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Civil Rights Cases that Transformed our Society
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Students will gain an understanding of civil rights Supreme Court cases that helped to transform the move away from the oppression of minority groups and move towards equality for all. This project was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER grant.

Subject:
Career and Technical Education
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment Item
Case Study
Diagram/Illustration
Interim/Summative Assessment
Lesson
Date Added:
08/02/2019
Elonis v. US
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This First Amendment activity applies the landmark Supreme Court case Elonis v. U.S. to a teen conflict posted on Facebook.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
United States Courts
Date Added:
06/23/2022
Free Speech Essentials: Critical Debates
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In this activity and set or resources from the Newseum ED, students grapple with free speech-related conflicts and controversies using real-life scenarios. They deepen their understanding by taking a position and supporting their arguments with evidence from a gallery of print and visual sources.

The lesson requires a free registration for Nesweum ED resources.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Author:
Newseum ED
Date Added:
06/29/2022
Grade 5 History Mystery 3:  WHAT CAN I SAY IN SCHOOL?
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: In this lesson, students will learn about how “freedom of speech” is applied in schools. Students will begin by brainstorming the meaning of “free speech” from prior lessons and then brainstorming about how they think speech might be limited in schools. Then students will learn about speech rights in school by completing a reading and watching a short video. For the activity, students will look at school-based scenarios and decide whether or not they think a school could limit student speech.’
This lesson is part of a Unit that includes the following lessons:
Grade 5 History Mystery 1: WHAT IS "FREE SPEECH" AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Grade 5 History Mystery 2: DOES "FREE SPEECH" MEAN I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT?
Grade 5 History Mystery 3:WHAT CAN I SAY IN SCHOOL?

Subject:
Civics and Government
Education
Elementary Education
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
History's Mysteries
Date Added:
06/01/2022
Law and Society in US History, Spring 2003
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Most socially significant issues from America's past were brought before the nation's courts. Subject introduces the themes and events of American law since 1787, focusing on three recurring themes in American public life: liberty, equality, and property. Readings consist mostly of original court cases, especially from the US Supreme Court. Subject also focuses on the historical connections between cases and broader social, political, and cultural trends.

Subject:
Fine Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
M.I.T.
Provider Set:
M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:
Capozzola, Christopher
Date Added:
01/01/2003
Legal Reasoning, the US Supreme Court, and Journalistic Law
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This is a guided packet used with my Yearbook Publication class.  It was designed to specifically meet standard RI.11-12.8, which is asking for students to read, understand, and evaluate legal reasoning used in US Supreme Court cases.  The cases students are required to look at in this packet are cases specifically related to student journalism and student press rights ( and ).  It is used as a guided Internet search to supplement the information presented in the journalism textbook.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Formative Assessment
Interactive
Learning Task
Reading
Provider:
Joshua Beck
Date Added:
06/16/2015
Supreme Court: Classroom Interactive
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Think that the Supreme Court doesn't apply to your day-to-day life? Think again!The decisions the Court makes today, as well as its decisions in the past, have a real and lasting impact on the way Americans live their lives.This activity describes 10 situations encountered in the daily life of an American teen. Take a look at each scenario, and then choose the related Supreme Court decision that directly impacts our rights and freedoms as citizens of the United States.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
Material Type:
Game
Interactive
Learning Task
Provider:
Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Date Added:
03/08/2017