 How does the Constitution protect our basic rights?  Bill of rights, freedom of expression, ect…

 How does the Constitution protect our freedom of expression  1. What is freedom of expression?  Freedom of speech, Of the press, of assembly, and of petition  2. The First Amendment limits the powers of?  congress

 3. Take brief notes on the following:  A. Individual development-  B. Advancement of knowledge-  C. Maintenance of representative democracy-

 4. In the Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, what did the students want? Wear black arm bands to school to protest the Vietnam war  5. What did the Supreme Court say about a students right to freedom of expression?  School cannot limit a students freedom of expression unless it disrupts the educational process  Students do not give up their constitutional rights at the school house gate

 6. Over the years, who has developed guidelines to limit freedom of expression?  Courts in our country

 1. Students wanted to publish stories about what two issues?  Teenage pregnancy  2. How did the principal react to the stories?

 #3. What are some circumstances that might cause government to limit the right to freedom of expression?  When it is dangerous to public safety national security. When it conflicts with other important rights and interest

 Research Richland Board Policy #220. Research Richland Board Policy #220.  Summarize your findings…

 1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  Take brief notes on: ▪ Establishment of religion- congress may not establish an official religion ▪ Free exercise- congress may not stop you from having any religious beliefs you choose govt. may not unfairly limit your right to practice your religious beliefs

 2. Did religious freedom exist in the early English colonies?  Not really, one religious group may have had complete control  3. Why were the founding fathers concerned about religious intolerance?  Religious intolerance had often led to conflict  4. Government is to be separated from religion. What clause is this idea found in?  Establishment clause  5. The government can limit the way you practice your religious beliefs under what conditions??  If they are contrary to public morals, endanger health, or harm the common good

 6. When the constitution was written did public schools exist?  No they didn’t exist  7. Should religious teaching be supported in public schools? Explain…  No I don’t think it would be such a great idea because not everyone is the same religion and you would have many classes to get at too many religions.

 5. Can government limit your right to freedom of belief? Why or why not?  No govt cannot take that awayh this is freedom of religon it is protected by the first amendment free exersise clause

 Research the following Supreme Court cases:  Take brief notes:  Allegheny County v. ACLU, Allegheny County v. ACLU  -court finds that a nativity scene displayed in inside a govt. building violates the establishment clause  Lee v. Weisman Lee v. Weisman  -un constitutional for schools to provide clergy to perform prayer at graduation  Engel v. Vitale- any kind of prayer is unconstitutional govt. sponsorship of religion Engel v. Vitale --

 1. In early colonial times, who was allowed to vote? White men who own property and belonged to a particular  2. Before the Civil War, who still could not vote?  African Americans  3. List the Civil War Amendments…  13 th, 14 th, &15 th amendments  4. Which Amendment abolished slavery?  13 th amendment  5. Which Amendment granted full citizenship to African Americans?  14 th amendment  6. What laws prevented African Americans from voting?  15 th amendment

 7. The grandfather clause said- that person had the right to vote only if his grandfather had the right to vote  8. People of all races worked to change unfair state laws, these actions became known as:  Civil rights movement  9. This amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied because a person fails to pay a poll tax?  24 th amendment  10. In the 1800s, it was a common belief that woman should not participate in the government.

 11. In 1876, who led a delegation of women to Philadelphia  Susan B. Anthony  12. Name and year, of the first territory to grant women the right to vote?  1869 Territory of Wyoming  13. What happened in 1920?  The states ratified the 19 th amendment to the constitution with gave woman the right to vote  14. Native Americans were not fully recognized as citizens until what year?  Indian citizenship act  15. In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of young man were drafted to fight in what war?  Vietnam war

 16. What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?  Grants the right to vote to any citizen who are 18 or older  17. List 3 voting requirements today?  Must be 18 years of age, have to register to vote, needs photo id and must live in the us  18. The United States ranks eleventh among the world’s democracies in the percentage of voters who exercise the right to vote?  19. What is essential for a democracy?  That people vote competently and responsibly

 #4. What laws did Congress pass to protect the constitutional right of citizens to vote?  the voting act of 1965 and the Indian citizenship act of 1924

 1. Voter registration form in Cambria County…  Write down 3 items you see on the form…  Name, Address and social security

 1. State and local laws required separate facilities. Explain…  2. What does the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment say?  3. Laws that required African Americans to go to separate schools are known as?

 4. Take brief notes on the following:  Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)  Brown v. Education (1954)

 5. Separation of the races is known as?  6. Who ordered federal troops to escort students into a school in Little Rock, Arkansas?  7. When did the civil rights movement start?  8. Term which means, to refuse to buy?  9. Explain what happened to Rosa Parks?

 10. When and where did Dr. King give his “I Have a Dream” speech?  11. What law ended segregation in public places?  12. What groups followed African Americans in their own quest for equal protection?

 #4. What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case? Why was this an important decision?

 1. Watch Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Take brief notes…

 1. The right to be treated fairly by government?  2. Due process  Procedures-  Content-  3. Due process can be found in what 2 Amendments?

 1. Make a list of unfair procedures used by govt. officials in the case:  Before the hearing  -  At the first hearing  -  At the second hearing  -

 4. P. 239 Problems of due process involve two govt. responsibilities. Explain  1.  2.

 5. Due process applies to what hearings?

 #2. What is the meaning of due process?

 1. Research due process in the news  choose an article and write a brief summary.