Ketanji Brown Jackson

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ketanji-brown-jackson

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Ketanji Brown Jackson born?September 14, 1970
2. Where was Ketanji Brown Jackson born?Washington, D.C
3. Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?She is the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She was born on September 14, 1970, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Miami, Florida.
4. How did she become a Supreme Court justice?She studied at Harvard for both her undergraduate and law degrees. She worked as a law clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, then served as a district judge and an appeals court judge before President Biden nominated her in 2021. She was confirmed in 2022.

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