Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

American Government
Unit 5 Reading Guide – AP BOOK 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.
Please note that for this unit we will NOT use the reading notebook and all
TARGETED READING NOTES will be done on PAPER
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.

3rd Per Monday 4/15 v Learning Objectives: Supreme Court Cases

2nd + 4th Per Tuesday 4/16 v 4.1 Barron v Baltimore
Chapter 4 Section 1 Gitlow v New York
q 4.1 Trace the process by which the Bill of Rights has been applied to the States
*TARGETED READING NOTES DONE IN CLASS*

3rd Per Wednesday 4/17 v Learning Objectives: Supreme Court Cases

2nd + 4th Per Thursday 4/18 v 4.2 Lemon v Kurtzman
Chapter 4 Section 2 Engel v Vitale
q 4.2 Distinguish the two types of religious rights protected by the First Amendment and S.D. of Abington, PA v Schempp
determine the boundaries of those rights.
*TARGETED READING NOTES DONE IN CLASS*

3rd Per Monday 4/22 v Learning Objectives: Supreme Court Cases

2nd + 4th Per Tuesday 4/23 v 4.3 Schenck v U.S.
Chapter 4 Section 3 Dennis v U.S.
q 4.3 Differentiate the rights of free expression protected by the First Amendment and determine Tinker v Des Moines
the boundaries of those rights.
Miller v California
TARGETED READING NOTES DONE IN CLASS*
Texas v Johnson

Wednesday 5/1 v Learning Objectives: Supreme Court Cases

Chapter 4 Section 6 v 4.6 Mapp v Ohio, Miranda v Arizona
Gideon v Wainwright, Gregg v Georgia
q 4.6 Characterize defendants rights and identify issues that arise in their implementation.
Furman v Georgia, Atkins v Virginia
*TARGETED READING NOTES DONE FOR HOMEWORK* Roper v Simmons

Monday 5/13 v Learning Objectives:

Chapter 5 Section 1 v 5.1
q 5.1 Differentiate the Supreme Court’s three standards of review for classifying people under the
equal protection clause.

Thursday 5/16 v Learning Objectives: Supreme Court Cases

Chapter 5 Section 2 v 5.2 Scott v Sandford
q 5.2 Trace the evolution of protections of the rights of African Americans and explain the
Plessy v Ferguson
application of nondiscrimination principles to issues of race. Slaughterhouse Cases
Civil Rights Cases of 1883
*TARGETED READING NOTES DONE FOR HOMEWORK* Brown v Board of Education
 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
American Government
Unit 5 Reading Guide – AP BOOK Chapters 4 and 5

Tuesday 5/21 v Learning Objectives: Supreme Court Cases

Chapter 4 Section 7 v 4.7 Griswold v Connecticut
q 4.7 Outline the evolution of a right to privacy and its application to the issue of abortion. Roe v Wade

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

4/1 4/2 4/3 4/4 4/5 4/6
Lawmaking Unit 3 Review Unit 3 Exam Selma Selma
Process Review
4/7 SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL SPRING BREAK 4/13
4/14 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/18 4/19 4/20
4.1 Incorporation 4.1 Incorporation 4.1 Incorporation 4.1 Incorporation Supreme Court
4.2 Religion 4.2 Religion Cases Quiz
BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK Opens
SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE NO SCHOOL
1,3,5 2,4,6 1,3,5 2,4,6 GOOD FRIDAY
4/21 4/22 4/23 4/24 4/25 4/26 4/27
4.3 Freedom of 4.3 Freedom of 4.3 Freedom of 4.3 Freedom of 4TH Amendment
Expression Expression Expression Expression
BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK
SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
1,3,5 2,4,6 1,3,5 2,4,6 1,3,5
4/28 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/2 5/3 5/4
4TH Amendment 4TH Amendment 4TH Amendment 4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants
BLOCK Rights Rights
SCHEDULE 40 Civics Points
2,4,6 DEADLINE
5/5 5/6 5/7 5/8 5/9 5/10 5/11
4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants 4.6 Defendants
Rights Rights Rights Rights Rights
Ch 4 Quiz Opens
5/12 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18
History of 14th 5.1 14th 5.1 14th 5.2 5.2 PROM
Amendment Amendment 3 Amendment 3 14th Amendment: 14th Amendment:
Standards of Standards of Civil Rights Civil Rights
Review Review Movement Movement

Ch 4 Quiz Closes Ch 5 Quiz Opens

5/19 5/20 5/21 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25
14th Amendment: 14th Amendment: 4.7 + 5.1 14th 4.7 + 5.1 14th 4.7 + 5.1 14th
Civil Rights Civil Rights Amendment: Amendment: Amendment:
Movement Movement Privacy Privacy Privacy
Supreme Court
Chapter 5 Quiz Cases Quiz
Closes Closes

50 Civics Points
DEADLINE
5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/1
NO SCHOOL FINAL EXAM Seniors Finals Seniors Finals UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL
MEMORIAL REVIEW Per 1, 3, 5 Per 2, 4, 6 STUDIOS STUDIOS
DAY
6/2 6/3 6/4 6/5 6/6 6/7
Panorama Chromebook Senior Checkout Grad practice 10am
Return Grad Practice

6:00pm
Graduation

*STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL INFORMATION PRESENTED IN CLASS, READINGS, NOTES, AND HOMEWORK