 How does the Constitution protect our basic rights?  Freedom of Speech

 How does the Constitution protect our freedom of expression 1 st amendment  1. What is freedom of expression?  Freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition  2. The First Amendment limits the powers of?  Congress

 3. Take brief notes on the following:  A. Individual development- right to present ideas, and to say what you think  B. Advancement of knowledge- ideas discussed freely  C. Maintenance of representative democracy- vote our reps. to Congress

 4. In the Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, what did the students want?  5. What did the Supreme Court say about a students right to freedom of expression?

 6. Over the years, who has developed guidelines to limit freedom of expression?

 1. Students wanted to publish stories about what two issues?  2. How did the principal react to the stories?

 #3. What are some circumstances that might cause government to limit the right to freedom of expression?

 Research Richland Board Policy #220. Research Richland Board Policy #220.  Summarize your findings…

 1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  Take brief notes on: ▪ Establishment of religion- ▪ Free exercise-

 2. Did religious freedom exist in the early English colonies?  3. Why were the founding fathers concerned about religious intolerance?  4. Government is to be separated from religion. What clause is this idea found in?  5. The government can limit the way you practice your religious beliefs under what conditions??

 6. When the constitution was written did public schools exist?  7. Should religious teaching be supported in public schools? Explain…

 5. Can government limit your right to freedom of belief? Why or why not?

 Research the following Supreme Court cases:  Take brief notes:  Allegheny County v. ACLU, Allegheny County v. ACLU --  Lee v. Weisman Lee v. Weisman --  Engel v. Vitale Engel v. Vitale --

 1. In early colonial times, who was allowed to vote?  2. Before the Civil War, who still could not vote?  3. List the Civil War Amendments…  4. Which Amendment abolished slavery?  5. Which Amendment granted full citizenship to African Americans?  6. What laws prevented African Americans from voting?

 7. The grandfather clause said-  8. People of all races worked to change unfair state laws, these actions became known as:  9. This amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied because a person fails to pay a poll tax?  10. In the 1800s, it was a common belief that __________ should not participate in the government.

 11. In 1876, who led a delegation of women to Philadelphia.  12. Name and year, of the first territory to grant women the right to vote?  13. What happened in 1920?  14. Native Americans were not fully recognized as citizens until what year?  15. In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of young man were drafted to fight in what war?

 16. What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?  17. List 3 voting requirements today?  18. The United States ranks _________ among the world’s democracies in the percentage of voters who exercise the right to vote?  19. What is essential for a democracy?

 #4. What laws did Congress pass to protect the constitutional right of citizens to vote?

 1. Voter registration form in Cambria County…  Write down 3 items you see on the form…

 1. State and local laws required separate facilities. Explain…  2. What does the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment say?  3. Laws that required African Americans to go to separate schools are known as?

 4. Take brief notes on the following:  Plessey v. Ferguson (1896)  Brown v. Education (1954)

 5. Separation of the races is known as?  6. Who ordered federal troops to escort students into a school in Little Rock, Arkansas?  7. When did the civil rights movement start?  8. Term which means, to refuse to buy?  9. Explain what happened to Rosa Parks?

 10. When and where did Dr. King give his “I Have a Dream” speech?  11. What law ended segregation in public places?  12. What groups followed African Americans in their own quest for equal protection?

 #4. What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case? Why was this an important decision?

 1. Watch Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Take brief notes…

 1. The right to be treated fairly by government?  2. Due process  Procedures-  Content-  3. Due process can be found in what 2 Amendments?

 1. Make a list of unfair procedures used by govt. officials in the case:  Before the hearing  -  At the first hearing  -  At the second hearing  -

 4. P. 239 Problems of due process involve two govt. responsibilities. Explain  1.  2.

 5. Due process applies to what hearings?

 #2. What is the meaning of due process?

 1. Research due process in the news  choose an article and write a brief summary.