Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.14c
The Standard
- SS24.US2.14
- Explain shifts in the scope of the Civil Rights Movement from the mid-1960s into the 1970s, including geographic regions, issues of focus, and participation.
Compare and contrast major Supreme Court decisions from the 1960s through the 1980s and explain how they reflect an ongoing national debate regarding the expansion and limits of civil liberties, civil rights, and constitutional protections.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare what the Court protected and what it allowed schools or governments to limit. They use facts from cases in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s to explain debates about rights.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why Tinker protected protest armbands while Hazelwood allowed a principal to remove school newspaper articles. They can explain how Miranda protected suspects and how Bakke rejected fixed racial quotas in admissions.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Tinker protects all student speech, including school-sponsored publications. Some think Bakke banned all consideration of race in admissions, or that every ruling from this period expanded rights.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Compare Tinker and Hazelwood. Why did the Court treat protest armbands and a school newspaper differently?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs case cards for Miranda, Tinker, Bakke, and Hazelwood; have them sort the cards by right, ruling, and limit.
Ask students to write: Why did Tinker protect armbands but Hazelwood allow a principal to remove newspaper articles? Use one fact from each case.
Read a case ruling aloud and have teams hold up the matching case name, then explain one limit on that ruling.
Hand students a sample school newspaper article and a protest armband scenario; ask which ruling applies to each and why.
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