2010 First Amendment Summer Institute

A five-day institute worth class hours or CPDUs
Presentations from each class will be posted here after the session.


Monday

Freedom of Religion: Establishment Clause, Charles Haynes, Senior Scholar, First Amendment Center (PDF)
Free to Believe Lesson Plan (PDF)
Free to Believe Lesson Plan notes  (PDF)

Tuesday
Freedom of the Press: Prior Restraint and Libel, Shawn Healy, Educational Programs Director, McCormick Foundation Civic Program (PDF)
Free Speech on the Internet Lesson Plan (PDF)
Free Speech on the Internet Lesson Plan notes (PDF)
Anonymous Sources, Jamie Loo, Online Resource Manager, McCormick Foundation Civics Program (PDF)
News Literacy Lesson Plan (PDF)
Wartime Reporting Lesson Plan (PDF)

Wednesday
Freedom of the Press: Information Age Challenges, Shawn Healy (PDF)
A Burning Issue Lesson Plan (PDF)
A Burning Issue, Mary Ellen Daneels, Social Studies Teacher, TAC member (PDF)
Flag Burning Arguments, Mary Ellen Daneels (PDF)
Clear and Present Danger, Shawn Healy (PDF)
Symbolic Speech, Shawn Healy (PDF)
Parliamentary Procedure in Government (PDF)

Thursday
Intellectual Freedom: Libraries as First Amendment Battlegrounds, Shawn Healy (PDF)
Libraries Lesson Plan (PDF)
Your Library: A Marketplace of Ideas Lesson Plan, Mary Ellen Daneels (PDF)
Obscenity, Shawn Healy (PDF)
Obscenity Group Exercise (PDF)
Time Place and Manner Restrictions, Shawn Healy (PDF)
Time Place and Manner Restrictions Group Exercise (PDF)
Reading Survey (PDF)

Friday
Campaign Finance Reform Lesson Plan (PDF)
Campaign Finance Worksheet, Mary Ellen Daneels (PDF)
The Incumbent Advantage, Mary Ellen Daneels (PDF)
Student Speech, Shawn Healy (PDF)

General Resources
Landmark Court Cases (PDF)
Sample Brief (PDF)