Register
Play & Learn
Teach
Register
Home > Resource Library > Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)
Lesson Plan
Landmark Library

Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)

6-8
9-12
One class period
Sign up to save to your favorites

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the rights protected by the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause
  • Identify the main arguments in the case
  • Describe the rationale behind the Supreme Court’s decision
  • Discuss how the government’s jobs of protecting personal freedoms and promoting economic interests may conflict
Sign up to assign Sign up to access

Overview

This mini-lesson examines the Supreme Court case that pitted the interests of government economic projects against the religious rights of American Indians. Students learn about the religious protections of the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause. They also analyze a fictional scenario and play the role of president in deciding whose interests should have priority.

Access engaging resources with an iCivics account!

Create your free iCivics account and discover standards aligned lessons and games that meet all of your instructional needs. Our nonpartisan classroom resources engage students with complex concepts in ways they can understand and relate to.

Tags

Pedagogy Tags
Mini-Lesson
Tech Options
No Tech Required
Web browser
Integrations
Kami
PDF
State standards icon

View state standards alignment

Search State Standards

Use the Scope & Sequence to help you plan your iCivics classroom experience!

Whether you enjoy finding opportunities within a well-structured sequence of resources or prefer looking around for pieces and bits that can be jigsawed together, our Scope & Sequence documents are a perfect reference point for planning. Scope & Sequence documents are available for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms and list all of our resources in one place.

View the Scope & Sequence