Sixth Amendment Activities

Apply landmark Supreme Court cases to contemporary scenarios related to your right to counsel and your right to a fair trial in the Sixth Amendment.

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/educational-activities/sixth-amendment-activities
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Grades

10, 11, 12

Subjects

Foundations of Democracy

Resource Types

Lesson Plans

Teaching Strategies

Analysis, Case Study, Whole Class, Small Group

Civic Days

Constitution Day, Bill of Rights

Constitution Articles

Sixth Amendment, Sixth Amendment - Speedy trial, Sixth Amendment - Trial by an impartial jury, 14th Amendment, 14th Amendment - Equal protection

Tags

juries, peremptory challenge, jury selection, gender, juveniles, Supreme Court, race