Procedures

• STEP 1.

  Assign background reading from textbook or another appropriate source relating to students' rights and Supreme Court cases.

• STEP 2.

  As a class watch the following video clip and discuss student rights.

  VIDEO CLIP: Student Rights Court Cases (2:32) University of Chicago Law Professor Justin Driver discusses student rights and related court cases.

• STEP 3.

  Break students up into groups and have each group view the following video clips. Students should take notes using the Jigsaw handout, and share their findings with the rest of the class.

  • HANDOUT: Student Rights Jigsaw (Google Doc)

• VIDEOS

  Tinker vs. Des Moines (3:10) Mary Beth Tinker and Maryam Ahranjani, Law Professor at American University, discuss the case of TInker v. Des Moines.

  Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (2:07) A look at U.S. Supreme Court case Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier which decided that public school officials can determine the content of school newspapers and other activities.

  Morse vs. Frederick Background (2:27) Author James Foster talked about the events that lead to the Supreme Court case Morse vs. Frederick.

  Morse vs. Frederick Decision (1:22) Author James Foster talked about the decision in the Supreme Court case Morse vs. Frederick.

  Bethel School District v. Fraser (2:35) Law professor Maryam Ahranjani from American University talks about the Supreme Court case Bethel School District v. Fraser.

  Safford Unified School District v. Redding (3:20) ABC News Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case of Safford Unified School District v. Redding.