American Experience

The Story of Texas

In their reports, groups may want to incorporate brief interviews with historical figures such as Santa Anna or Stephen Austin.

“Impeach Earl Warren”

Groups may want to consult this biography of Warren and these descriptions of some landmark cases in the Court’s history.

“To this much, he is entitled by the Constitution”

You may want to point out to students that an important precedent Warren cites in his opinion — Norris v. Alabama — concerned the famous Scottsboro case of the 1930s, in which an all-white jury convicted several young African Americans of rape. What does this link between the Norris and Hernandez cases suggest about different groups’ struggles for equal rights?

Hispanics Today

Instead of creating the graphics as a class, you may want to divide the class into groups and have each group choose which graphic it will create.

Hispanics and Immigration

Encourage students to find publications that concern local issues, if possible, and that have appeared as recently as possible. Non-governmental organizations that publish materials related to immigration include the Center for Immigration Studies, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, the National Council of La Raza, and the National Immigration Law Center.

An alternative activity would be to focus on a specific legislative proposal, such as the CLEAR Act proposed in Congress, which would involve state and local police in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. This proposal has been both praised and criticized.