Unit 10

Civil rights and civil liberties

Textbook: Chapters 4 and 5

Vocabulary

Chapter 4

civil liberties                        

incorporation                

establishment clause        

free exercise clause

symbolic speech                

commercial speech                

clear/present danger test

defamation of character        

actual malice

public figure                        

gag order                        

Griswold v. Connecticut

Roe v. Wade                        

writ of habeus corpus

exclusionary rule                

Various other Supreme Court cases

Chapter 5

civil rights                        

separate but equal                

white primary                

grandfather clause

poll tax                        

literacy test                        

de facto segregation                

de jure segregation

busing                                

civil disobedience                                        

suffrage

feminism                        

gender discrimination        

sexual harassment                

affirmative action

reverse discrimination        

mandatory retirement        

civil law                        

criminal law

majority                        

Brown v. Board of Ed        

Various other Supreme Court cases

Concepts to understand

• Explain the difference between civil liberties and civil rights.

• Discuss the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the concept of democratic rule of the majority, and give examples of tension between majority rule and minority rights.

• Explain how the politics of civil liberties may at times become a mass issue, and offer several examples.

• Explain how the structure of the federal system affects the application of the Bill of Rights. How has the Supreme Court used the Fourteenth Amendment to expand coverage in the federal system?

• List the categories under which the Supreme Court may classify "speech." Explain the distinction between protected and unprotected speech, and name the various forms of expression that are not protected under the First Amendment.

• Describe the rights of the accused, and the source of each of those rights.

• Analyze why the resolution of civil liberties issues involves politics as well as law. Discuss the political factors that influence the Supreme Court when it decides fundamental civil liberties issues.

• Summarize the efforts of the NAACP, the SCLC, and SNCC during the Civil Rights Movement to gain equality for African Americans.  Include litigation, non-violent protest, agenda-setting, and coalition-building.

• What civil liberties and civil rights issues are being debated in America today?

Reading assignments (do the readings ON the day they’re listed)

Tuesday, April 4 - 108-111, the Bill of Rights, and one article: http://www.ushistory.org/gov/10.asp

Wednesday, April 5 - 112-119

Thursday, April 6 - 120-126

Friday, April 7 - 127-134

Saturday, April 8 - 135-141

Sunday, April 9 - 146-152

Monday, April 10 -  153-158

Tuesday, April 11 -  159-165

Wednesday, April 12 - 166-171

Thursday, April 13 - 172-178

Friday, April 14 - 179-184

Saturday, April 15 - REVIEW

Sunday, April 16 - REVIEW

Monday, April 17 - Class = UNIT 10 EXAM, Homework = Review Unit 1

Tuesday, April 18 - Homework = Review Unit 2

Wednesday, April 19 - Class = Review Units 1-2, Homework = Review Unit 7

Thursday, April 20 - Homework = Review Unit 8

Friday, April 21 - Class = Review Units 7-8 

Saturday, April 22 - Homework = Review Unit 9

Sunday, April 23 - Homework = Review Unit 10

Monday, April 24 - Homework = Review Units 9-10

Tuesday, April 25 - Class = Review Units 9-10, Homework = Review Unit 4

Wednesday, April 26 - Homework = Review Unit 5

Thursday, April 27 - Class = Review Units 4-5

Friday, April 28 - Homework = Review Unit 6

Saturday, April 29 - Homework = Review Unit 7

Sunday, April 30 - Homework = Review Units 6-7

Monday, May 1 - Class = Review Units 6-7, Homework = Review everything

Tuesday, May 2 - Homework = Review everything

Wednesday, May 3 - Class = FINAL EXAM

Thursday, May 4 - AP EXAM