AP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Unit 6: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
11/18 - 12/11
Vocabulary
PREFERRED POSITION
DUE PROCESS
SELECTIVE INCORPORATION
PRIOR RESTRAINT
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
LIBEL/SLANDER
MALICE TEST
OBSCENITY
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
SYMBOLIC SPEECH
FREE-EXERCISE CLAUSE
ESTBLISHMENT CLAUSE
WALL-OF-SEPARATION
LEMON TEST
NEUTRALITY
CLARITY
LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS
PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
SEARCH WARRANT
PROBABLE CAUSE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION
SUSPECT CLASSIFICATION
STRICT SCRUTINY
SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
DE JURE SEGREGATION
DE FACTO SEGREGATION
civil rights
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUAL PROTECTION
EQUAL ACCESS
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
COLOR BLIND
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
Court Cases:
SEE LIST
WEEK 16
11/16 - 11/20
LESSON
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
WEDNESDAY
Lesson 1
Debrief Unit 5 Test
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ALL essays below 7/10 SHOULD be reviewed,
revised, and rewritten.
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ALL rewrites MUST be done on Turnitin.com.
Password is APGOV
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ALL rewrites MUST be completed by ONE WEEK
from the date the original essay grade is posted, NOT one
week from the date YOU discovered the grade.
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Rewrite grades may be LOWER than the original,
and will count. It is expected you will conference, review,
reflect, and revise BEFORE you submit your essay to
Turnitin, and will READ the comments and rubric score on
Turnitin after it is graded.
Read:
Wilson 14th, Chapter 5 pp. 95-99
Incorporation
THURSDAY
Lesson
2
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How important are Precedent Rules?
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The Bill of Rights
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Civil Liberties
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Civil Rights
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Enumerated Rights
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Implied Rights
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Civil Liberties
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14th and 15th Amendments
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Due Process
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Equal Protection
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Due Process
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Selective Incorporation
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Preferred Position
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Preferred Position
Quick Notes:
Unit 6 Powerpoint Part I Incorporation
FRIDAY
Lesson
3
Incorporation Presentation, Day 1
Activity:
Use
OYEZ
to research your assigned case and prepare for your presentation.
Your team MUST have your case outline
reviewed, approved and posted online by tomorrow, Friday, 11/21.
Watch
Sample
Incorporation Videos:
Cruzan v Missouri as an Found Footage
Virginia v Loving as a Children’s show
Gideon v Wainwright as a Music Video
2012
Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier as an Action Film
Texas v Johnson as a Western
WEEK 17
11/23 - 11/24
LESSON
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
MONDAY
Lesson
4
Incorporation Presentation, Day 2
Due:
CaseNotes
Case Notes
must be In Your Own Words; they
may NOT be cut and pasted from any site.
TUESDAY
Lesson 4
Incorporation Presentation, Day 3
Activity:
Use
Plotbot
or another script program to start your script. Your team MUST have
an approved final script
before you may start filming.
THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEDNESDAY, 11/25 – FRIDAY, 11/27
WEEK 18
12/2 - 12/6
LESSON
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
Tuesday
Lesson 5
Incorporation Presentation, Day 4
Due: Case Script
Case Script
must be In Your Own Words; it
may NOT be cut and pasted from any site. It MUST follow your
assigned Genre.
You may use cameras to begin filming today if
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Your CaseNotes must have been approved and posted.
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Your script with locations must be complete and approved.
If you have a camera or phone, please bring it next week!
Monday
Lesson 6
Incorporation Presentation, Day 5
Bring:
Check out classroom flipcam, or use your own camera or phone.
Activity:
Location Filming
Filming should begin today if you have not already begun:
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You must not disturb any classes or teachers while filming on
location; if you wish to use specific locations or extras you
must have arranged these in advance.
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You must report to me at the beginning of class, and must return
before the end of class and show me your progress.
Edited videos are due
Wednesday,
12/3.
Tuesday
Lesson 7
Incorporation Presentation, Day 6
Activity: Filming must be completed today!!
Here are some editing tutorials:
Wednesday
Lesson 8
Incorporation Presentation, Day 7
Activity: Editing must be completed today!!
Your Case Video
MUST be completed and posted on
YouTube by Midnight Today, Tuesday, December 3, as an UNLISTED
video and the link sent to me by email:
rcrawford@nova.edu
Here is a link to a tutorial on unlisted posting on YouTube.
Read:
Wilson 14th, Chapter 5 pp. 55, 100-111
Civil Liberties
Court Case Notes
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US v Lopez
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Gitlow v New York
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NY Times v Sullivan
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Miller v California
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Texas v Johnson
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Cantwell v Connecticut
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
Thursday
Lesson 9
Selective Incorporation
- Federalism and the Elastic Clause
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Amendment I: Speech and Press
- Clear and Present Danger
- Libel and Slander
- Obscenity
- Expression/Symbolic Speech
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Amendment I: Church and State
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Free Exercise
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The "Wall of Separation"
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Free Exercise
Activity:
Watch the following Case
Videos and
ASSESS the CONTENT, CREATIVITY, and CONSTRUCTION of each using the
Video Peer Rubric.
Read: Wilson
14th, Chapter 5 pp. 134-139 Implied Rights
Court Case Notes:
Friday
Lesson 10
Selective Incorporation
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Amendment II: Guns
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Amendment IX: Implied Rights
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Amendment I: Marriage
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Amendment III: Privacy
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Right to Die
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Quiz:
Quiz on assigned cases
Activity:
Watch the following Case Videos and
ASSESS the CONTENT, CREATIVITY, and CONSTRUCTION of each using the
Video Peer Rubric..
Read: Wilson
14th, Chapter 5 pp. 111-120 Procedural Due Process
Court Case Notes:
WEEK 19
12/9 - 12/10
LESSON
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
Monday
Lesson 11
Selective Incorporation
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Procedural Due Process
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Amendment IV: Exclusionary Rule
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"Good Faith" Exception
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Amendment V: Double Jeopardy
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Amendment VI: Right to an Attorney
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Miranda Rights
Quiz:
Quiz on assigned cases
Activity:
Watch the following Case Videos and
ASSESS the CONTENT, CREATIVITY, and CONSTRUCTION of each using the
Video Peer Rubric..
Read: Wilson
14th, Chapter 6 pp. 122-126; 138-146
Equal Protection
and Equal Access
Court Case Notes:
Tuesday
Lesson 12
Selective Incorporation
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Amendment XIV and XV: Civil Rights
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Substantive Due Process
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Equal Protection
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Segregation
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Affirmative Action
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Quiz:
Quiz on assigned cases
Activity:
Watch the following Case Videos and
ASSESS the CONTENT, CREATIVITY, and CONSTRUCTION of each using the
Video Peer Rubric.