Thursday / Friday 19 / 20 December

Happy Holidays!

Students turned in their 1st Amendment guidebooks after sharing them with others and recieving positive feedback.

Students used their guide books in order to begin preparing for the following test:

1^st (and 14^th) Amendment Test Topics

Test Date: Monday, 12 January         Name _______________________________Date _______ Per. ___

The test may have different kinds of questions. You may be asked vocabulary questions. You may be asked to answer questions about the meaning or application of ideas, concepts, and rights from among those listed below. You may be asked to describe the result of the court cases listed. You may be asked to interpret an issue (as we did with the WBC event at Grant).

If you understand the topics listed below you should do well on the test. We will have time to study and review these topics today in class. Vocabulary flash cards, and topic flash cards are HIGHLY recommended.

Vocabulary: civil liberties; civil rights; Establishment Clause; Free Exercise Clause; sedition; libel; slander; Prior Restraint.

General Concepts:

Rights are limited; they are not absolute. How are rights limited? What are the limits? How are they applied?

Are schools different than other places in terms of 1^st Amendment Rights? Explain.

Exceeds: What are the effects of the 14^th Amendment “Due Process” clause? What are the effects of the 14^th Amendment “Equal Protection” clause?

When discussing Civil Rights  explain the how the idea of “Time; Place; and Manner” informs what is possible and not possible?

In general what are people’s rights in regards: Religion; Speech; Press; Assembly; and association?

Religion Concepts:

What are some of the effects of the Establishment Clause? What can and can’t happen as a result of this part of the 1^st Amendment? What examples can you provide relating to this topic?

Describe Thomas Jefferson’s wall as it pertains to religion in the United States.

Speech Concepts:

What types of speech are there?

How does the three-part “test” established in Miller v. California work? What does it do?

What does the 1^st Amendment say about “Prior Restraint”? What examples or explanation can you provide?

What is symbolic and / or expressive speech? What examples or explanation can you provide?

What limits are there to these kinds of speech?

Texas v. Johnson (1989) What is important to know about the effects of this case?

14^th Amendment Issues and Topics:

What was established by the following Supreme Court Rulings: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896); Brown v. Board of Education (1954); Roe v. Wade (1973); Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978); Gore v. Bush (2000).