessions, to learn about all of the civics education resources the Center offers. We cannot wait to see you there!

Michigan Council for the Social Studies (Traverse City, Michigan) – April 14-15

• Fostering Community, Understanding, and Growth Through Civil Dialogue with Sarah Harris

Email Sarah Harris at [email protected] if you will be at any of the above conferences and would like to discuss how the National Constitution Center can support you and your students.

More From the National Constitution Center

Can Courts End Partisan Gerrymandering?

Last week, the North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to re-hear a case that found the state’s redistricting maps unconstitutional under the state’s constitution. The outcome of this decision could affect another case already before the U.S. Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper—a challenge to a decision striking down North Carolina’s redistricting that involves the “independent state legislature” doctrine. Why did the North Carolina Supreme Court strike down the maps in the first place, and why is it revisiting that decision now? Will the U.S. Supreme Court still decide the Moore case and rule on the independent state legislature theory? And what standards should be used to decide whether redistricting maps are politically gerrymandered? To discuss these questions and address the latest developments in these crucial gerrymandering cases, Misha Tseytlin of the law firm Troutman Pepper and Guy-Uriel Charles of Harvard Law School join host Jeffrey Rosen.

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