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Marcy, William R. – Social Education, 1990
Presents a simulation in which a student political action committee organizes to protest budget cuts affecting their high school. Seeks to engage students in legal reasoning over First Amendment issues. Poses possible protests, then asks students whether they believe First Amendment rights would protect them. Includes Supreme Court precedents for…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking