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Curated OER

First Things First: Using the Newspaper to Teach the Freedoms of the First Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the newspaper as a tool to make connections about what the five freedoms guarantee in the First Amendment. For this first amendment lesson plan, students analyze events in the newspaper to form conclusions about the freedoms...
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Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: The Struggle to Define Free Speech: From Skokie to Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
Relevant resource on free speech in which students examine how different societies define freedom of expression. Through multi-media sources students look at historical sources as well as current controveries over free speech.
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Other

Fac: Curfews, Loitering, and Freedom of Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article offers a well-documented overview of this constitutional freedom, as well as an FAQ section and additional cases and resources focused specifically on this aspect of the First Amendment. (Published Sept. 16, 2002 /...
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Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: De Jonge v. State of Oregon (1937)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary of the case De Jonge v State of Oregon.
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Primary
Boston College

Freedom of Speech in the United States: De Jonge v. Oregon

For Students 9th - 10th
In this site you will find the Supreme Court decision in the case De Jonge v. Oregon from a text, Freedom of Speech in the United States.
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Other

Syracuse University: Project Legal: Compu Legal: Feiner v New York

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information and the court ruling in the Supreme Court case of Feiner v. New York. Includes a cartoon about the case. Follow through the tutorial to eventually come to the outcome of the case.
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Lesson Plan
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Palmer "Red Raids"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the rights of non-citizens in this lesson plan, which is based on Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's push to deport alien "reds" in 1919. These were immigrants believed to have radical political views and to...
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Other

Newseum: Petition Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-documented resource provides an overview of the right to petition the government, as well as answers to frequently asked questions about this right. Recent cases and expected reforms are also explained.