Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case. The "Resources" section features basic building blocks such as background summaries and excerpts of opinions that can be used in multiple ways. The "Activities" section contains a range of short activities and in-depth lessons that can be completed with students. While these activities are online, many of them can be adapted for use in a one-computer classroom or a classroom with no computer.

Depending upon the amount of time you have to teach the case, you may want to use one or more of the "Resources" or "Activities" in conjunction with one or more of the general teaching strategies. These general teaching strategies include moot court activities, political cartoon analysis, continuum exercises, and Web site evaluation.

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Resources
About landmarkcases.org
 
Teaching Recommendations
Based on Your Time

 
Background Summary
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Diagram of How the Case Moved Through the Court System
 
Listen to the Oral Arguments
 
Key Excerpts from the Opinion
 
Full Text of the Opinion

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Activities
    The Case
You Decide: Who Should Be Admitted?
 
Classifying Arguments in the Case
 
A Comparison of the University of California at Davis' Admissions System to that of Harvard
 
Background Information on Affirmative Action from the Affirmative Action and Diversity Project

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    After the Case
The Court Revisits Bakke 25 Years Later: The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases
 
Drawing Mixed Reactions: Political Cartoons in Response to the Michigan Affirmative Action Cases
 
The Race Neutral Admissions Race
 

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Additional Resources

Split Decision on Affirmative Action
 
An Ode to Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.: The Supreme Court Approves the Consideration if Race as a Factor in Admissions by Public Institutions of Higher Education
 

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