Students will examine historical examples of the limitation of free speech and the use of censorship, including warning labels and trigger warnings.
Bill of Rights
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Lesson Plan: The Supreme Court and Religious Freedom in Public Schools
Student will examine contemporary and historical Supreme Court cases dealing with the religion clauses of the First Amendment.
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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 the Supreme Court Has 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.
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Who Gets to Regulate #*%& Free Speech in Popular Culture?
Offended by lyrics they deemed too sexual and violent, Tipper Gore and Susan Baker campaigned to put warning labels on albums in 1985. Years later, warning labels have ended up in some unexpected places.
