一 Hook
五 Bucketing
二 Background Essay
六 Thesis
Development
三 Understanding the
Question / Pre-Bucketing
七 Essay Outline
四 Document Analysis
八 Essay Writing
A DBQ for civics
When you get your packet, write your name and class period on the top line.
“Congress shall make no law… abridging the
freedom of speech…”
However, the Supreme Court
has ruled on many occasions
that your freedom of speech
is not unlimited.
When the 1st Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution was written
affirming our freedom of speech,
these did not exist.
After I read the each case study out
loud, decide if the speech described
should be allowed or limited.
no punishment needed
punishment needed
You may discuss your answers with nearby students.
Where do you draw the line?
Write one sentence that says your opinion on the limits of
free speech. You may use these ideas to get you started:
Speech should be limited (or punished) when someone ________.
There should be no limits to free speech.
There should be no free speech.
These cases all have one thing in common:
none of them happened
ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
The Supreme Court’s current opinion on these types of cases
is that students cannot be punished unless:
there is strong evidence the educational environment was disrupted
-orthe safety and well-being of members
of school community was threatened.
Turn to page 181 and follow along with the pictures as we click through history.
Skim the background essay for these words and use context clues and nearby
students to come up with approximation definitions. You have 4 minutes.
 cyberbullying
disrupting
First Amendment
freedom of speech
Check your definitions. Did you get close? Add as much as you need to
from these definitions.
 cyberbullying: repeatedly harassing, mistreating, or
making fun of another person online while using cell phones
or other electronic devices.
disrupting: throwing into confusion, interrupting
First Amendment: protects freedom of religion, press, speech,
petition, and the right to assemble peacefully.
freedom of speech: the right to say or express in other forms
whatever one wishes.
Check your definitions. Did you get close? Add as much as you need to
from these definitions.
 cyberbullying: repeatedly harassing, mistreating, or making fun of
another person online while using cell phones or other electronic
devices.
disrupting: throwing into confusion, interrupting
First Amendment: protects freedom of religion, press, speech,
petition, and the right to assemble peacefully.
freedom of speech: the right to say or express in other forms
whatever one wishes.
Check your definitions. Did you get close? Add as much as you need to
from these definitions.
 cyberbullying: repeatedly harassing, mistreating, or making fun of
another person online while using cell phones or other electronic
devices.
disrupting: throwing into confusion, interrupting
First Amendment: protects freedom of religion, press,
speech, petition, and the right to assemble peacefully.
freedom of speech: the right to say or express in other forms
whatever one wishes.
Check your definitions. Did you get close? Add as much as you need to
from these definitions.
 cyberbullying: repeatedly harassing, mistreating, or making fun of
another person online while using cell phones or other electronic
devices.
disrupting: throwing into confusion, interrupting
First Amendment: protects freedom of religion, press, speech,
petition, and the right to assemble peacefully.
freedom of speech: the right to say or express in other
forms whatever one wishes.
Please follow along with your finger as I read the background essay aloud.
 cyberbullying: repeatedly harassing, mistreating, or making fun of
another person online while using cell phones or other electronic
devices.
disrupting: throwing into confusion, interrupting
First Amendment: protects freedom of religion, press, speech,
petition, and the right to assemble peacefully.
freedom of speech: the right to say or express in other forms
whatever one wishes.
DO NOT GET INTO YOUR GROUPS
UNTIL I’VE READ ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
Your group will be assigned for this DBQ based on your
scores from the last DBQ. This will not be negotiated.
Please look on the board for your group.
Write down your other group member’s initials on the top of
the Background Essay (page 179).
Do not move into your groups until the end of the next slide.
DO NOT GET INTO YOUR GROUPS
UNTIL I’VE READ ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
Re-read the background essay on page 179 together.
The group leader (the person whose birthday comes
up next) will start by reading the first paragraph.
Everyone in the group will then share their
first impression starting with the person
to the left of the group leader.
Everyone will write one of those
quickthinks in the margin of the DBQ.
Turn to page 181 again.
After reading, answer
the background essay
questions as a group.
Check your work: do your answers have this information?
• I will read the answers in the teacher’s
guide out loud.
• Please put a checkmark next to the ones
that you feel you “got right.”
• If you need to see the teacher’s guide,
come see me later.
1.
2.
What is the analytical question asked by
this mini-Q? see title page
What terms in the question need to be
defined? online: texting
and posting on Facebook
3.
Rewrite the question in your own words.
Should schools be allowed to limit
what students text and post online?
Reasons
not to
limit
Reasons to
limit
Limit
Not Limit
BECAUSE
Reason #1
Reason #2
Reason #3
Document number or letter ______
Title of Document (if present)
Source (Where did the document come from?)
Date of document
Author of Document
Primary Source
Possible Author Bias / Point of View
Secondary Source
What important facts can I
learn from this document?
What inferences can I make
from this document?
How does this document help
answer the question?
Overall, what is the main idea
of the document?
Analytical category
(bucket):
group leader does a think
aloud while reading for
the benefit of the group.
have one person read
each survey question and
its answers out loud
triad read starting at the
note and continuing to
the end for the article
have the two non-group
leaders each read a role
in the political cartoon
You must also answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
DOCUMENT A
4,441 students surveyed
Cyberbullying can be:
harassment
name-calling
flaming (hostile, vulgar msgs)
outing (posting private info)
impersonation
exclusion
spreading rumors
posting embarrassing pics
(note that it is a crime to send
sexually explicit images of
persons under the age of 18.)
Cyberbullies use the anonymity
of the internet to bully when
they might not in person.
DOCUMENT B
British teachers were questioned
for this survey, but we don’t
know how many. Mr. Deutsch
guesses about 1000.
Cyberbullying “can be hugely
damaging to the self-esteem,
confidence, and reputation of
victims” according to the ATL
and Teacher Support Network
in the UK.
ATL is the Association of
Teachers and Lecturers.
group leader does a think
aloud while reading for
the benefit of the group.
have one person read
each survey question and
its answers out loud
triad read starting at the
note and continuing to
the end for the article
have the two non-group
leaders each read a role
in the political cartoon
You must also answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
DOCUMENT C
K.K. is referred to by initials
because she is a minor. In
lawsuits where you see
initials, that means her or his
identity is being protected
since she or he is young.
K.K.’s lawsuit also called her
punishment “cruel and
unusual,” arguing that her 8th
Amendment rights were also
violated.
The court denied her claim since
K.K. knew about the antibullying policy before she
created the MySpace page.
group leader does a think
aloud while reading for
the benefit of the group.
have one person read
each survey question and
its answers out loud
triad read starting at the
note and continuing to
the end for the article
have the two non-group
leaders each read a role
in the political cartoon
You must also answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
DOCUMENT D
This case and a very similar case
were heard en banc by the
same Court of Appeals on the
same day.
The other case (Layshock v
Hermitage) was a 14-0 victory
for the student.
J.S. v Blue Mountain was also a
victory for the student, but
the final vote was 8-6.
The dissenting justices voted
against J.S. because they felt
the student’s graphic
language could be disruptive.
The principal said other 10 day
suspensions were for bringing
weapons or drugs.
Cases so far suggest that if a
student uses social media to
make fun of teachers or
administrators but does not
make threats, a school has
little grounds to punish the
student.
J.S. admitted that what she did
was inappropriate. She clearly
had the right to post on
MySpace, but just because
you can do something doesn’t
always make it a good idea.
group leader does a think
aloud while reading for
the benefit of the group.
have one person read
each survey question and
its answers out loud
triad read starting at the
note and continuing to
the end for the article
have the two non-group
leaders each read a role
in the political cartoon
You must also answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
DOCUMENT E
Students post negative
comments about teachers
and administrators on social
networking sites, create web
sites that parody their
teachers and administrators,
and post negative comments
on web sites like
ratemyteacher.com.
While many posts are
disrespectful and may be
insulting and hurtful to the
educators who are targeted,
whether such posts
constitute cyberbullying is a
controversial question.
DOCUMENT F
The ACLU works to extend rights
to people traditionally denied
rights in this country: people
of color, women, lesbians, gay
men, bisexual and
transgender people,
prisoners, and people with
disabilities.
Some states have passed laws
addressing cyberbullying.
New Jersey has what is
considered the toughest anticyberbullying law in the
nation.
There is no NATIONAL
cyberbullying law (yet).
group leader does a think
aloud while reading for
the benefit of the group.
have one person read
each survey question and
its answers out loud
triad read starting at the
note and continuing to
the end for the article
have the two non-group
leaders each read a role
in the political cartoon
You must also answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
DOCUMENT G
The letter in this document
states schools are responsible
for “harassment incidents
about which it knows or
reasonably should have
known.”
This is a difficult standard to
meet, putting considerable
pressure on schools to monitor
bullying and cyberbullying.
The American Bar Association
wrote a letter 4 months later
calling on schools to follow the
letter in this document.
Reasons to limit
speech (recommended
buckets)
A, B
Doesn’t
Affect Most
Students and
Teachers
D
Not Very
Disruptive
A, B
C
G
Widespread
Problems
Materially
Disruptive
Civil Rights
Violation
F
Is Precious
Right
Reasons to not limit
speech (recommended
buckets)
Widespread Materially Civil Rights
Problems Disruptive Violation
Schools should limit
students’ online
speech because
it is materially disruptive to the
students being attacked
Schools should not
limit students’ speech
online because
Doesn’t
Affect Most
Students
and
Teachers
Not Very
Disruptive
it is not very disruptive
Is Precious
Right

Grabber:
 Remember, you are persuading the school board with your
letter or speech.
 How would you start talking to a group like the school
board? That’s your grabber.

Background:
 You can write a definition or the history of cyberbullying.
 You can define what you mean by online speech.
 You can mention famous court cases that help your side.

Restating the question with key terms defined:
 Copy what you wrote for page 183, #3.

Thesis and road map:
 Turn your chicken foot into a sentence (see next slide).
Students should
not jump in a
bounce house after
lunch time because
students might throw up
Students should not jump in a bounce house after lunch time because
students will get injured, students will throw up their lunch, and
students will be late to class.

Baby Thesis:
 Schools should limit students’ online speech
because ________.
 Schools should not limit students’ online speech
because ________.
 Put the toes of your chicken foot in the correct blank.


Evidence (the evidence here is NOT TRUE, so don’t copy it):
 88% of students are cyberbullied every day (Doc A).
 The Supreme Court rules that J.S. should be quiet (Doc D).
Argument:
 Explain why your evidence proves your point. This
should contain your opinions.

Conclusion: “Although” statement:

Write a sentence that brings up one good point of the opposite side.
 For examples:

(if you are for limits) Online speech should never be limited in the
case of announcing buy one, get one free sales.
(if you are for no limits) Online speech can be dangerous if you yell
fire in a crowded chat room.
Conclusion: convincing restatement of the main idea and baby theses.
 However, for the reasons above, students’ online speech
(should / should not) be limited. [rewrite baby thesis 1]
[rewrite baby thesis 2] [rewrite baby thesis 3]
Remember, you are writing a letter. What does a letter end with?
Show me your outline when
you are finished.
Once I have checked your
outline, you may start writing.
If you need assistance, raise your hand and wait for me to come to you.
You may also come to the front table to scroll through this presentation
for help on your outline.
Good luck!
¡Buena suerte!
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