Socratic Seminar: Free Speech in Schools (Middle School)
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- Last updated: September 10, 2025
- Grade level: Middle School (6-8)
- Resource type: Contested Issues, Socratic Seminar
- Theme(s): Supreme Court/Judicial Branch
- Issue Area(s): Speech, Students' Rights
- U.S. Supreme Court: Not set
- U.S. Constitution: 1st Amendment
This middle-school-level resource provides educators with instructions and student materials for facilitating a Socratic Seminar on the topic of cellphone use in school. This Socratic Seminar Resource Set includes the following:
- Teacher facilitation guide
- Hook resource: Political Cartoon Analysis
- Text resource: Excerpts from Tinker v. Des Moines and L.M. v. Town of Middleborough
- Preparation resources:
- Free Speech in Schools Vocabulary
- Introduction: Free Speech in Schools
- Seminar Questions resource: Free Speech in Schools
- Extension resource: Comparing Symbolic Speech Cases
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Based on an activity written by Rachel Frock and Megan Huftalen.
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