Lesson 5: 14th Amendment and the Courts project
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
Identify and explain the concept of selective incorporation.
Research Supreme Court cases that have applied specific rights of the Bill of Rights to the states.
Analyze the Court’s reasoning in landmark cases and their constitutional impact.
Evaluate the influence of selective incorporation on civil liberties and state governments.
What is selective incorporation, and why did the Supreme Court develop this doctrine?
How have Supreme Court decisions expanded or limited individual rights at the state level?
How does selective incorporation reflect the balance of power between federal and state governments?
CG.Civ.14.a. Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of protecting, defending, and
promoting constitutional rights in the United States (e.g., law-making, federal court system,
constitutional amendments, Supreme Court decisions, exercising constitutional rights).
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