National History Day Case Study

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Our National History day project is based on how Madalyn Murray O'hair's Supreme Court win, removing a majority of religious teachings in the public schools has been the major contribution to the increase of juvenile delinquency and student misbehavior. Ever since we've enrolled into a private catholic school from being in a public we've both noticed how different the public school system was drastically different. The major contrast we've noticed from being enrolled in a public school was that the students would act out and rebel repeatedly and ever since we've began to wonder "how did this come to be?". The curiosity that built up in our minds was fulfilled with the knowledge of Madalyn Murray O'hair's supreme court win in 1963. Since this

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