Paper Preparation
We are paper boxing today.
Title your paper “Supreme Decision”.
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Supreme Decision
This lesson requires the web game “Supreme Decision” at icivics.org
http://www.icivics.org/games/supreme-decision
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(Box 1) After the opening arguments
S Which side do you agree with after
hearing the opening arguments?
I agree with Ben Brewer.
or
I agree with Hamilton Middle School.
(Box 2) After the opening arguments
clients
lawyers
judges
justices
At the Supreme Court, the ________ make arguments and
answer questions that are asked by the ________.
(Box 3) first set of justices
S For speech to be protected under the
First Amendment, the speech must:
actually contain words
be expressed out loud
be something you wear
have a message
(Box 4) second set of justices
S Why did the justices argue about whether political
speech gets more protection than cultural speech?
1st Amend. only protects political speech, not cultural speech.
1st Amend. protects cultural speech more than political speech.
They agreed it was cultural speech, but wanted to see how much
protection it should get.
They disagreed on if the shirt was political or cultural speech.
(Box 5) third set of justices
Make up a rule about speech in school and
write it down.
If this was a rule in your school, then…
my school has no limits on speech
my school has few limits on speech
my school has some limits on speech
my school has extremely limited speech
(Box 6) fourth set of justices
S What did the Supreme Court say in the Tinker case?
A school can take away freedom of speech for any reason.
If there is a good reason to believe that a type of speech in
school is disruptive, the school can ban that speech.
Schools can’t limit speech because it is protected by 1st amend.
Students do not have freedom of speech in school.
(Box 7) After the decision
S Which side do you agree with after
hearing all the arguments?
I agree with Ben Brewer because ________.
or
I agree with Hamilton Middle School because ________.
(Box 8) After the decision
S What is something that changed your mind
over the course of the game?
or
S What is something that made you sure you
were right?
(come up with your own answer to either question)