Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-4758-4936-3 • Hardback • August 2019 • $87.00 • (£67.00)
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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.
Introduction: Preparing Students to Read US Supreme Court Cases
Chapter 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 Authors
Index
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.
— Paula R. Franklin, EdS, 2017 Milken Educator; Social Studies Teacher, West High School, Knoxville, TN
The Supreme 15 is a great one-stop resource that pulls together a student-friendly compilation of AP Government’s required cases. Each case’s presentation of the decision cuts to the heart of the matter, and leaves students with critical questions for extension to guide classroom discussion. It’s a great way to initiate student deliberation!
— Jenifer Hitchcock, AP Government Teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools; James Madison Fellow 2016
Oltman, Graff, and Maddux provide an in-depth analysis that engages the reader to understand the complexity of constitutional law and the processes by which our rights are applied. This book is a must have for supplemental material for the AP Government Curriculum and gives teachers a much-needed complete resource ready to use!
— Alex William Bennett, MEd, RHO Kappa Faculty Adviser; blog, The Government Gurus