1. Freedoms Theme: Rights
Unit 2 Day 4
Freedoms
Theme: Rights

2. Amendments
Amendment 1: Freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition & speech.
Which of the 5 freedoms is most important to you & why?
Rank the 5 freedoms in order of most controversial to least. Use an example to explain your reasoning.
Amendment 2: The right to bear arms.
What are arms considered to be?
Why is this Amendment so controversial?
What is a militia?

3. Explain the purpose of each US Amendment in your own words.
List a significant incident related to each Amendment
Express why this Amendment was added to the US Constitution by the Anti-Federalists. 1 2

4. Key Supreme Court Cases
Engel v. Vitale (1961)
Tinker v. Des Monies (1969)
Wallace v. Jaffree (1984)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
On the next slide you will use this website to answer questions:

5. Do you agree w/ the verdict of the Supreme Court? Why or why not?
Case
Decision/ Winner
Keys to case
Precedent
Do you agree w/ the verdict of the Supreme Court? Why or why not?
Engel v. Vitale (1961) - pages: 258, BB:
6-1
Engel
1st Amendment
Freedom of Religion
NO prayer in public school
Tinker v. Des Monies (1969)
- pages: 132, 325, BB: 137
7-2
Tinker
Freedom of Symbolic speech (1st time)
Vietnam War
Speech is not always spoken – it can be symbolic
Wallace v. Jaffree (1984)
6-3
Jaffree
(Est. Clause)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
5-4
Johnson
Freedom of Symbolic speech
Burning a flag
Protest of burning a flag is constitutional