Day 10 - CR/CL Test Corrections!

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Learning Targets:  Students will be able to....

• Explain how the U.S. Constitution protects individual liberties and rights.
• Describe the rights protected in the Bill of Rights.
• Explain the extent to which the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First and Second Amendments reflects a commitment to individual liberty.

Through the U.S. Constitution, but primarily through the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens and groups have attempted to limit national and state governments to prevent them from infringing upon individual rights and from denying equal protection under the law. 

However, it has sometimes been argued that these legal protections have been used to slow reforms and restrict freedoms of others in the name of social order.

Opener:  Pick up one of the test correction forms from the table in the front of the room.


Activity #1 -  Test Corrections

Remember that you can recover up to 50% of the points possible by completing the form.

Activity #2 - Reflective Questions

Before you leave today, make sure that you respond to the three questions below in your notebook:

1.  Which do you believe benefits society more, the limitations placed on government in the Bill or Rights, or the protections provided to citizens through civil rights legislation?  Explain.

2.  Describe a hypothetical scenario in the next 10 years in which the US government might have a legitimate and compelling interest in limiting a citizens protections under the Bill of Rights.

3.  Match each of the following legislative acts to the portion of the preamble that it might accomplish.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Espionage Act of 1917 (Schenck)
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Patriot Act

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Close:  N-50 - Enfranchisement

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