Supreme 15

Gretchen Oltman is an assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Johnna Graff has over fifteen years of secondary classroom teaching experience, and she currently serves as a high school English teacher at the Science Focus Program in Lincoln, Nebraska. Graff is a 2004 graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law.Cynthia Wood Maddux is a former practicing attorney and non-profit executive director. She currently is an English teacher at Lincoln North Star High School and adjunct faculty at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

This book is an invaluable resource for all AP US Government and Politics classrooms. The authors have painstakingly poured over each of the 15 required cases and made them more accessible to high school students. Not only do they include critical thinking questions throughout the decision, but they also have excellent real-life connections at the end that will help any student successfully connect each case to issues and topics they deal with on a daily basis, allowing students to see the modern-day relevance of Supreme Court decisions.

• Introduction: Preparing Students to Read US Supreme Court CasesChapter 1- Marbury v. Madison (1803)Chapter2- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)Chapter3- Schenck v. United States (1919)Chapter4- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)Chapter5- Baker v. Carr (1961)Chapter 6- Engel v. Vitale (1962)Chapter7- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)Chapter 8- Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)Chapter 9- New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)Chapter 10- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) Chapter 11- Roe v. Wade (1973) Chapter 12- Shaw v. Reno (1993)Chapter 13- United States v. Lopez (1995)Chapter 14- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)Chapter 15- McDonald v. Chicago (2010)About the AuthorsIndex