I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg
From Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum · 2024
25 minK1st2nd3rd4th5thSocial Studies
Summary
Yadina insists on being treated the same as anyone else, and the friends travel to meet a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who fought her whole career to make sure the law applied equally to everyone regardless of gender. The episode explores justice, fairness, and what it means to be a Supreme Court Justice.
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Discussion
Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life fighting for equal treatment under the law.
- What is the Supreme Court? What do Supreme Court justices do?
- What does it mean for a law to be fair? Can laws be unfair?
- RBG was often outvoted on the court. Why did she keep working anyway?
- What is one rule at your school that you think is fair? What is one you'd want to talk about?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: justice, Supreme Court, equal rights, dissent, law.
Try it: Write a rule you think would make your school fairer for everyone. Explain why it would be a good rule.