"The Rights of the Student" Project

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 creating a PRODUCT that outlines the rights of a public school student. This PRODUCT will include all (most) of the major events that have occurred over the last 80 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 using the Tech Lab computers and/or their Chromebooks to research 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:

THE FOLLOWING SITES WILL BE EXCELLENT RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHING THE CASES ABOVE. USE THEM:

NOTE ABOUT USE OF AI: I would prefer that you NOT use CHAT GPT for this assignment, as I would like you to be researching and learning about the actual cases. AI has a tendency to invent information regarding legal things and can sometimes be unreliable when discussing court cases.

If you need help brainstorming ideas for how to present this project, Chat GPT would be OK, but not for case research, please.

PRODUCT: Students will use any resources that they wish to create a PRODUCT that VISUALLY DEMONSTRATES the Supreme Court Cases reflecting student rights through the last 70 years.  Your PRODUCT 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 and repercussions (student suspended, expelled, etc.) that started the Court Case in question.
  • DATES and OUTCOMES of the Supreme Court case pertaining to the event (in other words, summarize the OPINIONS of the case and discuss the effect of the opinion on the rights of the modern student.

Students can create their PRODUCT in any way that they wish. I STRONGLY recommend that you use tiki-toki.com, the website we used for your Freshman Technology Favorite Thing Project years ago. It is easy to use and gives professional results. You will need to make a new weldre9.org account when you get to that site, though.

The following would also be acceptable, but any other similar product that graphically illustrates the 8 cases would be fine:

  • A poster with graphics and photographs.
  • Butcher paper timeline.
  • A CANVA INFOGRAPHIC (not a Google slideshow), in which the student uses graphic tools to create an informative layout.
  • Any other graphic format, such as comics, collages, hanging pieces of artwork, recreations of newspaper articles, etc. ANYTHING CREATIVE WOULD BE MOST WELCOME!
  • THE GLAZE RULE: If anyone would like to present the information for their cases in an EDIBLE format (such as baking a cake, cookies, cupcakes, pancakes, etc.) That is absolutely acceptable and will results in a 20 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 PRODUCT 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 the NINE cases above and their outcomes in a meaningful way.