Independent Practice Tinker V. DesMoines

What caused the conflict between the students and the school?

• The school permitted the students to protest local events only.

• The school prohibited the students to wear dark colored clothes.

• The students refused to wear the armbands after the school permitted it.

• The students chose to wear the armbands after the school banned all protests.

What caused the conflict between the students and the school?

• The school permitted the students to protest local events only.

• The school prohibited the students to wear dark colored clothes.

• The students refused to wear the armbands after the school permitted it.

• The students chose to wear the armbands after the school banned all protests.

Why did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa rule in favor of the school? (Paragraphs 8-9)

• The First Amendment covers only actual speech, not "symbolic" speech.

• The school's right to create order outweighed the students' rights.

• The students had no protection under the First Amendment

• The armbands were not a form of symbolic speech.

Why did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa rule in favor of the school? (Paragraphs 8-9)

• The First Amendment covers only actual speech, not "symbolic" speech.

• The school's right to create order outweighed the students' rights.

• The students had no protection under the First Amendment

• The armbands were not a form of symbolic speech.

Why did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa rule in favor of the school? (Paragraphs 8-9)

• The First Amendment covers only actual speech, not "symbolic" speech.

• The school's right to create order outweighed the students' rights.

• The students had no protection under the First Amendment

• The armbands were not a form of symbolic speech.

Why did the author include this detail in the article? [RI.5] The students’ lawyer, Dan Johnston, argued that the school district had allowed other forms of political speech in the school, including political buttons. No riots or upheavals resulted. (Paragraph 10)

• To support the school preventing all forms of political speech\

• To demonstrate that other types of political speech did not lead to disruption

• To prove that the school had a history of major disruptions due to political speech

• To disagree with the school about allowing all forms of political speech on school grounds

Why did the author include this detail in the article? [RI.5] The students’ lawyer, Dan Johnston, argued that the school district had allowed other forms of political speech in the school, including political buttons. No riots or upheavals resulted. (Paragraph 10)

• To support the school preventing all forms of political speech\

• To demonstrate that other types of political speech did not lead to disruption

• To prove that the school had a history of major disruptions due to political speech

• To disagree with the school about allowing all forms of political speech on school grounds

Which detail from the text best demonstrates the Supreme Court’s decision about students’ rights?

• “Justice Fortas wrote that students and teachers do not ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.’” (Paragraph 11)

• “Uncontrolled and uncontrollable liberty is an enemy to domestic peace ” (Paragraph 19)

• “some students in Iowa schools – and, indeed, in all schools – will be ready, able, and willing to defy their teachers on practically all orders.” (Paragraph 19)

• “In this case, the school failed to present any real evidence that wearing black armbands would disrupt education at the school.” (Paragraph 20)