Lesson on Monday, February 13, 2017

Aim: What is Freedom of Speech, the Press, and Assembly?

Bell Ringer: Collect Fairness Doctrine worksheets for a grade. Discuss any misunderstandings.

Objectives:

1. Students will evaluate, take, and defend positions about rights protected by the Constitution and Bill of Rights

2. Students will evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues that cause the government to balance the interests of individuals with the public good.

3. Students will explain why rights have limits and are not absolute.

Agenda:

1.  Bell Ringer (10 min)

2.  All-Write-Round-Robin:

A. What is the difference between a human right and a Constitutional right?

B. Why is the incorporation of a Constitutional right important?

C. Why is the 14th Amendment considered one of the most important amendments to the Constitution? (Think about "Due Process"

D. Why do we have Freedom of Religion today and how does the Establishment Clause protect citizens?

E. What is the Equal Access Act?

F. What is the Free Exercise Act?

G. Describe the difference between pure speech and symbolic speech.

H. Describe seditious speech.

I. What is the "clear and present danger" rule?

J. What does the Schenck v. United States case say about wartimes?

K. What is the Bad Tendency Doctrine?

L. What is the Preferred Position Doctrine?

M. An example of a Sedition Law is The Espionage Act of 1917 during WWI. What did this act entail?

N. List Speech not protected by the Constitution.

O. Describe Freedom of the Press and "prior restraint".

P. Describe Freedom of Assembly.

Home Learning: : study using “Civil Rights & Liberties AWRR”