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Vigilante, David – 1991
This unit is one of a series that represents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. Continuing narrative provides context for the dramatic moment. By studying a crucial turning-point in history, students become aware that choices had to be made by real human beings, that those decisions were the…
Descriptors: Communism, Democracy, Ethnocentrism, Freedom of Speech
Peer reviewedUrofsky, Melvin I. – OAH Magazine of History, 1995
Contends that, although religious freedom is a key feature of U.S. democracy, it has had a relatively short and modern history. Discusses the issues, court opinions, and historical significance of the 1940 "Minersville School District v. Gobitis" U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding Jehovah's Witnesses and the Pledge of Allegiance to…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Judges
