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Presidents and the Constitution:Commander in Chief
The curriculum, Presidentsand the Constitution, was
made possible bygenerous grants from theNational Endowment for
the Humanities through itsWe the People program, as
well as from Dr. JohnTempleton.
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Presidents and the Constitution
Each unit includesScholarly essay
Primary source activity focusing onArticle II
Lessons to show how three different
presidents understood and exercisedtheir constitutional powers
Volume I Units
WarSlavery
Chief Diplomat
Federal Power
Electing the President
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Back of the book resources
Answer KeyAppendix A: The Declaration
of IndependenceAppendix B: The ConstitutionAppendix C: The Bill of RightsResourcesSpecial Thanks
Image CreditsNational Standards
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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts &Literacy in History/Social Studies
8. Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminalU.S. texts, including the application ofconstitutional principles and use of legal
reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majorityopinions and dissents) and the premises,purposes, and arguments in works of publicadvocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidentialaddresses).
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In which case did the Supreme Court rule constitutionalthe Espionage Act, which placed significant restrictions
on speech and press during wartime?
1. Ex parte Merryman
2. Ex parte Milligan
3. Adams v. Callender
4. Schenck v. U.S.
5. Not sure
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Wilson and the Espionage Act, p. 56
Critical Engagement Question:
Was the Espionage Act of 1917, signedinto law by President Woodrow Wilson,a constitutional war measure?
Objectives:
Understand Wilsons fear of the poison ofdisloyalty.
Understand challenges to civil liberties
associated with WWI.Assess constitutional limits on free speechand whether they change in wartime.
Evaluate the constitutionality of the 1917
Espionage Act.
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Wilson and the Espionage Act, p. 56
Background/Homework: Read Handout A: WoodrowWilson and the Espionage Act, (p. 59-60) and, as timepermits, consider the Critical Thinking Questions.
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Wilson and the Espionage Act
Warm Up:
A. Print out or project images of posters found at www.ArticleII.org/War/Units
B. Have students examine the images and conduct a large group discussion to answer thequestions:
What is the topic of these posters?
How are the different individuals portrayed? Why? What is the goal of these posters?
What can you conclude about the tenor of the timesin the U.S. before the country entered World War I?
What is the topic of these posters?How are the different individuals portrayed? Why?What is the goal of these posters?What can you conclude about the tenor of the times in the
U.S. before the country entered World War I?
Images of posters found atwww.billofrightsinstitute.org
Presidents and the Constitution link
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Have a student assume the personaof Wilson and dramatically readthe excerpt from his 1915 State ofthe Union Address on Handout B:
Wilsons Request.
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Distribute Handout C: The EspionageAct (1917). Read the law and clarify
any questions students have.
poison of
disloyalty
we are withoutadequate federal
lawsSuch
creaturesmust becrushed out
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A. Read Handout D (P. 63): NoConscription Newsletter What is this newsletter asking
you to do? Did the author of the No
Conscription newsletter violatethe Espionage Act?
B. Tell students that next class they willput the newsletters author, EmmaGoldman, on trial. DistributeHandout E: The Trial of EmmaGoldman.
C. Assign the following roles:
Narrator Emma Goldman Lead Counsel for Miss Goldman US Attorney Leon Frank Czolgosz President Woodrow Wilson
Four judges
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Handout E (along withadditional exhibits andresources fromwww.ArticleII.org )
The Trial of Emma Goldman,a scripted role play.
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D. Students may stick to the script or add to it as
appropriate.E. Additional roles: (See www.ArticleII.org )
assistant counsel to the attorneys on either side
law clerks for the judges
Theodore Roosevelt J. Edgar Hoover
congressional supporters of the Act
World War I soldiers
Kate Richards OHare
Rose Pastor StokesF. Have students file amicus briefs (e.g. short, historically
accurate statements in support of either the prosecutionor the defense.)
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Debrief :
Did Emma Goldmanbreak the law?
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Was the Supreme Courtcorrect to uphold herconviction under theEspionage Act?
Was the law she wasaccused of breaking, theEspionage Act,constitutional?
Palmer Raids
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HomeworkEvaluate the Supreme Courtsactions regarding theEspionage Act and Emma
Goldmans conviction.Essay topic: What if theEspionage Act were passedtoday?
Extensions1917 film: Spirit of 76
Robert Goldstein
Trial of Sacco & Vanzetti
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The Issues EndureStudents investigate
Palmer Raids
Violations of civilliberties during
WWII, Vietnam War,War on Terror
Do laws excused on the
plea of necessity inwartime in fact tend tobecome the fixed rule
once war is over?
2007 letter requiring thatcertain email records besurrendered to the FBI
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In which case did the Supreme Court rule constitutionalthe Espionage Act, which placed significant restrictions
on speech and press during wartime?
1. Ex parte Merryman
2. Ex parte Milligan
3. Adams v. Callender
4. Schenck v. U.S.
5. Not sure
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