Street Law provides teaching materials on many of the Supreme Court cases and standards that appear in Maryland’s 8th grade, high school government, and high school United States history courses. Note: you will be prompted to create a Street Law Resource Library account in order to download these free materials.
8th Grade United States History Resources:
Each case pack includes a case summary, glossary, three primary sources, an essential question, and a list of additional resource links.
- Marbury v Madison (1803) Middle School Case Pack
- McCulloch v Maryland (1819) Middle School Case Pack
- Worcester v Georgia (1832) Middle School Case Pack
- Dred Scott v Sandford (1857) Middle School Case Pack
- Ex parte Merryman (1861) Middle School Case Pack
- Plessy v Ferguson (1896) Middle School Case Pack
High School Government Resources:
Cases assessed in the high school course:
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Baker v. Carr (1962)
- Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
- Tinker v. Des Moines Board of Education (1969)
- United States v. Nixon (1974)
- New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
- McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Are you an AP U.S. Government & Politics teacher? Find all required cases here.
Seven strategies for using case studies in the classroom.
High School United States History Resources:
Cases in the high school course:
- Ozawa v. United States (1922) opinion available at Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
- United States v. Thind (1923) opinion available at Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
- Mendez v. Westminster (1947) opinion available at Justia
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS (1954)
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
- Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
- Loving v. Virginia (1967) case details available on Oyez
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971) case details available on Oyez
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
- Milliken v. Bradley (1974) case details available on Oyez
- Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) case details available on Oyez
- U.S. v. Lopez (1995)
- DC v. Heller (2008)
- Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Seven strategies for using case studies in the classroom.
Cases to support the LGBT standards update in the High School United States History State Framework:
- Obergefell v. Hodges and Consolidated Cases (2015)
- Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC and Aimee Stephens and the consolidated cases of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia and Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda (2020)
Seven strategies for using case studies in the classroom.
