Lessons from the Oregon Constitution Study Circle – Using the U.S. and Oregon constitutions to examine Bill of Rights issues.
This lesson is designed to help students learn about Oregonians in 1857, the process of writing the Oregon Constitution, and how both helped shape Oregon.
Teacher Instruction
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Using case briefs, students will trace the history
of the Exclusionary Rule through the state and federal courts.
Teacher
Instruction
4th
Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Article
I, Section 9, Oregon Constitution
Packet,
Sheets 1-5
Weeks
v. U.S.
State
v. McDaniel
Mapp
v. Ohio
Terry
v. Ohio
U.S.
v. Peltier
State
v. Warner
Stone
v. Powell
State
v. McMurphy
Students will be able to identify, explain,
and understand the right of free expression in the state of Oregon
as it is written in the Oregon constitution, the role of the
Oregon supreme court in interpreting, limiting, or expanding
that right, and the difference between the freedoms guaranteed
by our state constitution and the U.S. Constitution.
Lesson
Plan
This lesson will help students examine the use
of racial profiling as a law enforcement tool and explore the
concept of unreasonable searches and seizures in Oregon.
Lesson
Plan
State
v. Dominguez-Martinez
This lesson explores Freedom of Religion and religious dress
in Oregon's public schools.
Lesson
Plan
These lessons teach students about the controversial
workings of the initiative and referendum process. Students learn
the evolution of this process on a national scale, explain how
the Oregon system came about and explore the merits and demerits
of direct democracy.
Lesson
Overview
History
of I & R
I & R
Factsheet Number Two
I & R
in the United States
I & R
Factsheet Number Three
Oregon's
Initiative History
The
Oregon System
I & R
Factsheet Number One
What
is the I & R Process?
The
Oregon Constitution
Statewide
Initiative Usage
A
Parallel Government
Used
for Narrow Agendas
Article
by George Pillsbury
I & R
in the 21st Century
These lessons help students understand state
and federal court jurisdiction issues. Students will learn how
to discriminate between a state and federal case and also look
at the subjective factors that inform where a case will be heard.
Objectives
Lesson
Plan
Scavenger
Hunt
Scavenger
Hunt Answers
America's
Court Systems
Court
Systems Flow Chart
Where
Might a Case be Heard
Important
Facts/Important Questions
Case
Study 1
Case
Study 2
Case
Study 3
How
U.S. Court System Functions
Locke
v. Davey Summary
Medical
Marijuana
Boston
Herald
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