Archive for January 2020

January 30th 2020

By | Published Thursday, January 30, 2020

Lesson 3.10: Social Movements and Equal Protection

Enduring Understanding:

The Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause as well as other constitutional provisions have often been used to support the advancement of equality.

Learning Objectives:

Explain how constitutional provisions have supported and motivated social movements.

Essential Knowledge:

Civil rights protect individuals from discrimination based on characteristics such as race, national origin, religion, and sex; these rights are guaranteed to all citizens under the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution, as well as acts of Congress.

The leadership and events associated with civil, women’s, and LGBT rights are evidence of how the equal protection clause can support and motivate social movements, as represented by:
  • Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and the civil rights movement of the 1960s 
  • The National Organization for Women and the women’s rights movement 
  • The pro-life (anti-abortion) movement

Debrief: Letter from Birmingham Jail ACT Reading

Activity #1: Civil Rights Break Up

In each of your groups, you will be presenting on one of the topics from Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.  In order to do this, we will create a poster with the following information: Who was involved, What happened or what is it, Why it happened, When and Where it happened.  Then we will present to the class.  Here are the topics we will look at:
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. The Board of Education
  • LGBTQ Issues
  • Voting including the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments
  • Affirmative Action
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
Then we will Present!

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January 28th 2020

By | Published Monday, January 27, 2020


Today I am going to have you guys work through two required Supreme Court cases.  I had planned to run two more simulations with you guys but I could not be here today.  So here are the two cases...

Activity #1: Tinker v. Des Moines

First, watch the following video on EdPuzzle: Click Here

Then, complete PAGE ONE of the following document in your notebooks.

 Extra Tinker v. Des Moines Resource

Activity #2: Schenck v. The United States

First, watch the following video on EdPuzzle: Click Here

Then, complete PAGE ONE of the following document in your notebooks.

 Extra Schenck v. The United States Resource

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January 13th 2019

By | Published Monday, January 13, 2020

Lesson 3.2: The First Amendment: Religion

Enduring Understanding: 

Provisions of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights are continually being interpreted to balance the power of government and the civil liberties of individuals. 

Learning Objectives: 

Explain the extent to which the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First and Second Amendments reflects a commitment to individual liberty.

Essential Knowledge: 

The interpretation and application of the First Amendment’s establishment and free exercise clauses reflect an ongoing debate over balancing majoritarian religions practice and free exercise, as represented by such cases as: 
  • Engel v. Vitale (1962), which declared school sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause. 
  • Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972), which held that compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause.

Activity #1: Notes over Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and the 1st Amendment:

Activity #2: Supreme Court Simulation...

Take a look at your card

2-10: Supreme Court Justice
J and Q: Lawyers for Plaintiff
K and A: Lawyers for the Defendant

Red: Engle (P) vs. Vitale (D)
Black: Wisconsin (P) vs. Yoder (D)

For the first 30 minutes, here are your jobs...
Justices, research the BACKGROUND of your case.  In your notebooks write down the 5 W's.  The Who, What, When, Where, Why.  

Lawyers, your job is to work with your partner to write a 2-3 minute speech about why the Constitution supports your side.  It's not about what happened!!!


Engle v. Vitale Resource

Wisconsin v. Yoder Resource

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January 9th 2019

By | Published Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Lesson 3.1: The Bill of Rights

Enduring Understanding:

Provisions of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights are continually being interpreted to balance the power of government and the civil liberties of individuals.

Learning Objectives:

Explain how the U.S. Constitution protects individual liberties and rights.
Describe the rights protected in the Bill of Rights.

Essential Knowledge:

The U.S. Constitution includes a Bill of Rights specifically designed to protect individual liberties and rights.

Civil liberties are constitutionally established guarantees and freedoms that protect citizens, opinions, and property against arbitrary government interference.

The application of the Bill of Rights is continuously interpreted by the courts.

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution, which enumerate the liberties and rights of individuals.

Activity #1: Finish Visual Bill of Rights

First, finish the Bill of Rights handout that we started in class on Tuesday

Class Handout

Activity #2: EdPuzzle Video:

Complete the EdPuzzle Video

Activity #3: Nifty Fifty Vocab:

In your notebooks, complete the following terms:
  1. Bill of Rights
  2. The Establishment Clause
  3. The Free Exercise Clause
For each of the terms, provide the Google definition, your definition, and an example.

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January 7th 2020

By | Published Monday, January 6, 2020

Unit Three:

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Overview:

Through the U.S. Constitution, but primarily through the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens and groups have attempted to restrict national and state governments from unduly infringing upon individual rights essential to ordered liberty and from denying equal protection under the law. Likewise, it has sometimes been argued that these legal protections have been used to block reforms and restrict freedoms of others in the name of social order.

The Constitution, but especially the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, are used to assert the rights of citizens and protect groups from discrimination. As such, the government must respect the dignity of the person and assure equal treatment.

The Supreme Court has been called upon to interpret protections for freedom of political expression and religious exercise, the right to bear arms, the right of privacy, and the rights necessary to ensure that those accused of crimes receive a fair trial.

The equal protection clause provides that states may not deprive persons of equal protection under the law. African Americans, Hispanics, women, LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) people, and other groups have used the clause to lead social movements on behalf of their concerns. The Supreme Court has rendered several landmark decisions that expand civil rights, and Congress has passed legislation that expands equality.

Essential Questions:
  • How does the Constitution protect our rights and liberties, and how has our government tried to limit our rights and liberties to help make us safer?
  • How have U.S. Supreme Court rulings changed civil liberties and civil rights?

Lesson 3.1: The Bill of Rights

Enduring Understanding:

Provisions of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights are continually being interpreted to balance the power of government and the civil liberties of individuals.

Learning Objectives:

Explain how the U.S. Constitution protects individual liberties and rights.
Describe the rights protected in the Bill of Rights.

Essential Knowledge:

The U.S. Constitution includes a Bill of Rights specifically designed to protect individual liberties and rights.

Civil liberties are constitutionally established guarantees and freedoms that protect citizens, opinions, and property against arbitrary government interference.

The application of the Bill of Rights is continuously interpreted by the courts.

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution, which enumerate the liberties and rights of individuals.

Debrief 3.1:

Answer the following questions using your own knowledge or resources...
  1. What is an amendment?
  2. What is the two-step process that allows for amendments to be made?
  3. Describe the main argument that existed between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists concerning the addition of the first ten amendments (The Bill of Rights) at the Constitutional Convention...

Activity #1: Civil Liberty Scenarios...

Listen to the scenarios (1-4) that we read in class.  For each one of the scenarios record the following information in your notebooks...
  1. What right or liberty that is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights is in question?
  2. How do you think the Supreme Court ruled?

Activity #2: Visual Bill of Rights



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