Mr. Stevens
Harry S Truman HS
WebQuest
Freedom of Press
You are a senior in Harry Truman HS, and you want to post fliers announcing a “Senior Cut Day”. The deans advise you that you are not allowed to post the fliers. You decide to post the fliers although you have been warned. The deans immediately pull you from class and tell you that you must rip down every flier posted before serving your suspension. You argue that not being able to post your fliers is a violation of your first amendment granting you religious and political freedom (freedom of press). The dean laughing at you replies.
Task
“If you can prove or disprove your theory that I violated your first amendment I will grant you clemency. You will complete this task by completing this webquest using the compulegal website. You will need to look up the freedom of press cases to gain information write your persuasive essay. You may also use the findlaw website as well for facts relating to this issue. You are responsible for the following…
Process
(1)Use index cards to write down facts and details from each case. You may also look at the visuals such as A, B, C, D and D(2) but you are not limiter to these. These visuals will give you a better understanding of each case. For each case you have at least three index cards of notes. Carefully read the arguments from each case to help you gain your position. (2)Then write a 3 page paper defending your position.
Resources
ASSESSMENT
Grade of A
Grade of B
Grade of C
Grade of
D
STANDARDS
Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Students will use a variety of intellectual
skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing
governments; the governmental system of the
English Language Arts
Students
will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
As
listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas,
information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established
criteria. As speakers and writers, they will present, in oral and written
language and from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on
experiences, ideas, information and issues.
Conclusion
By completing this WebQuest you have granted yourself clemency. You also learned about a few of the first amendment cases that helped shaped peoples ideology on freedom of speech and freedom of press. You also should have realized that the Dean did not violate your first amendment.