The Quiz Yourself Section

The Quiz Yourself menu contains a series of questions and answers for every theme in the Web site. The questions all pertain to principles and concepts discussed in the various stories.  The answers, however, both reinforce the principles and concepts covered in the stories and build on them.  

A teacher may want to go through a quiz in class before assigning modules from the site in order to (1) orient students to the subject matter—for example, “What is free speech? “What is the judge’s job? “Are curfew laws constitutional?”—thereby optimizing the student’s learning capacity as he or she goes through the site and (2) stimulate curiosity since many questions relate to occurrences in the stories—for example, “Should the school have gone to court to get permission to ban the wearing of armbands?” “Can school officials search students they believe broke school rules?”