Online Teacher’s Guide

In Support of
Robert H. Jackson: New Deal Lawyer,
Supreme Court Justice, Nuremberg Prosecutor

This website features an online teacher’s guide for the biography, Robert H. Jackson by Gail Jarrow including the following components:

concepts linked to the New York State social studies core curriculum,
social studies content understandings for grades 7 & 8,
learning objectives,
links to national and New York State social studies, civics, and English language arts standards,
sample learning activities,
teacher and student resources that complement the biography, and
websites that include additional information about the significant events in Jackson’s life.

The sample learning activities focus on the important milestones in the life of Robert H. Jackson including:

Jackson’s contributions to improving life in his community, New York State and the nation;
Jackson’s role in key United States Supreme Court decisions including his opinions in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Korematsu v. United States, Youngstown Steel & Tube Company v. Sawyer, and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka;
Jackson’s role as Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg War Crimes Trial).
The resources and website section includes print, nonprint, and websites including links to United States Supreme Court decisions (www.supremecourtus.gov; www.landmarkcases.org; www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html and www.pbs.org/supremecourt);
testimony and exhibits from the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial (Library of Congress at www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/NT_major-war-criminals.html)
archival collections related to Supreme Court cases ( www.archives.gov and http://aad.archives.gov/aad); and other websites and resources including www.nyscms.org (New York State Civic Mission of the Schools) www.brownvboard.net (Brown v Board) and State Court Watch www.statecourtwatch.org.