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Civil Rights Round-Room Station Notes

Station One

* What are civil rights? Where can we find them?

* What is the Bill of Rights? What do they tell us?

* Give a short summary of what the 14th Amendment says:

*What limitations are there on civil rights? When do civil rights get taken away or changed?

Station Two

*What is the Bill of Rights?

Fill in the chart below using information from the station:

|Amendment |Summary |

|First |  |

|Second |  |

|Third |  |

|Fourth |  |

|Fifth |  |

|Sixth |  |

|Seventh |  |

|Eighth |  |

|Ninth |  |

|Tenth |  |

Station Three

*Why do politicians care what citizens think about them? Why are they responsive to what the citizens want?

*List four reasons given for people not voting on a regular basis.

*Who was originally allowed to vote when the U.S was first formed?

*Fill out the chart below, summarizing the amendments:

|15th amendment |  |

|19th amendment |  |

|24th amendment |  |

|26th amendment |  |

Section Four

* What are your Miranda rights?

*Why would a police officer NOT want a suspect in a criminal case to be aware of these rights?

*Why are your Miranda rights called “Miranda rights?”

*What did the Gideon v. Wainwright decision change in regards to your right to an attorney?

*In your opinion, what is the most important of the Miranda rights? Explain you opinion.

Section Five

*Explain the two different viewpoints of women rights activists that want to be “equal” to men.

*What is the Women’s Movement (a.k.a The Feminist Movement) and when did it begin?

*Below, give a short summary of each of the three cases discussed at this station:

Reed v. Reed:

Pitt. v. Pitt:

Roe v. Wade:

Station Six

*Where in the Constitution does it say we have a right to privacy?

*What two places in the Constitution commonly get cited for implying a right to privacy?

*What sorts of privacy are we given in the Bill of Rights?

*Why, in certain places at certain times, is the right to privacy restricted?

*What type of information do people like to keep private?

Section Seven

*What two groups of people didn’t like the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Why did they dislike it?

*How and why did the CRA finally get passed?

*Summarize Titles I, III, and VI:

*What is Title VII of the CRA? Summarize what it says.

*What is the EEOC and what does it do?

Section Eight

*What does the ADA prohibit and where is it prohibited?

*How does the ADA define who is qualified as having a disability?

*Who is in charge of enforcing the ADA?

*Looking at the different sections of the ADA, what areas of life are affected by the ADA for someone who has a disability?

*How does the ADA affect public schools?

Section Nine

*What federal legislation is there to protect gay, lesbian, or transgendered people from discrimination?

*How many states/districts in the U.S have legislation regarding this already?

*What would ENDA make illegal?

*How are some clever lawyers finding ways to sue companies for sexual orientation discrimination using the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

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CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1) School officials should have the right to search student lockers. Use information you learned to today to support the statement in three sentences. Then, use information you learned today to disagree with that statement in three sentences.

2) Which is the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights? Explain your choice.

3) Out of all the reasons given at station four for people not voting, which one or two do you think are the MOST responsible for lack of voter turnout in the United States? Explain.

4) Why, even if a suspect is obviously guilty, is it important to explain their rights to them and ensure that they utilize their rights if they so choose?

5) Thomas Jefferson once said, “There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.” Explain what you think this means, and then use it to argue for or against one of the two viewpoints on what it means for women to be “equal” to men.

6) Most people would probably agree that privacy is a good thing. Should the right to privacy be absolute and all-encompassing? That is, should all aspects of a person’s behavior, personal information, and activities remain private and personal at all times? Explain your opinion.

7) Why do you think businesses with less than 15 employees are exempt from the ADA? Explain.

8) Why is it important, that no matter how you or anyone else might feel about women, black people, homosexuals, or physically/mentally disabled people, that everyone’s civil rights be protected and guaranteed by either a Constitutional amendment or federal legislation? Explain.

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