BACKGROUND: Students will be researching the rights (and restrictions) of a modern
Public School student in the areas of student rights.
REQUIREMENTS: Students will be responsible for explaining a landmark case to the other students in the class and conducting a discussion group on the topic.
These cases will include all (most) of the major events that have occurred
over the last 70 years that have led to Supreme Court Cases pertaining
to student rights- from the Pledge of Allegiance to "Bong Hits
4 Jesus" and "F--- Cheer!"
RESEARCH: Students will be responsible for
researching the following Supreme Court
Cases and learning what prompted the cases, when the major steps of
the cases occurred and what the outcomes of the cases are and how they
effect students:
| CASE |
STUDENT |
| West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) |
Jacob |
| Engel v. Vitale (1962) |
Dylan |
| Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) |
Dante |
| Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982) |
Juan |
| Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986) |
Rissa |
| New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) |
Riley |
| Goss v. Lopez (1975) |
Erika |
| Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton (1995) |
CJ |
| Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) |
Araya |
| Lee v. Weisman (1992) |
Kaylee |
| Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (1999) |
Olivia |
| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000): |
Hailey |
| Ingraham v. Wright (1977) |
Chloe |
| Morse v. Frederick (2007) |
Laine |
| B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District (2021) |
Xochilt |
THE WEBSITE AT OYEZ.ORG IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR THE SUPREME COURT CASES IN THIS PROJECT, PLEASE USE IT. Make sure to click on the OPINION links at the left side of cases, this is where most of the actual information regarding the rights of the student can be found. You can also use ChatGPT to help with some of this information, but be warned, Chat GPT sometimes gets details regarding cases WRONG, oyez.org does not.
REVIEWING THE CASE WITH THE CLASS: Students will use any resources that they wish to
present the case to the rest of the class. Please try to VISUALLY DEMONSTRATE the case, as best you can, using photos of defendants, schools, etc.. Your review
should include each of the following items:
-
DESCRIPTION OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS in the original
event: Names, positions, school districts, states, etc.
-
DATE and DESCRIPTION of the actions (be specific! Do your research and give DETAILS about what happened in the case!) and repercussions (student
suspended, expelled, etc.) that started the
Court Case in question. If you have Bethel v. Fraser, I want to hear what was said in the assembly, if you have B.L. v. Mahonoy Area School District, I want to hear what was said on social media, if you have Morse v. Frederick, I want to see the sign!).
- DISCUSSION POINTS FOR THE CLASS TO CONSIDER BEFORE REVIEWING THE SUPREME COURT CASE OUTCOMES. These usually come in the form of "ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS" that you will ask the class, such as "Were the student's rights violated?, etc.
- DATES and OUTCOMES of the Supreme Court case pertaining to the event (in other words, summarize the OPINIONS of the case.
- DISCUSSION regarding the effect of the opinion on the rights of the modern student.
- ***BONUS POINTS if you can explain incidents where you think that your court case has been violated in a public school setting!
Students can present their case in any way that they wish. The following would be acceptable, but any other similar product that graphically illustrates the 8 cases would be fine:
- A poster with graphics and photographs.
- A comic or animation.
- A Google Drawing or CHART (not a Google slideshow), in which the student uses graphic tools to create an informative layout.
- I will accept a PREZI presentation, as long as it has an interesting animated presentation.
- THE GLAZE RULE: If anyone would like to present the information for their case in an EDIBLE format (such as baking a cake, cookies, cupcakes, pancakes, etc.) That is absolutely acceptable and will results in a 10 extra credit point bonus. This MUST BE APPROPRIATE to the case in question!
Please
include graphics, photos and symbols, as appropriate to the events in question. THIS SHOULD BE A VISUAL PRESENTATION THAT ILLUSTRATES THE CASES IN QUESTION!
GRADING: This is a relatively straightforward assignment, and will be worth 100 points for completion. Students will be graded on their ability to visually demonstrate their case to the class and facilitate a class discussion on the topic.
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