Supreme Court Begins its new Term the First Monday in October!

  

Teachers, you may find this of interest to introduce students to the Supreme Court, the highest court in our country.Click here for a free resource on the newest Supreme Court Justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Supreme-Court-Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-FREEBIE-7957540

Oyez, Oyez...The Supreme Court begins its new session the first Monday of October. Used by the Supreme Court Marshall to call the Supreme Court to order, the word OYEZ means “Hear Ye”. The word originates from the Latin word which means “to hear”. The Supreme Court hears a number of cases each year in which questions to the Constitution are raised. 

What are three characteristic you think a Supreme Court nominee should have? Did you know that you don’t have to be a lawyer or have even gone to law school?

Did You Know?

1. Only one president did not get the opportunity to name a Supreme Court Justice. That was Jimmy Carter.

2. There is an indoor basketball court at the Supreme Court Building. It is called the “Highest Court in the Land” and is located on the fifth floor.

3. Since 1969, there have been 9 justices on the Supreme Court. However, Congress can change this number to be more or less justices.

4. Justice Clarence Thomas has a record for being the only Supreme Court Justice to remain totally silence, not asking any questions or making any statement, on the

bench, for seven years. Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1991, Thomas spoke, from the bench, for the first time in 2013.

5. Is a pickle a vegetable or a fruit? This was one of the decisions the Supreme Court determined in Nix v. Hedden. The court determined it is the seeds that classify the pickle as a “fruit of the vine”.

6. Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life. WHY do you think this is the case?____________________

7. You DON'T have to be a lawyer to be named to the Supreme Court.

8. Should a president be IMPEACHED(a trial to determine whether a President has committed actions which could remove the President from office), the Supreme Court Chief Justice presides over the trial.

9. President Taft is the only President to go on to become a Supreme Court Justice.

10. SCOTUS is an acronym for Supreme Court of The United States. What is an acronym? Think of three other acronyms that are common in our daily lives.

This web quest will introduce students to the Supreme Court. There are 12 web questions, a Did You Know? section and comprehension questions. Additionally, there are several extension activities and additional links as well as the key.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Supreme-Court-A-Webquest-913089

Check out this Reader's Theater Script on Justice Sonia Sotomayor: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sonia-Sotomayor-Supreme-Court-Justice-A-Readers-Theater-Script-6044779

Learn about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic American and only the 3rd woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Students will also learn information about the Supreme Court.

A great resource for Women's History Month, a study of the Supreme Court, for Hispanic Heritage Month, a Friday activity or as a substitute lesson. Extension activities included. There are 9 Audience Questioners in this Ms. Bie Ografee Talk Show Series of Reader's Theater Scripts.

 

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Check out this Reader's Theater Script on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg-A-Supreme-Court-Justice-Readers-Theater-Script-6045122

Apple Season is Here!

 

APPLE FUN FACTS! 

FALL Interactive Notebook Activity

by

Gail Skroback Hennessey

Click here for the free downloadable version: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/APPLE-FACTS-Interactive-Notebook-Activity-3259122

DiD You Know?

1. Did you know that George Washington had apple trees and liked to prune them in his spare time? 

2. The “winter banana” or “melt-in-the-mouth” were terms for apples during colonial days. 

3. Apples float on water because their volume is about 25% air! 

4. The only apple native to North America is the crabapple. 

5. Did you know that the apple is a member of the rose family? Additionally, peaches, plums, cherries and pears are, too 

6. Apples have been eaten by humans since about 6500 BC. Prehistoric people who lived in the country of Switzerland left behind charred apples! 

7. The Pilgrims planted apple trees in Massachusetts Bay Colony. 8. The Chinese word for apple, “ping”, also means “peace”. 

10. Most people eat about 65 apples each year. 

11. In Canada, the national apple is the Macintosh. 

12. Did you know that John Glenn brought along squeezable tubes of applesauce on his flight into orbit? 

13. It is believed that the apple pie was first made in England, about 600 years ago. Specifically, the first mention of an English apple pie was in 1590. The pies didn’t contain sugar. Instead figs and other sweet fruits were added. Apple pies were banned in England for about 16 years. People thought the dessert was too much of a pleasure to eat! 

14. Some historians say ancient Egyptians were eating pies in 9500 BC. 

15. Teenager Kathy Madison, of Rochester, NY, in 1976, created the world’s largest apple PEEL. It was 172 ft. 4 inches long. 

16. The study of apples is called pomology. Apples are part of the rose family. 

Your Turn: 

1.Pretend you are an apple on an apple tree. Tell about a day in your life. What do you see? Hear? Feel? Include 2 facts from the Did You Know? section.
2. Look at a world map and locate these country where apples originated: Turkey, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Armenia. 

3. Illustrate one of these sayings and write a short paragraph explaining what you think the saying means.
A. ”An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.”
B. ”Apple of my eye”. 

C. “A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.”
D. “An apple never falls far from the tree.”
E. “Don’t upset the apple cart.”
F. “Sometimes it is better to give your apple away, than to eat it yourself. “
4. Scientist Isaac Newton(1642-1726/7) got his idea about gravity supposedly while sitting under an apple tree reading a book. An apple may have fallen and hit him on the head. That got Newton thinking about gravity and why an apple falls to the ground! Write a diary entry pretending to be Isaac Newton and tell about this day. 

5. Illustrate one of the Did You Know? facts. 

Teacher Page: 

Distribute the Did You Know? Facts about Apples and have students do several of the activities. Regroup and discuss what they have learned with the rest of the class. 

http://www.gailhennessey.com- My website for teachers/kids has lots of geography activities, short reads, factoids on different topics, news, career surveys, bell ringers and more.

Check out my play on John Chapman(Johnny Appleseed): https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ Product/Johnny-AppleseedJohn-Chapman-A-Readers- Theater-Script-3258362 

Note: Other plays in the Ms. Bie Ografee’s Talk Show Series: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Bessie Coleman Sacagawea, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King, Sequoia, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Tuskegee Airmen, Susan B. Anthony, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, an interview with a groundhog, an interview with a leprechaun, an interview with Simon, victim of the Black Death, An Interview with Agent 355, a female agent in the Culper Spy Ring(Revolutionary War), Interview with a 49er from the California Gold Rush , Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Katherine Johnson and more. 

Additional Links for Teachers on the topic of apples: 

http://anapplepiefordinner.com/yummy_apple_pie_facts.html

http://extension.illinois.edu/apples/appleparts.cfm -diagram of an apple

wpclipart.com-Illustration of Johnny Appleseed