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WorksheetsHazelwood versus Kuhlmeier
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 20mins
What was the problem in the Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier case?
Students wore black arm bands.
Students wrote stories about divorce and pregnancy.
One student wrote an inappropriate speech.
What was the name of the school that took Kuhlmeier to court?
(a)
The cost for producing the Spectrum newspaper was covered by whom?
Kuhlmeier
Principal Reynolds
Hazelwood School District
Who was Cathy Kuhlmeier?
The Spectrum newspaper's advisor
Hazelwood High School principal
The Spectrum newspaper's editor
Based on this case, schools can censor students IF...
the school sponsors the newspaper
the school does NOT pay for the newspaper
When and where did the Hazelwood versus Kuhlmeier case occur?
Ohio 1945
Missouri 1983
Kansas 1881
What did the principal do after realizing the newspaper had stories he did not like?
He deleted the stories so they were not printed
He printed the stories on his own and handed them out at school.
According to the Supreme Court, did Principal Reynolds violate the students' rights by censoring their pages?
YES, HE VIOLATED THEIR RIGHTS.
He was not allowed to remove the stories
NO, HE HAD THE RIGHT TO REMOVE THE STORIES.
Based on the Supreme Court decision, if a student’s free speech is distracting from the school’s “basic educational mission,” the school is allowed to censor, or remove, it.
TRUE
FALSE
The Supreme Court decided that a school-sponsored newspaper was not a ________ (a place traditionally used for open, public expression). Therefore, it did not get the same free speech protections as journalists writing for other newspapers.
Class Activity
Public Forum
Snapchat Message
According to the Supreme Court, did the school violate the students’ freedom of speech by removing their articles from the school newspaper?
YES
No
Schools can censor speech that is not consistent with the school’s _____ and _______.
(look on the worksheet, in the middle box)
(a)
The Tinker vs. Des Moines case gave students freedom of symbolic speech (like wearing arm bands).
Hazelwood versus Kuhlmeier took away students school-sponsored freedom of speech.
TRUE
FALSE
Do you think our administrators are allowed to censor our newspaper?
YES
NO
