Oregon Legal Research BlogThe contest’s essay topic for 2022: The First Amendment and the Schoolhouse Gate: Students’ Free Speech Rights
High school students who live within U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit jurisdiction may enter the contest.
Articles Tagged with Bill of Rights
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Protests, Journalists, First Amendment, and the Little Red House (Portland, OR)
Plots thicken. Yes, they do. The “little red house” saga in Portland, Oregon, is a perfect example.
One article by journalists working with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) summed up What We Know So Far, as of December 10, 2020, which, as you know if you continue to follow the story, had to be updated the next day and the next day and ….
The lesson to be learned here is always to listen, breathe, stop, read, research, listen, stop, sleep, read, and breathe again before you decide where you stand on an (or any) idea, news story, or shouted slogan.
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Homeschooling, Civics Education, and Extraterrestrials
Who said learning about how laws are made can’t be any fun? Clearly, that person never looked at the Classroom Law Project’s Bill of Rights for Extraterrestrials Lesson Plan for grades 4-12. (It would probably be a lot of fun for grown-ups, too.)
Visit the Resources page of the Classroom Law Project and look for the “Extraterrestrials and Your Rights!” lesson, including handouts you can download.
“In this engaging, interactive strategy, introduce the Bill of Rights, Natural Rights, and other constitutional concepts to your students – as a response to extraterrestrials landing in Oregon! On the sidebar are the components you need for this activity and feel free to adjust them to fit your classroom needs. Let us know if you have any questions or would like us to come and try this out with you or for your classroom – it’s a lot of fun, and will encourage fantastic conversation from elementary through college level.” [Visit the Extraterrestrials and Your Rights! page for more information.]
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How to Follow Portland, Oregon, Black Lives Matter and Related Protest News
Research, like good manners, (almost) always helps your cause, to wit:
Please Do Your Research before speaking out on that which you may not know and especially before purloining someone else’s work product.
Sources of Portland, Oregon, news:
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Students: Enter the 4th Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest
Deadline is March 15, 2013!
The First Amendment Cartoon Contest homepage has entry rules, tips and tricks for creating comics, and links to previous contest submissions and winners.
“Since the earliest days of the American republic, cartoonists have entertained us, drawn attention to the issues of the day, and provoked discussion. In short, cartoons contribute to our civic life.