Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

American Government
Unit 3 Reading Guide – Chapters 4 and 5

Use this to guide your reading through the unit. It is strongly recommended that you take notes, as they will
assist you for quizzes and tests.

Unit Objectives:
A. Evaluate the development of civil liberties and civil rights by judicial interpretation.
B. Develop knowledge of substantive rights and liberties.
C. Analyze the impact of the 14th amendment on the constitutional development of rights and liberties.

Chapter 4
4.1 Trace the process by which the Bill of Rights has been applied to the States.
4.2 Distinguish the two types of religious rights protected by the First Amendment and determine the boundaries of those rights.
4.3 Differentiate the rights of free expression protected by the First Amendment and determine the boundaries of those rights.
4.4 Describe the rights to assemble and associate protected by the First Amendment and their limitations.
4.5 Describe the right to bear arms protected by the Second Amendment and its limitations.
4.6 Characterize defendants rights and identify issues that arise in their implementation.
4.7 Outline the evolution of a right to privacy and its application to the issue of abortion.
4.8 Assess how civil liberties affect democratic government and how they both limit and expand the scope of government.

Chapter 5
5.1 Differentiate the Supreme Court’s three standards of review for classifying people under the equal protection clause.
5.2 Trace the evolution of protections of the rights of African Americans and explain the application of nondiscrimination principles to issues of race.
5.3 Relate civil rights principles to progress made by other ethnic groups in the United States.
5.4 Trace the evolution of women’s rights and explain how civil rights principles apply to gender issues.
5.5 Show how civil rights principles have been applied to seniors, people with disabilities, and gays and lesbians.
5.6 Trace the evolution of affirmative action policy and assess the arguments for and against it.
5.7 Establish how civil rights policy advocates democracy and increases the scope of government.

THE UNIT 3 EXAM WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL. THE UNIT 3 QUESTIONS WILL BE GRADED SPEARATELY FOR A UNIT 3
EXAM GRADE, BUT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL FINAL EXAM SCORE*

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11/11 11/12 11/13 11/14 11/15 11/16 11/17
NO SCHOOL Incorporation Incorporation Incorporation Civil Liberties
Supreme Court
Cases Quiz Opens
11/18 11/19 11/20 11/21 11/22 11/23 11/24
NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/25 11/26 11/27 11/28 11/29 11/30 12/1
Chapter 4 4.3 Freedom of 4.3 Freedom of 4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants 4.7 + 5.1 14th
Test Opens Expression Expression Rights (4th) Rights (4th,5th,6th) Rights (8th ) Amendment:
Chapter 4 Quiz Privacy
Opens

12/2 12/3 12/4 12/5 12/6 12/7 12/8

14th Amendment: 14th Amendment: 14th Amendment: 14th Amendment:
Chapter 4 Quiz Privacy Rights Privacy + Privacy + Abortion
Closes Abortion Ch 5 Quiz Opens
Chapter 4 Test
Closes
12/9 12/10 12/11 12/12 12/13 12/14 12/15
14th Amendment: 14th Amendment: 14th Amendment: 14th Amendment: 14th Amendment:
Civil Rights Civil Rights Civil Rights Gay Rights Immigrant
Movement Movement Movement Movement Rights/Naturalization
Ch 5 Quiz Quiz
Closes Supreme Court
Cases Quiz
Closes
12/16 12/17 12/18 12/19 12/20 12/21 XMAS BREAK
Finals Week Per 1 and 4 Per 2 and 5 Per 3 and 6 NO SCHOOL FOR
Review STUDENTS
*STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN CLASS, READINGS, NOTES, AND HOMEWORK