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Thompson, Marcia A.; Sass, Charles R. – 1995
This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the two-part videotape "For Which It Stands: Flag Burning and the First Amendment." The videotape and teacher's guide should help students to: (1) understand the emotion and significance of the flag-burning issue; (2) examine the free speech aspect of the First Amendment of the Bill of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law
Peer reviewedMueller, Jean West; Schamel, Wynell Burroughs – Social Education, 1990
Introduces the censorship, and imprisonment of Jehovah's Witnesses who distributed, "The Finished Mystery," which contained antiwar statements deemed seditious during World War I. Asks students to examine a Justice Department document pertaining to the case. Helps students decide whether national security needs should override First…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Speech, Government Role
Sass, Charles R. – 1995
This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the two-part videotape "One Nation Under God? School Prayer and the First Amendment." The videotape and teacher's guide should help students to: (1) understand the history of freedom of religion and the First Amendment; (2) examine the controversy surrounding school prayer; (3) compare and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Liberties, Constitutional History
Peer reviewedMarcy, 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
