Please review these teaching tips designed to assist you and your team as you prepare for Lesson Two:
Time management: Prepare in advance! Read the materials for Lesson Two, know what is included and be sure to cover the materials in small groups rather than in full lecture format. This lesson related to the First Amendment should be an especially interesting and exciting lesson. The Jeopardy Review is a huge hit with the students and great way to end the lesson. In the past, some teams have found that Jeopardy may take at least 10 minutes because the rules will need to be explained. It is suggested that 3Rs volunteers coordinate with their captains to reduce the time allotted to the small group section of the lesson from 33 minutes to 25-28 minutes. This can be accomplished by reducing the time spent on three areas:
- Red Scare -- Read only the first paragraph and last sentence of that section.
- McCarthy Era -- Read only the first three sentences and the last sentence of that section and add that McCarthy's claims were "baseless."
- Other Ways to Limit Freedom of Expression -- Replace the four paragraphs in that section with the following:
"Generally, government restrictions on freedom of expression must be limited to time, place and manner in which the speech is communicated (content-neutral restrictions), rather than the content of the expression (content-based restrictions). Thus, a city could bar a protest against the mayor because it was scheduled to take place at 2:00 a.m. in a residential neighborhood, not because the protesters were protesting against the mayor. Other permitted restrictions on expression include national security (such as publishing troop movements, how weapons systems can be disarmed, etc.) and saying (slander) or writing (libel) a falsehood about someone with knowledge that it is not true (such as spreading a false rumor that someone has a sexually transmitted disease)."
Use of Optional Student Worksheets: The pages labeled Optional Student Worksheets are provided as optional activities for students to do when we are not in the classroom. Encourage the students to complete them after we leave. The classroom teachers are encouraged to use the worksheets and other optional activities as homework and/or extra credit.
School logistics: If your school does not have a special 3Rs check-in table or greeters, just proceed to the office and sign in there.
New tools for student career/education planning: The CMSD this year introduced Naviance, a new tool for all high school students to plan their education path and explore potential careers.
- Naviance is a web-based software tool that helps students conduct college searches, career exploration, scholarship searches, and more.
- All CMSD high school students have been provided user accounts so that they can personalize activities, conduct in-depth career research that is based on results from completed inventories, and store documents such as application essays.
- Students can also create journal entries for reflections about meetings with professionals and thoughts concerning career investigation.
For more about Naviance, click here for a brochure prepared for 3Rs volunteers or here to visit the Naviance website.
More volunteers needed! We need additional classes covered in order to provide this program to every 10th grade American History classroom. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to volunteer! Classes remain open at Collinwood, Glenville, Jane Addams, JFK, John Adams, John Hay, John Marshall, Lincoln West, and Washington Park High Schools.
Questions, concerns and feedback: If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Each team captain is encouraged to share feedback - both positive and negative - after each visit. Remember to share concerns immediately so that we may address them prior to the next scheduled visit.
Please contact us by email or telephone: Jessica Paine at jpaine@clemetrobar.org or (216) 696-3525 x4462.
Thank you again for your commitment to the students!
