"Civil Liberties" takes an in-depth journey through the various freedoms that the First Amendment allows us: Freedom of speech; Freedom of the press; Freedom of assembly; Freedom of petition; and Freedom of religion.
The "Civil Liberties" ToolBook really teaches students what it means to live in America, "the land of the free," where the freedoms of Americans are spelled out in the Constitution's First Amendment:
- Freedom of speech (symbolic speech, libel, obscenity, sedition)
- Freedom of the press (propaganda and prior restraint)
- Freedom of assembly (civil disobedience)
- Freedom of petition (the right to lobby)
- Freedom of Religion (Separation of Church & State, school prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Pledge of Allegiance)
Provoke lively class discussion and debate by using activities and exercises to answer the following questions:
- Students rights – what are they?
- What are the Top Ten Reasons why freedom of speech is a good thing?
- Obscenity— Can you predict what the Supreme Court will rule
- Are controversial actions such as burning the flag, banning books, and Nazis marching down Main Street protected by the First Amendment?
- The Pentagon Papers: What are the six things government cannot do to a free press?
- What was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 's stance on civil disobedience?
- No prayer in schools? No ten commandments in the courthouse?
- Why can lobbyists roam the halls of Congress?
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| What is the Bill of Rights? | ||
| #1 Lecture | What is the Bill of Rights? | |
| #2 List | The Bill of Rights | |
| #3 Group Analysis | The Bill of Rights | |
| #4 Game | The Bill of Rights | |
| #5 Group Analysis | The Bill of Rights: modern problems | |
| #6 Political Cartoons | The Bill of Rights | |
| #7 Quotations | Famous quotations about the Bill of Rights | |
| Student rights | ||
| #8 Game | Landmark cases: student rights | |
| #9 Game | Landmark cases: student rights | |
| #10 Document | Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) | |
| #11 Group Analysis | Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) | |
| #12 Brief reading | T-shirts in school | |
| #13 Group Analysis | Student rights: Predict what the Supreme Court will do | |
| #14 Game | The Bill of Rights (recall terms) | |
| #15 Game | The Bill of Rights (define terms) | |
| Test | The Bill of Rights: 35 questions | |
| Freedom of speech | ||
| #16 Chart | The Top Ten Reasons why free speech is good | |
| #17 Lecture | The history of free speech | |
| #18 Chart | The limits to free speech | |
| #19 Lecture | The changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights | |
| #20 Group Analysis | Free speech | |
| #21 Group Analysis | Libel | |
| Sedition | ||
| #22 Group Analysis | Sedition | |
| #23 Game | Landmark cases: Schenck and Tinker | |
| #24 Game | Landmark cases: The Internet | |
| #25 Group Analysis | Symbolic speech | |
| #26 Chart | Symbolic speech: legal and illegal | |
| #27 Group Analysis | KKK and Nazis can march | |
| #28 Group Analysis | Burning the American flag | |
| #29 Internet | research for debate Burning the American flag | |
| #30 Debate | Burning the American flag | |
| #31 Brief reading | Burning a cross | |
| #32 Group Analysis | Dissent | |
| #33 Debate | “Resolved, once war has been declared, dissent is a form of treason.” | |
| #34 Quotations | Free speech | |
| #35 Chart | Who could possibly disagree with free speech? | |
| Obscenity | ||
| #36 Lecture | The history of obscenity | |
| #37 Political Cartoons | Janet Jackson at the Superbowl | |
| #38 Internet | research for debate Obscenity | |
| #39 Debate | “Resolved, government should legislate public morals.” | |
| #40 Group Analysis | Predict what will happen! | |
| #41 Group Analysis | Top Ten Reasons why free speech is good . . . | |
| Censorship | ||
| #42 Internet | research What is censorship? | |
| #43 Group Analysis | Censorship | |
| #44 Internet | research for debate Banning books | |
| #45 Debate | “Resolved, school libraries should ban books.” | |
| #46 Game | Free speech (recall terms) | |
| #47 Game | Free speech (define terms) | |
| #48 Game | Mars / Venus | |
| #49 Game | Honk if you hate civics! | |
| #50 Game | Stump the teacher | |
| #51 Game | The Last Man Standing | |
| Test | Freedom of speech: 155 questions | |
| Freedom of the press | ||
| #52 Quotations | Freedom of the press | |
| Ethics | ||
| #53 Lecture | What is the role of a free press in a democracy? | |
| #54 Brief reading | Dan Rather: The press must tell the truth | |
| #55 Brief reading | Armstrong Williams: The press must not engage in propaganda | |
| #56 Lecture | The history of freedom of the press | |
| Prior restraint | ||
| #57 Game | Landmark cases: New York Times v. U.S. (1971) | |
| #58 Group Analysis | Prior restraint | |
| #59 Group Analysis | Prior restraint | |
| #60 Group Analysis | The Fairness Doctrine | |
| #61 Chart | Limits to freedom of the press | |
| #62 Political Cartoons | Freedom of the press | |
| #63 Chart | The top six things government cannot do to the press | |
| #64 Internet | research The Pentagon Papers | |
| #65 Debate | The right to publish sensitive material during wartime. | |
| #66 Debate | “Resolved, reporters should be put in jail if they don’t reveal their sources.” | |
| #67 Group Analysis | Top Ten Reasons why freedom of the press is good . . . | |
| #68 Game | Freedom of the press (recall terms) | |
| #69 Game | Freedom of the press (define terms) | |
| Test | Freedom of the press: 72 questions | |
| Freedom of assembly | ||
| #70 Lecture | The history of freedom of assembly | |
| #71 Chart | Limits to freedom of assembly | |
| #72 Game | Landmark cases: Freedom of assembly | |
| #73 Quotations | Protest demonstrations | |
| Civil disobedience | ||
| #74 Group Analysis | Civil disobedience | |
| #75 Quotations | “On Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau | |
| #76 Document | “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| #77 Class Discussion | Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance | |
| #78 Test | On Dr. King’s philosophy: 55 questions | |
| #79 Group Analysis | Civil disobedience | |
| #80 Group Analysis | Winning over your enemies | |
| #81 Debate | “Resolved, sometimes it is necessary to break the law.” | |
| #82 Game | Freedom of Assembly (recall terms) | |
| #83 Game | Freedom of assembly (define terms) | |
| Test | Freedom of assembly: 64 questions | |
| Lobbyists | ||
| #84 Lecture | The history of freedom of petition | |
| #85 Group Analysis | Lobbyists | |
| #86 Group Analysis | Lobbyists | |
| #87 Game | Freedom of petition (recall terms) | |
| #88 Game | Freedom of petition (define terms) | |
| Test | Freedom of petition: 18 questions | |
| Freedom of religion | ||
| #89 Lecture | The history of freedom of religion | |
| #90 Chart | We still have some “public religion” | |
| Separation of Church & State | ||
| #91 Game | Landmark cases: Engel v. Vitale (the “Lemon Test”) | |
| #92 Game | Recent cases: Equal access to religious groups | |
| #93 Group Analysis | The Establishment Clause | |
| #94 Group Analysis | The Free Exercise Clause | |
| #95 Chart | Limits to the free exercise of religion | |
| #96 Group Analysis | Separation of Church & State | |
| #97 Political Cartoons | Separation of Church & State | |
| #98 Quotations | Religious liberty | |
| School prayer | ||
| #99 Internet | research for debate School prayer | |
| #100 Group Analysis | No prayer in school | |
| #101 Group Analysis | Separation of Church & State | |
| #102 Debate | “Resolved, we should restore prayer in the public schools.” | |
| The Ten Commandments | ||
| #103 Internet | research for debate Ten Commandments in the courthouse | |
| #104 Debate | “Resolved, restore Ten Commandments in courthouse.” | |
| The Pledge of Allegiance | ||
| #105 Internet | research for debate The Pledge of Allegiance | |
| #106 Debate | “Resolved, let’s keep the Pledge of Allegiance as it is.” | |
| Debate | ||
| #107 Brief readings | Liberals: Separation of Church & State | |
| #108 Brief readings | Conservatives: Separation of Church & State | |
| #109 Debate | The Separation of Church & State | |
| #110 Game | Freedom of Religion (recall terms) | |
| #111 Game | Freedom of Religion (define terms) | |
| #112 Game | Mars / Venus | |
| #113 Game | Honk if you hate civics! | |
| #114 Game | Stump the teacher | |
| #115 Game | The Last Man Standing . . . | |
| Test | Freedom of Religion: 104 questions | |
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