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Ancillary: Morse persuasive letter

Morse Persuasive Letter Through discussion with the students, determine the best recipient for a letter about the Morse decision—should it be administrators/school board? Judges? Someone else? Consider your publication’s needs as you make this decision. If the publication is or has already experienced legal issues with administrators, perhaps they should be the recipient of the…

Ancillary: Media manual statement

Media Manual Statement Create a brief, 50-100 word statement for the media program manual. The goal of this statement should be twofold. It should: help staff members understand and work around the limitations of Morse discussed earlier this class period attempt to keep administrators from overstepping the reaches of Morse The first goal requires consideration…

Ancillary: Anticipation guide

Morse v. Frederick Anticipation Guide Directions: Answer each question with a number, 1-5. 1 means you strongly disagree, 5 means you strongly agree, and 3 is neutral. Students like me deserve the same free speech rights as normal citizens. Just because I have the right to say or do something doesn’t always mean I should….

Introduction to Morse v Frederick lessons

Introduction by Peter Barringer Students’ First Amendment rights were explicitly established through the Tinker v. Des Moines Supreme Court case in 1969, and those rights have only diminished since. The amount of literature relating to the courts’ applications of Morse is even more abundant, but cogent analysis and quality teaching resources related to these cases…

Five-day lesson plans

Five-Day Morse v. Frederick Unit Background Information and Description Basic knowledge of Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), Bethel v. Fraser (1986), and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) is important for both students and advisers. The first ten minutes of this lesson plan is devoted to a brief review of these three cases, which composed the original…

Scope & Sequence: Morse Teaching Units

Introduction Before you begin working through this document, I’d first like to thank you for trying this unit in your classroom. This unit’s main emphasis is on customization because every media program is different. You may find that all the activities in these units are applicable to your media program, or you may find them…

Instructor’s background:
The Morse Decision (2007)

The Morse Decision (2007) In 2002, a high school in Juneau, Alaska, allowed its students to leave class to watch the Olympic Torch Relay as it proceeded in front of the school building (Kozlowski et al., 2009). Kozlowski et al. (2009) stated that during the ceremony, student Joseph Frederick displayed a large banner proclaiming, “BONG…

District & Appeals Court Decisions Citing
Morse v. Frederick (2007)

(above) U.S. Circuit Court map [pullquote] Key RED: Only broad interpretations of Morse YELLOW: Both broad and narrow interpretations of Morse GREEN: Only narrow interpretations of Morse BLUE: Incidental interpretations of Morse GRAY: No interpretations of Morse [/pullquote] Narrow, Broad, or Incidental? The following chart summarizes fifteen student First Amendment cases that cited Morse v….

Three-day lesson plans

Three-Day Morse v. Frederick Unit Background Information and Description Basic knowledge of Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), Bethel v. Fraser (1986), and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) is important for both students and advisers. The first ten minutes of this lesson plan is devoted to a brief review of these three cases, which composed the original…

Two-day lesson plans

Two-Day Morse v. Frederick Unit Background Information and Description Basic knowledge of Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), Bethel v. Fraser (1986), and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) is important for both students and advisers. The first ten minutes of this lesson plan is devoted to a brief review of these three cases, which composed the original…

One-day lesson plan

One-Day Morse v. Frederick Unit Background Information and Description Basic knowledge of Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), Bethel v. Fraser (1986), and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) is important for both students and advisers. The first ten minutes of this lesson plan is devoted to a brief review of these three cases, which composed the original…

Ancillary teaching materials

Use these materials to fill out the lessons. • Limits on scholastic journalism • Articles for broadly interpreted cases • Teaching student First Amendment rights • Supreme Court case facts • Rubrics • Role playing • Morse persuasive letter • Media manual statement • Anticipation guide • District & Appeals Court decisions citing Morse v. Frederick Return…