Court Cases
Supreme Court case upholding a student's right to NOT salute the flag, in this case based on freedom of religion grounds.
What is West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 1942?
This patriotic activity is strictly voluntary when utilized in public schools.
What is pledging allegiance to the flag?
The government cannot promote or inhibit any religion or persons' participation in religion in the United States.
What is Freedom of Religion?
Standard by which the 1st Amendment is applied by determining whether or not legislative or governmental actions: -have a religious purpose -have the primary effect of enhancing or inhibiting religion, or -create excessive church/state entanglements.
What is the Lemon Test?
Historically, this book was read at the start of every school day.
What is the Bible?
A court ruling from Rhode Island where it was ruled unconstitutional for principals to invite clergy to deliver prayers at graduation ceremonies.
What is Lee v. Weisman?
Schools can allow students to participate in this voluntary, free-exercise right activity if it is student-initiated and student-led.
What is prayer?
The government cannot enact a national or mandatory religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
A Pennsylvania Act allowed the Superintendent of Public Schools to pay back private schools (mostly Catholic) for the salaries of teachers who taught public school curriculum and used public school books in this case.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Supreme Court case limiting the Lemon Test and allowing school voucher funds to be paid to parochial schools.
What is Mitchell v. Helms (2000)?
This the position that teachers must take when guiding students in speech-writing at graduation ceremonies.
What is remaining neutral?
The government cannot restrict a persons participation in a religion.
What is Free Exercise Clause?
What case did Lemon VS. Kurtzman test?
Everson VS. The Board of Education
Classroom teachers must take care that their clothing, instructional program, or classroom displays do not promote this
What is religion?
Supreme Court case permitting publicly raised tax dollars to be expended for the purpose of transporting students to private and parochial schools.
What is Everson v. Board of Education (1947)?
Teachers simply must not do this in their classrooms, when it comes to religion.
What is leading or offering prayer?
The case that states students and teachers cannot be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance
What is West Virginia v Barnette?
The three parts of the Lemon test
What are
The display of this in schools violate the principle of neutrality. In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Kentucky statute that had mandated every public school classroom have this posted on its walls.
What is the Ten Commandments?
Supreme Court ruling that the use of tax-supported property for religious instruction and involvement of school authorities with a religious council violates the Establishment Clause.
What is People ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education, (1948)?
These school activities should be avoided if they create a religious atmosphere.
What are school sponsored holiday programs?
The Establishment Clause is a part of this Amendment.
What is The First Amendment?
The Supreme Court decided ___ - ____ in Lemon v. Kurtzman.
What is 8 - 0
In Wisconsin v. Yoder, the court exempted this religious sect of children from school attendance after successful completion of 8th grade.
What is Amish?