As a former eighth grade social studies teacher we neglect to teach government until we get to the landmark case Marbury vs. Madison. In my classroom I believed that you could cover your TEKS so much faster by teaching government all year in addition to chronological history. By having students research landmark cases they get the opportunity to see how court precedents affect their own lives. Forget the sequence, it doesn't have to be present when teaching government.
PowerPoint is such a powerful tool because students learn how to use these skills across disciplines. My expectations for the outcome of this lesson is that students will learn about the important landmark cases, search for valuable information online, listen to actual court opinions and view primary documents, to enhance their understanding of how valuable our judicial branch really is.
I view instruction to be an environment that invites curiosity and creativity for students. All the tools that we have learned have given me a broader perspective of how to help teachers to implement more creative tools in the classroom
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