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

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

4.  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

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

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

7.  #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

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

9.  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

10.  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

11.  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.

12.  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

13.  Research the following Supreme Court cases:  Take brief notes:  Allegheny County v. ACLU, Allegheny County v. ACLU --  Lee v. Weisman Lee v. Weisman --  Engel v. Vitale Engel v. Vitale --

14.  1. In early colonial times, who was allowed to vote?  2. Before the Civil War, who still could not vote?  3. List the Civil War Amendments…  4. Which Amendment abolished slavery?  5. Which Amendment granted full citizenship to African Americans?  6. What laws prevented African Americans from voting?

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

16.  11. In 1876, who led a delegation of women to Philadelphia.  12. Name and year, of the first territory to grant women the right to vote?  13. What happened in 1920?  14. Native Americans were not fully recognized as citizens until what year?  15. In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of young man were drafted to fight in what war?

17.  16. What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?  17. List 3 voting requirements today?  18. The United States ranks _________ among the world’s democracies in the percentage of voters who exercise the right to vote?  19. What is essential for a democracy?

18.  #4. What laws did Congress pass to protect the constitutional right of citizens to vote?

19.  1. Voter registration form in Cambria County…  Write down 3 items you see on the form…

20.  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?

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

22.  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?

23.  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?

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

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

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

27.  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  -

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

29.  5. Due process applies to what hearings?

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

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