Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ419149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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To Protect or Not to Protect--That Is the Question.
Marcy, William R.
Social Education, v54 n6 p364-65 Oct 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 student referral. (CH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking, Dissent, Freedom of Speech, Instructional Materials, Law Related Education, Learning Activities, Secondary Education, Simulation, Social Studies, Student Participation, Student Rights, Tax Allocation, United States Government (Course)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner
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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment
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