Freedom of Assembly: The Right to Protest

Freedom of Assembly: The Right to Protest

Objectives

Students will be able to infer how the struggle to balance freedom of assembly and keeping the peace has been a constant challenge for the U.S. government throughout its history. Students will be able to evaluate the reasons for government restriction of freedom of assembly and use historical empathy in considering the opinions of citizens who fought against the rights of hate groups to assemble. Students will be able to analyze primary sources to identify the point of view, purpose, and audience of a source. They will also use primary sources to analyze historical arguments.

Students will be able to use historical thinking to analyze patterns and connections between historical events and developments. Students will be able to compare and contrast primary sources to determine similarities between key ideas and Supreme Court cases. Students will be able to support a position by using and applying primary sources to determine if the U.S. Supreme Court and Illinois Supreme Court made the correct decisions in the National Socialist Party v. Skokie case. Students will be able to evaluate the importance of freedom of assembly in helping social movements obtain their goals.

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