The Schechter Brothers’ Purpose
45 min
Lesson Components
The Schechter Brothers’ Purpose – Handout A: NarrativeWalk-In-The-Shoes Questions
As you read, imagine you are the protagonist.
- What challenges are you facing?
- What fears or concerns might you have?
- What may prevent you from acting in the way you ought?
Observation Questions
- What was the role of the Schechter brothers? Why was their identity important to the narrative?
- What was the Schechter brothers’ purpose?
- Why did the Schechter brothers decide to fight the NIRA and NRA in court?
Discussion Questions
Discuss the following questions with your students.
- What is the historical context of the narrative?
- What historical circumstances presented a challenge to the protagonist?
- How and why did the individual exhibit a moral and/or civic virtue in facing and overcoming the challenge?
- How did the exercise of the virtue benefit civil society?
- How might exercise of the virtue benefit the protagonist?
- What might the exercise of the virtue cost the protagonist?
- Would you react the same under similar circumstances? Why or why not?
- How can you act similarly in your own life? What obstacles must you overcome in order to do so?
- Students will analyze the purpose of the Schechter Brothers.
- Students will evaluate the Supreme Court decision regarding the Schechter Brothers’ practices.
- Students will act purposefully in their own lives.