Instructional Video4:23
Mr. Beat

Do Students Have Free Speech in School? | Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

6th - 12th
In episode 29 of Supreme Court Briefs, students protest the Vietnam War by wearing armbands to school. After some of them get suspended for doing so, the families sue the school district, arguing the students' First Amendment rights were...
Instructional Video4:24
Mr. Beat

Do Students Have Free Speech in School? Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

6th - 12th
Students protested the Vietnam War by wearing armbands to school. After some of them get suspended for doing so, the families sue the school district, arguing the students' First Amendment rights were violated.
Instructional Video
National Constitution Center

National Constitution Center: Constitution Hall Pass: Freedom of Expression

9th - 10th
Video introduced by Judge Sandra Day O'Connor where she talks about the Supreme Court's role in making decisions about freedom of speech. We then learn about why a Constitution was needed, the struggle for ratification, and how the three...
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: A Conversation on the Constitution: Freedom of Speech

9th - 10th
Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony M. Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor and students discuss students' free speech rights in the Supreme Court cases Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District and Morse v. Frederick. In the...