Catching up with the blogs

First, complete this QUIZ pertaining to the Texas v. Johnson that you read for homework today.

After completing your quiz, spend some time exploring the news. See what happened in the Republican presidential candidate debate last night; get an update about the Syrian refugee crisis; identify any other news stories that seem significant.  Then, take some time to do your blog post for this week. When finished, look at the blogs of the people in your assigned group below. Read a few of their posts and then choose one recent one to post a comment on. Your comment should be at least a few sentences long, agreeing or disagreeing with the post, explaining why and posing a question.

Period 1

Evan Brittany Bijan	Ashley Josh	Elena Lizzie	Claude Rebecca (Horwitz)
Nick Billy	Isaac Rachel	Will Annie	Sara Emily
Morgan Dylan	Dillon Kyle	David Ben	Jamie AJ
Jake Noah	Hillary Becca

Period 6

Lindsey Justin	Jovan Tommy	Nathan Kyle	Jared Lexi	Rosie Ryan
Max MacKenzie	Marnie Alex	Sophia David	Isabel Will	Lizzie Noah
Caroline Nick	Riley Britney	Michael Ricky	George Lucy

Flag Burning

During the next class period we'll be discussing Morse v. Frederick. When finished, we'll move on to a discussion of flag burning which we'll get into by watching the short film "...for which it stands: Flag Burning and the First Amendment". Following a discussion about the film, we'll read excerpts from the Court's opinions in the Texas v. Johnson case.  Students should print, read and annotate it for the next class period.

Morse v. Frederick

After concluding our discussion on Seven Days in September we'll return to the Morse v. Frederick case.  With a partner, you'll discuss and respond to the questions found in this DOCUMENT. You and your partner should make a copy of the list of questions and then share it in a google doc. Make sure both of your names are at the top and place your finished work in your Issues folders on your google drive.  This will be a graded assignment. I'm assessing how well you're able to read and understand the law (Supreme Court opinions).

9/11

For the next two class periods, we are going to pause our look at students' rights and freedom of speech to consider the impact of 9/11 on the nation. We'll use the film Seven Days in September to guide our discussion. We'll try to make connections between some of the ideas we've already been looking at in class and some of the scenes from the film. We will return to our main unit on Tuesday.

What Speech Can Schools Prohibit?

Today in class we continued our discussion of free speech in schools by beginning to take a look at the Morse v. Frederick case. Students should be sure to have read, annotated and understood the packet prior to their next class period.

Freedom of Speech Day 3

Finished going over the Tinker v. Des Moines case. Spent time looking at both the Majority and Dissenting Opinions. Finished class by doing the "How Does a School Define Disruptive Speech" activity in the packet. HW was to read and annotate the For Further Thought cases.

Freedom of Speech Day Two

(Per. 1: 9/2, Per. 6: 9/3)
We finished discussing the case studies, exploring the limitations on the First Amendment. Then we introduced the Tinker v. Des Moines case by reading the background summary and classifying the arguments.
HW for your next class period is to read and annotate the excerpts from the Majority Opinion and the excerpts from the Dissenting Opinion. Be prepared to answer questions 1, 2, and 3 from each.