A Burning Issue: A Structured Academic Controversy Concerning Flag Desecration

Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration

By The McCormick Foundation

Is a Constitutional Amendment required to protect the U.S. flag from desecration? Students present a compromise resolution after they debate, deliberate, and analyze primary source documents, including the majority and dissenting opinions from Texas v. Johnson.

 

Source

http://documents.mccormickfoundation.org/CIVICS/PROGRAMS/files/pdf/burning_issue.pdf

The McCormick Foundation's Civics Program