A “Timely and Fun” Lesson Concerning the First Amendment and Book Bans

I educate an Advanced Government class in Loganville, Ga., and we’re presently within the Civil Liberties and Civil Rights unit. When Retro Report launched the video “Book Bans, Student Rights and a Fractured Supreme Court Ruling“, I believed it will be excellent for my class. We had simply lined the First Amendment, and it was Banned Books Week.

We had been all impressed with the video and the message. Students realized that they’ve a much bigger voice than they had beforehand believed. That has been a theme within the Retro Report movies that I’ve proven them throughout this unit. 

I additionally accessed the sources created by trainer Ryan Werenka and determined to make use of the complete lesson. It will not be usually that I can use a complete lesson that goes together with the video that we have chosen for that specific day. This one labored completely. It provoked among the greatest dialogue factors that we’ve got had all yr in school. 

The opening task introduced again up the argument posed by the idea of Federalism, as the scholars had an awesome dialogue on who ought to have extra energy over their training. Since this class is all juniors and one senior, they’re about to embark on the world. It shall be their determination to make, so this lesson was excellent for them. 

After the video and dialogue in regards to the case and the sharing of non-public experiences in courses, we moved to the Somerset County Board of Education’s policy on curriculum. Again, we had a improbable dialogue in regards to the objects contained throughout the doc and the scholars observed it had been not too long ago modified. They additionally had an awesome dialogue in regards to the distinction between the phrases “objective” and “subjective.” 

The college students overwhelmingly appreciated the lesson and voiced that to me once we completed the category. Thanks to Retro Report and Mr. Werenka for offering such an awesome lesson that was well timed and, dare I say it, enjoyable!

David Kendrick is a social research trainer in Loganville, Ga., the vp of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and a member of Retro Report’s Council of Educators.

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