Mr. Mr. Saindon's
United States History Class
United States History / Mr. Saindon & Mr. Connor Hurst
Monday, February 2 to Friday, February 6
Do the Following:
Prepare and do research for This week's Supreme Court Cases: "Tinker v. Des Moines" and "Brown v. The Board of Education"
Monday WE WILL HOLD COURT IN MR. SAINDON"S ROOM
EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU COME DRESSED AS A "HIGH POWERED" LAWYER
*All Notes are Due by Tuesday
Tinker v. Des Moines and the First Amendment
Individual Rights and Freedoms
Summary
In this lesson, students will explore the protected rights all students have on school grounds based on the precedent set by 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines. Students will analyze how this court case helped to clarify and extend students' First Amendment freedoms. They will then reflect on how those freedoms come with limitations.
Essential Question(s)
To what extent are students' First Amendment rights protected in school, and are those freedoms ever limited?
Mr. Saindon’s class will be able to apply the Supreme Court precedent set in Tinker v. Des Moines to issues facing society today.
We will practice civil discourse skills to explore the tensions between students’ interests in free speech
and
expression on campus and their school’s interests in maintaining an orderly learning environment.
We will have the opportunity to find common ground and come up with compromises.
Find a Passion and Follow it!!!
Believe in Something!!!
This site is for the students of my class who are wanting to become great!
Why History Is Important:
“History is our myth, our story, our dream of reality, grounded in the context of the past but created to inform the future.”
This 8th grade class at Freedom Middle School exists to encourage the study of and interest in American History for all those who care for it. History is important because:
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Studying history provides an account of the ways in which a particular society has changed and developed over time.
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History presents an opportunity to analyse and determine what actually occurred during a particular event and why.
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History provides a narrative of the ways in which a society has functioned in the past.
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History reveals characteristics of nations that set them apart from other nations.
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History reveals the ways in which societies communicate and interact with each other.
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History helps us define our identity – who we are, where we come from and how we are connected.
