First Amendment Activities Review

Noor Abukaram, a 16 year-old Muslim student, was disqualified from a high school cross-country race in Ohio because she did not have permission to run in her hijab. A hijab is a headscarf that many Muslim women wear as a practice of their religious beliefs. Officials claimed that the hijab was not an “approved uniform,” and they disqualified her in the middle of the race. Which freedom is at stake?

• Assembly

• Petition

• Religion

• Speech

Tyler Maxwell, an 18 year-old Senior in Florida, was punished for driving to school with a red, white, and blue elephant on the back of his pick-up truck that was painted with the name “TRUMP.” Maxwell explained, “I wanted to put it in the back of my truck because it was the first time that I was going to be able to vote,” Maxwell said, explaining that the elephant has been in his family for years and has been making the rounds since the 2016 presidential election. Which freedom is at stake?

• Religion

• Assembly

• Press

• Speech

Barbara Johns, a sixteen year-old Junior at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia led a student walkout in protest of segregated and unequal schools on April 21, 1951. Students walked out of class and gathered with protest signs on school grounds that read, “We Want a New School - Strike!”

Which freedom is at stake?

• Assembly

• Press

• Petition

• Speech

Faeth McLemore, a fifth grade student in Arkansas, was given detention because she organized student opposition to a rule against wearing backpacks. Faeth asked her fellow students to sign a form that stated: “We, the students of Mrs. Parrott’s class, would like to start using our backpacks all day long starting immediately.” The form required the student’s signature, their parent/guardian’s signature, and the date.” 

Which freedom is at stake?

• Religion

• Press

• Petition

• Speech

Katy Dean, a high school Junior in Michigan, wrote an article in the school newspaper, The Arrow, that reported on a lawsuit that a local husband and wife had filed against the school system. The Superintendent refused to comment, and he prevented the story from being published in the school newspaper.    

Which freedom is at stake?

• Religion

• Assembly

• Press

• Petition

If Justin Swidler was a student at our school, which of the following student conduct policies would he have violated?

• Burglary

• destruction of property

• intimidation of school authorities

• • interference with school authorities including threats

The J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District case involved which first amendment freedom?

• Speech

• Assembly

• Petition

• Press

What was the purpose of the black armband worn by Mary Beth Tinker?

• It was a protest against first amendment rights.

• It was in mourning of the dead on both sides of the Vietnam War.

• It was in support of a Christmas truce during the Vietnam War.

• It was to raise awareness about Civil Rights Movement.

Why was Tinker v Des Moines a landmark or significant Supreme Court case?

• The court ruled that wearing black armbands was not permitted in schools and that students do not have the right to symbolic speech.

• The court ruled that students do not have free speech rights and that schools can fully regulate their speech.

• The court ruled that students are persons under the U.S. Constitution and that students are entitled to freedom of speech.

• The court ruled that the Tinker children violated school board rules and that they should have been punished for their free expression.

Which of the following is the best definition for symbolic speech?

• to gather peacefully in a public space in order to protest injustice

• publishing information about the government in order to inform voters

• to collect signatures on a form to show support for a cause or issue

• consists of nonverbal, non written forms of communication that convey a message