Bill of Rights
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Lesson Plan: Presidents v. Press – How the Pentagon Papers Leak Set Up First Amendment Showdowns
Students will learn about the Pentagon Papers during Nixon’s presidency, the long history of U.S. presidents battling national security leaks and the role of a free press in America’s democracy.
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Lesson Plan: Who Gets to Regulate #*%&? Free Speech in Popular Culture (E.L.A.)
Students will analyze free speech and how it applies to popular culture.
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Lesson Plan: The Supreme Court and Prayer in School
Student will examine contemporary and historical Supreme Court cases dealing with the religion clauses of the First Amendment.
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Lesson Plan: Free Speech, Censorship and Trigger Warnings
Students will examine historical examples of the limitation of free speech and the use of censorship, including warning labels and trigger warnings.
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Lesson Plan: Religious Freedom in Schools
Students will learn about the U.S. Supreme Court landmark student rights cases that were heard in the 1960s. The court protected student speech and expressive conduct in Tinker v. Des Moines, and tackled the issue of prayer in schools. The family of Mike and Jonathan Engel challenged their school district’s practice of beginning each day with a prayer. In Engel v. Vitale, the Court ruled that voluntary state-sponsored school prayer violated the separation of church and state and the establishment clauses of the First Amendment.
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Lesson Plan: How Gun Violence and the Supreme Court Have Shaped Second Amendment Rights
Students will learn about the Supreme Court rulings on gun laws that highlight the struggle to balance individual rights and public safety, and explore the evolving interpretations of the language of the Second Amendment.
