Plessy v. Ferguson - PBS
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What We Learned About the Supreme Court<br />
Directions:<br />
Using your student sheet about the Supreme Court as a guide,<br />
discuss the following questions with your teammates. Take<br />
turns writing the answers to the questions.<br />
1. Where is the Supreme Court located?________________________________<br />
2. What words are written over the main entrance?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
3. Counting the Chief Justice, how many justices serve on the Supreme<br />
Court?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
4. How many women are on the Supreme Court?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
5. When was the Supreme Court organized (date)?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
6. How many requests to hear cases does the Court get per term?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
7. How many cases does it hear?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
8. How does the Court decide which cases it will hear?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
9. How long does term last?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
10. How do the justices decide a case?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
11. What is the majority opinion?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
12. What is the dissenting opinion?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
13. If someone does not like a decision of the Supreme Court, can he/she<br />
take the case to another court? _____________________________________<br />
Explain your answer.<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
14. What is the major role of the Supreme Court?<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
__________________________________________________________________________<br />
Webisode 7 Student Sheet<br />
Segment 7, Page 2 of 6<br />
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