| City of Chicago v. Morales in the Classroom Tuesday,
April 4, 10:45-11:45 a.m.
Michelle Parrini, Program Manager, ABA Division for Public Education
Colleen Blankenship, American Law Teacher, Shiloh High School, Lithonia, Georgia
In 1992, the city of Chicago passed an anti-gang congregation in response to a sharp
increase in gang-related violence. Debates about the Chicago ordinance raised issues about
the conflict between the rights of individuals and the duties of the state, as well as the
need for a balance between order and freedom. In the context of the history of police
discrimination against minorities in the U.S., the evidence that the law mostly affected
innocent people of color infused the debate with an issue of long-standing interested to
Americans: the issue of race. During this session, presenters will talk about the
substance of the case. Colleen Blankenship, an American Law teacher at Shiloh High School
in Lithonia, Georgia and a participating teacher in an innovative ABA online program centered
around the case, will talk about teaching strategies. The ABA program engaged 1,500 high
school students in fifty classrooms in twenty-six states.
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