Beginning on February 26, C-SPAN will begin airing Landmark Cases Season 2. The series will air on Mondays at 9 PM. This 12-part series delves into cases that represent some of the tipping points in our nation’s story and our evolving understanding of rights in America. For updated information on the cases, visit the Landmark Cases website.

Cases featured in Season 2 include:

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819 )
• Civil Rights Cases (1883)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
• Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
• Katz v. United States (1967)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
• Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
• New York Times v. United States (Pentagon Papers Case) (1971)
• Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
• Regents of Univ. Cal v. Bakke (1978)

In preparation for the new season, C-SPAN Classroom has aggregated a number of resources relating to the Supreme Court as well as resources taken from Landmark Cases Season 1.

Want your students to view our Lessons and Bell Ringers at home or on their individual devices? Consider creating a generic class account, or use the following shared log-in credentials:

Username: students
Password: C-SPANCLASSROOM
The Process and Structure of the Supreme Court:

• Bell Ringer: The Federal Court System (6:38)
• Bell Ringer: The Process of Deciding Supreme Court Cases (4:37)
• Bell Ringer: Justice Sotomayor on Supreme Court Decisions (1:39)
• Bell Ringer: Justice Kagan on Constitutional Interpretation (4:45)
• Bell Ringer: Judicial Interpretation and Political Ideology (6:33)
• Lesson Plan: Constitutional Role of the Federal Court System (6 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Researching a Supreme Court Justice (4 Video Clips)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases:

• Lesson Plan: Marbury v. Madison (4 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Dred Scott v. Sandford (6 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Slaughterhouse Cases (7 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Lochner v. New York (5 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Schenck v. U.S (6 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Korematsu v. United States (6 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer (7 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Brown v. Board of Education (9 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Mapp v. Ohio (8 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Baker v. Carr (8 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Miranda v. Arizona (7 Video Clips)
• Lesson Plan: Roe v. Wade (8 Video Clips)

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Craig McAndrew, Pam McGorry, and Tom Grane
C-SPAN’s Education team

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The Art Time program develops creative thinking and fosters self-expression through art. Each class starts with a warm-up exercise that targets specific thinking skills and stimulates creative process. Then children apply what they’ve just learned to the art technique presented that day. Students will work with variety of high quality materials including soft/oil/ wax pastels, foil, poster paint, watercolors, acrylics, clay and much more….
Some of the art projects are designed in the styles of the world’s famous artists. While learning new art techniques and discovering different styles, it is up to the children to decide exactly how their art will turn out.
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We are honored to be able to offer you a free lesson plan to study Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month. The plan includes the full text of David Dinkins’s “Martin Luther King, Jr.” a moving eulogy written just after King was slain in 1968.

This plan gives you and your students the chance to:

• Read closely
• Share questions raised by the text
• Take directed notes to focus closely on a textual theme
• Have a civil, open-ended exchange of ideas
• Share further thoughts by using our specific writing prompts

Using the Great Books Foundation’s inquiry-based approach, you will be amazed at the depth your students can reach as they explore this historical text.

To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 16th, C-SPAN Classroom has aggregated a number of video resources to help your students learn more about the day, key events in his life, and his legacy related to the civil rights movement.

Students will hear about the first Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in a short archival vignette, explore the “One Life: Martin Luther King, Jr.” exhibit at the Smithsonian, as well as learn about the impact of his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” They also hear from Rep. John Lewis about the March on Washington, and about the inclusion of young people in marches from Ahmad Ward at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

On This Day: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Life and Legacy (6 Video Clips)

• • U.S. Information Agency Vignette on The First Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (20 mins)
  • Smithsonian exhibit “One Life: Martin Luther King Jr.” (8 mins)
  • Professor Jonathan Bass on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s April 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” (3 mins)
  • Rep. John Lewis on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington (5 mins)
  • Ahmad Ward on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Inclusion of Youth in Marches (3 mins)
  • Tavis Smiley on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Year (7 mins)

https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?1832

US National Parks and National Monuments have long been a symbol of America’s beauty and greatness. The US government has taken large steps to preserve the natural landscape of the nation, even in times of opposition from state and local agencies. This deliberation explores the history of federal conservation and addresses the question: what exactly is the role of the federal government in regards to the conservation of land?

What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Conservation?

Join us for the 2017-2018 season of Picture Your World hosted by Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas. Open to youth ages 8-18, the Picture Your World weekend workshops teach photographic composition and technique through hands-on demonstration, and constructive critique. Participants will produce a visual memory of their day and begin a creative portfolio while experiencing the wonders of the natural environment. Each workshop is led by the Picture Your World Program Manager, Carra Garza, along with a professional photographer, and a Master Naturalist. Participants may bring their own digital camera or, we will provide one for you.

The Land Heritage Institute is a living land museum on 1200 acres of open space along the banks of the Medina River. Located on the far south side of San Antonio, The institutes’ mission is one of preserving, maintaining and interpreting 10,000 years of continual human habitation.

Please register online to ensure your space is reserved. If you have any issues with our online registration, please call (210)222-8430 ext. 304 to register by phone.

School of Science and Technology is a college-prep, high performing Kindergarten-12^th public charter school that focuses on math, science, and computer technologies to provide high quality educational opportunities. The School of Science and Technology (SST) cordially invites your child to the San Antonio city-wide 5^th Math Contest at SST-Main (1450 NE Loop 410, San Antonio TX, 78209) on Saturday, February 3^rd , 2018.

SST Math Contest provides a valuable opportunity for students to improve their math skills in a variety of math subject areas. We hope that you will take this opportunity to give your child a chance to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year and further develop their problem-solving abilities by bringing your students or teams to our contest.

Top 5th grade students will get below awards. Students will take an individual multiple-choice test focusing on various topics including; mathematical process, numerical representations-relationships, computations, algebra, geometry, probability, data analysis, mental math, and speed math. There are 3 difficulty levels questions on the test. Though test is challenging, we hope they will be fun for everyone. We have also included several easy questions on the tests so that new competitors can develop their confidence without getting discouraged. The top 30 contestants will receive certificates commemorating their achievement in addition to the top prizes listed below.

These are the awards according to the Multiple Choice Exam results:

1st Place: Laptop

2nd Place: Sony PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB Console

3rd Place: Apple iPad 32 GB

4th Place: Apple Watch Series 1

5th Place: Kindle Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa 32 GB

Top 10 students will get trophies

Top 30: SST Schools Intensive Mathcounts/PSAT Preparation Course (worth of $500) and certificates

Competition Schedule:

Sign-in: 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Multiple Choice Exam: 9:00 am – 10:30 am

2nd Round: Countdown for top 10 students: 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Award Ceremony: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

There is no registration fee for this competition. It is open to all 5^th grade students in San Antonio Metropolitan Area. Parents will be given password and usernames to see test results on our website. For planning purposes, we would appreciate a prompt response. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us by email

To register, please go to our school website: http://www.ssttx.org/