Inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Photo taken in 2010.
Dear class,
Today, we continued looking at the Bill of Rights together, and diving into what the main ones mean, though some specific cases.
Here's what happened:
Today, we continued looking at the Bill of Rights together, and diving into what the main ones mean, though some specific cases.
Here's what happened:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 2: I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.Knowledge LT 5: I can demonstrate an understanding of the principles, structures, and functions of different branches of U.S. government.
AGENDA 3/2/16:
News Brief - Alex B.
Finish Gun Nation
Freedom of Speech
Rights of the Accused
Homework: Read the blog! Next news brief: Julia.
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News Brief: Alex B. had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about with the class: NPR.org - Super Tuesday: Here's What You Need To Know. Alex did a good job of recapping what happened with the big primaries yesterday, and what that means for the presidential nomination process. To go with that, I showed this delegate tracker, so we could see where statistical analysis has the candidates as far as being on track to win the nomination: FiveThirtyEight.com - Who’s On Track For The Nomination?
Very interesting to keep following, for sure!
Julia was assigned the next news brief.
I also went over the Political Compass test again and asked for student results. Take it if you want!
Finish Gun Nation: This was the "Gun Nation" episode of the "30 Days" documentary series. I asked students to note Pro and Con arguments for gun rights. I think this episode does a really good job of looking at both sides of the debate, and is pretty powerful. I enjoyed our conversation afterwards. Thanks for your participation with this, everyone!
Freedom of Speech: This was a return to the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case we learned about a couple of classes ago. The idea was to inform students about how their First Amendment rights are impacted by being at school. The presentation that goes along with this lesson is here:
Rights of the Accused: To end class, we looked at the (clean version) lyrics from 99 Problems by Jay Z to see how the song is related to knowing our rights, especially those from the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. I then passed out this packet, which was about various different cases regarding privacy and rights:
Before the end of class, we went through the 8 cases listed in the handout. Next class, we will read over the case on the last page and talk more about the Bill of Rights. Thanks, everyone!
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