Chapter 10 - The Bill of Rights

First Amendment: Students at Portage Central High School begin wearing t-shirts that feature memes critical of the president and a proposed wall to be built along the southern border of the United States. The principal, Mr. Alburtus, is ALLOWED to ban the shirts because he is concerned they might cause fights among the student body.

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Fourth Amendment: After several instances of drug use at school are reported to the superintendent, Portage Public School begins requiring all middle and high school students to submit to drug testing before they are allowed to participate in any extracurricular activities, including sports teams, marching band, drama and forensics. The school district is ALLOWED to ban students from after school activities if they are UNWILLING to submit to a drug test.

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First Amendment: Just before a huge rivalry football game, Portage Northern students were caught defacing Portage Central High School and its football field. Then on the night of the game, dozens of cars in the school parking lot were vandalized with orange and brown spray paint. Northern won the game in a blowout which led to mass social media posts by Northern students featuring the hashtag #patheticponies. One author of the Central Stampede, the school’s newspaper, retaliated with an article titled “Why the Huskies are all @#$% Jerks!”. Before going to print, the (adult) newspaper advisor is ALLOWED to edit the title of the article or the contents within it because it is considered vulgar or inappropriate.

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Fourth Amendment: A 15 year old high school student has been feeling ill all day. He tried drinking some water and he put his head down whenever he could. But, by fourth hour it was only getting worse. During passing time, his worst thoughts were confirmed when he had to rush to the bathroom to puke. By the time he got himself back together, classes had already begun. He thought about going to the office to call home, but he knew his parents wouldn’t let him come home, they never do. So, he grabbed his bag, left school and started walking to his grandparents house just a mile away. Before he made it a block though down Westnedge, he saw flashing lights behind him. The police officer who stopped him is ALLOWED to question him and bring him back to school.

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First Amendment: At a homecoming week pep rally, the cheer team is taking center stage. The crowd is already fired up and they are ready for the grand finale. Everyone is ready for the most exciting, and most dangerous stunt they’ve ever seen. The crowd roars as the team stacks and tosses girls into the air. Then, suddenly there is a deafening silence when one of the cheerleaders hits the ground with a sickening thud. First responders are on the scene with minutes, but the team is in shock. Not knowing what else to do the captain huddles the other girls together on the mat. In that moment, she is ALLOWED to publicly pray for her injured teammate in the middle of the gym on school property.

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Match the amendment with its description in the Bill of Rights.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

Match the amendment with its description in the Bill of Rights.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Third Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

Match the amendment with its description in the Bill of Rights.

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

Match the amendment with its description in the Bill of Rights.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

Match the amendment with its description in the Bill of Rights.

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Eighth Amendment