Concord Public Schools: Concord Middle School Library: Grade 8: Landmark Cases

Resources

1st - Engel v. Vitale - religion in school
1st - Texas v. Johnson - freedom of speech/flag burning
1st - Skokie, IL- free speech march defending American Nazi Party
1st - Hazelwood - censorship/student rights
1st - Frederick v. Morse - student speech
1st - Tinker v. Des Moines - students' rights
1st - New York Times v U.S. - freedom of the press in times of war

4th - TLO - student search and seizure
4th - Terry v. Ohio - stop and frisk
4th - Katz v. United States (1967) - wiretap
4th - Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - search & seizure
4th - U.S. v Jones (2012) - GPS tracking

5th - Miranda v. Arizona - defendant rights
5th - Salinas v. Texas - self-incrimination
5th - Chavez v. Martinez - self-incrimination

8th - Furman v. Georgia - Greg v. Georgia
8th - Roper v. Simmons
8th - Atkins v. Virginia - mentally disabled and death penalty
8th - Ingraham v. Wright (1977)

Landmark Cases

Landmark Supreme Court Cases (2 volume set with summaries of cases)

Other relevant print sources:

We the Students: Supreme Court Cases For And About Students

Sensational Trials Of the 20th Century

New Jersey v. T.L.O.: Drug Searches In Schools

Miranda v. Arizona

Website LInks:

PBS: The Supreme Court

Newsela (sign in with Google)

Specific Articles:
Engel vs.Vitale
Tinker v. Des Moines
Explaining the 5th Amendment
The 8th Amendment

US History In Context (published by Gale)
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Research In Context (published by Gale)
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