3. • 1st Amendment- two clauses of this
amendment have been applied
repeatedly to education.
• Establishment Clause- This states
that government may not establish a
religion.
• Free Speech Clause- The idea that
teachers and students have certain
rights to free speech.
4. • 14th Amendment- Grants equal protection to students,
faculty and staff.
How can a teacher violate the
establishment clause?
What historical events led to the
implementation of the 14th amendment on
public schools?
5. Separation of Church and State
Public Funds for Religious
Education
Religion in Public Schools
Should we provide public
school buses for private
religious schools?
Can we supplement salaries
for private school teachers
teaching secular subjects?
Can we provide tuition
money for students who
attend private religious
school?
Should Prayer be a part of
the public school
curriculum?
Should we teach both
Evolution and Creationism?
Can students pray in public
school?
Can students have a
religious club in public
school?
Create a table and share your opinion on these issues. Please back up your opinion with a
statement on why you feel that way.
6. Segregation in Public Schools
• Plessy vs Ferguson- 1896 the U.S. supreme Court
ruled that black and white accommodations could
be separate as long as they were equal.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoOlEPoc1PE
What were the direct and lasting effects of Plessy, as
stated in the video?
• Equal was a relative term. Equal did not mean the
same, just that if there was a white school there had
to be a black school. The schools were far from
equal.
• Make a t-chart and summarize the the points on the
this website.
http://abhmuseum.org/2012/09/education-for-
blacks-in-the-jim-crow-south/
7. Desegregation
• Brown vs Board of Education Topeka, Kansas- 1954 the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled that separate was not inherently equal and racial segregation
violated the 14th amendment equal protection clause.
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html
• In the article what did the Warren Court say about education in the 20th
century and the effects of denying a child that education?
8. Affirmative action
Watch the following video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJgQR6xiZGs
• What is affirmative action?
• How does it help minorities?
• How can it disadvantage whites?
• What is your opinion of affirmative action?
9. Uses of Social Media and the Law
• Read and summarize the sections on Email and Social Networking
Risks in your textbook on pages 281 & 282
