Upcoming Events
Resource Analysis: The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon
Join the Kansas 1st Amendment Foundation, Blanche Wulfekoetter (Jefferson West HS) and Phillip Wrigley (Topeka HS) as they analyze and discuss Sharon McMahon’s powerful book The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. To register:
Fall 2024 Speaker Series: Elections
Teaching Contutional Government
Fall 2024 Speaker Series: Elections
Shaping the American Experience through Constitutional Challenges
October 2, 2024 7:00-8:00 pm CDT
Dr. Brian Amos
Associate Professor of Political Science at Wichita State University
Professor Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Austin E. Owen Research Scholar and Professor of Law University of Richmond School of Law
Dr. Alexandra Middlewood
Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Department of Political Science Wichita State University
The Second Annual Judge David J. Waxse Memorial Lecture Series A SCOTUS Review with John Barkett Shook, Hardy, and Bacon, L.L.P
The Second Annual Judge David J. Waxse Memorial Lecture Series
A SCOTUS Review with John Barkett Shook, Hardy, and Bacon, L.L.P
A virtual Seminar
July 23, 2024 7:00 PM-8:00 PM CDT (8:00 PM EDT)
Participants Will Recieve
John Barkett’s DIgital SCOTUS Review
KSU-Professional Development Points
2024 Judge David J. Waxse Memorial Summer Lecture Series June 17, 18, and 19, 2024
Schedule and Teacher Resource Guide:
2023 Judge David J. Waxse Memorial Summer Lecture Series
Schedule and Teacher Resource Guide:
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky Webinar Information:
Spring 2023 Resource Analysis; Civil Discourse: Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities
Thursdays, February 2nd-March 2nd, 2023
7:00 PM-8:00 PM CST.
Featuring a special presentation by Author Joe Schmidt, March 2nd
Sponsorship and Funding provided by:
Kansas Department of Education
Johnson County First Amendment Foundation
Kansas 1st Amendment Foundation
Teaching Constitutional Government: Fall Lecture Series October 18, 2022
Teaching Constitutional Government
Fall 2022 Speaker Series:
Shaping the American Experience through Constitutional Challenges
Funding by The Johnson County First Amendment Foundation
October 18, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
The Supreme Court of the United States Review/Preview
William Martucci and John Barkett Shook, Hardy, and Bacon, L.L.P.
November 1, 2022 7:00-8:00 PM CDT
Regulating Federal Elections: How Far Can States Go?
Henry L. Chambers, University of Richmond Law School
John Kincaid, Lafayette College
Linda Monk, Author of The Words We Live By
Thomas Vontz, Kansas State University
For information contact: mailto:kensthomas.kc@outlook.com
Teaching Constitutional Government: Summer 2022 Lecture Series July 7, 2022
Funded and presented by:
Teaching Constitutional Government: Fall Lecture Series
October 18, 2022 Supreme Court of the United States Review/Preview
William Martucci and John Barkett
November 1, 2022, Regulating Federal Elections: How Far Can States Go?
Professor Henry L. Chambers, University of Richmond Law School
Author Linda Monk, Author of The Words We Live By
Professor John Kincaid, Lafayette College and the Center for the Study of Federalism
Professor Thomas Vontz, Kansas State University and the Center for the Teaching of Social Studies
Teaching Constitutional Government
Teaching Constitutional Government
July 7, 2022, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Summer 2022 Speaker Series:
Shaping the American Experience through Constitutional Challenges
Why a Bill of Rights and why is it important?
What does the First Amendment do and why is the freedom to express oneself important?
How does Federalism impact the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment?
Featuring presentations by:
John E. Finn (Wesleyan University)
John Kincaid (Lafayette College)
Thomas Vontz (Kansas State University)
Federal Bar Association of Kansas and Western Missouri Presentation: The First Amendment and the Banning of Books
Partners
Kansas 1st Amendment Foundation
Kansas Department of Education
Kansas State University Center for Social Studies Education
Federal Bar Association of Kansas and Western Missouri
Fort Hays State University
To Register:
Questions? kensthomas.kc@outlook.com
A Weekly Virtual Resource Analysis Fears of a Setting Sun
A Weekly Virtual Book Study beginning
Thursday January 13 through March 3
7:00-7:45 pm Book talk
7:45-8:00-pm How to use this information in a classroom setting.
Open to Social Studies and English Language Arts Teachers!