AP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Unit 6: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
4/22 - 5/3
UNIT 6 CONTENT MAP
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
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EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
EQUAL PROTECTION
EQUAL ACCESS

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
COLOR BLIND

DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT


Court Cases:
SEE LIST
WEEK 14
4/22 - 4/26
LESSON IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Monday
Lesson 1
  • The Bill of Rights
    • Embedded Rights
    • Civil Liberties
    • Civil Rights
    • Implied Rights
  • 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
    • Due Process
    • Equal Protection
    • Preferred Position
    • Selective Incorporation

 

Quicknotes: Unit 6 Powerpoint Part I Incorporation

Read Magelby 24th,  Chapter 15 pp. 407-412 Civil Liberties (This is Chapter 12, pp. 354-360 in the Brief Edition)

Assignment: Watch the following Case Videos for Tomorrow-

3.    Gibbons v Ogden
4.    US v Lopez
9.    Schenk v US
10.  Gitlow v New York
12.  NY Times v Sullivan
13.  Miller v California
15. Texas v Johnson

Tuesday
Lesson 2

Assignment: Watch the following Case Videos for Wednesday-

19.
Tinker v Des Moines
20. Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier
21. Cantwell v Connecticut
22. Lemon v Kurtzman
23. Everson v Board of Education

Wednesday
Lesson
3

Read:  Magelby 24th,  Chapter 15 pp. 413-417 Implied Rights (This is Chapter 12, pp. 360-367 in the Brief Edition)

Assignment: Watch the following Case Videos for Monday-

  1. Loving v Virginia
  2. McDonald v Chicago
  3. Griswald v Connecticut
  4. Roe v Wade
  5. Planned Parenthood v Casey
  6. Cruzan v Missouri Health
WEEK 15
4/29 - 5/3
LESSON IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Monday
Lesson
4
Read Magelby 24th,  Chapter 15 pp. 418-419 Procedural Due Process (This is Chapter 12, pp. 368-372 in the Brief Edition)

Assignment: Watch the following Case Videos for Tuesday-

  1. Wolf v Colorado
  2. Mapp v Ohio
  3. United States v Leon
  4. Benton v Maryland
  5. Miranda v. Arizona
  6. Gideon v Wainwright


Tuesday
Lesson
5
Read Magelby 24th,  Chapter 15 pp. 419-422 The Death Penalty (This is Chapter 12, pp. 372-376 in the Brief Edition)

Assignment: Watch the following Case Videos for Tuesday-

  1. Gregg v Georgia
  2. Roper v Simmons


Wednesday
Lesson 6

Read Magelby 24th,  Chapter 16 pp. 429-435 Civil Rights (This is Chapter 13, pp. 380-388 in the Brief Edition)

Assignment: Watch the following Case Videos for Tuesday-

  1. Plessy v. Ferguson
  2. Brown v Board of Education
  3. Regents v Bakke
  4. Lawrence v Texas

Discussion: Civil Rights

Quiz: Open notes quiz on assigned videos

 

Thursday
Lesson 7

Read:  Magelby 24th,  Chapter 16 pp. 436-452 Equal Protection and Equal Access(This is Chapter 13, pp. 389-409 in the Brief Edition)

Discussion: Civil Rights

Friday
Lesson 8
  • Current Supreme Court Cases
    • Clapper v. Amnesty International Are electronic communications such as email  protected by the right of privacy, speech, and press?
    • Windsor v. U.S. Does the federal Defense of Marriage Act violate equal protection guarantees in the “Full Faith and Credit” clause of Article I?
    • Hollingsworth v. Perry  Does the 14th Amendment prevent states from defining marriage as only between a man and a woman?
    • Nix v. Holder Is federal oversight of states with a history of discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1965 unwarranted and burdensome?
    • Millbrook v US Does 11th Amendment allow claims against the United States for the intentional acts of federal prison guards?
    • Fisher v. University of Texas, Can universities take race into account as a factor in student admissions?
    • Florida v. Jardines, Can police use a dog to sniff for drugs despite having no other hard information that illegal activity was occurring?
    • Ryan v. Gonzales Does the defendant need to be mentally capable of assisting his own attorney in death penalty convictions?
    • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Can US courts hear lawsuits against foreign corporations for violations of human rights committed abroad?
    • Oklahoma v. Barber Are state laws saying life begins at conception, and giving human embryos the rights and privileges of citizens constitutional
    • Missouri v. McNeely Is an involuntary blood test for intoxication a violation of the right to privacy as defined in Roe v Wade?

Discussion: Civil Rights

Quiz: Open notes quiz on assigned videos