Teaching the Supreme Court in Real Time: Power, Rights, & Democracy in the Current Court
Join the Constitutional Democracy Project for a two-day professional development institute exploring how to teach today’s most important constitutional questions through inquiry, discussion, and student-centered civic learning. Teaching the Supreme Court in Real Time: Power, Rights, & Democracy in the Current Court will engage educators in examining recent U.S. Supreme Court cases involving executive power, free speech and social media, homelessness, gun rights, and voting rights. Through interactive strategies such as Structured Academic Controversy, role-play simulations, Big Paper discussions, debates, and collaborative lesson design, participants will explore practical approaches for helping students analyze competing constitutional arguments, engage in civil discourse, and think critically about democracy in action. Educators will leave with classroom-ready lessons, discussion strategies, and tools for facilitating respectful and academically rigorous conversations about controversial and evolving civic issues. This institute is designed for middle and high school teachers of civics, government, history, law, social studies, and related subjects.
