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On April 13, 2021

Lesson Plan: AP Government: SCOTUS Comparison Question Practice

AP U.S. Government and Politics- Supreme Court Case FRQs

High school history teachers Andrew Conneen and Daniel Larsen discussed how students should answer Free Response Questions relating to Supreme Court cases on the AP U.S. Government and Politics exam.

Description

This is intended as an end-of-course review activity for practice with the SCOTUS Comparison Question format included on the AP United States Government and Politics exam since the 2018 redesign. Eight practice prompts are provided.

Procedures

  • SCOTUS COMPARISON QUESTION PROMPT ANALYSIS

  • SCQ FRA

    • Chose one or more of the provided prompts, as assigned, and use the planning and exploration you did above to write a full free response answer in response to your designated prompt(s) in 25 or fewer minutes, since that's the time limit you'll face on the AP Exam!
    • Exchange FRAs with a classmate and evaluate each others' work!
  • SCOTUS CASE PRACTICE

    • Play this Blooket and/or this Blooket and/or this Kahoot to help review key components of landmark SCOTUS cases! Blooket resources require teachers to create a free account to access them.

Additional Resources

Vocabulary

  • 1st Amendment
  • Constitution
  • Supreme Court

Topics

AP U.S. Government Key TermsSupreme Court Cases

Grades

High School