Bill of Rights
Are schools Constitutional Deadzones?
ICC Standards:
Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the value of lifelong civic action. 1. Understand rights, roles and status of the individual in relation to the general welfare. 2. Understand issues regarding personal, political, and economic rights. 3. Understand what is meant by the "scope and limits" of a right. |
I Can Statements:
I can realize my rights as a US citizen as compared to the rest of the world and how our society benefits from freedom of speech and press. |
Tell me a story.... Use the our Bill of Rights discussion to write or draw a story. Include as many as you possibly can!!!
1st Amendment
In recent weeks:
In recent weeks:
- In China, a tweeted joke about a popular horror-movie series and an upcoming Communist Party Congress led to an arrest on charges of supporting terrorism.
- In India, the Information Technology Act criminalizes the posting of “any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character.” The restriction was applied last month to two women for a post and “Like” on Facebook.
- A court in Egypt sentenced an American pastor and seven Egyptian Coptic Christians to death for their alleged ties to “The Innocence of Muslims,” an anti-Islam film. The good news for the defendants: None is in Egypt.
Goal:
1. Choose a country from the list / LOCATE this country on a map and find a map to include that shows surroundings 2. What is going on in your country -- in general! what are the current events? 3. What is the relationship between your country and the US? 4. What is your amendment? -find DETAIL S and examples of our amendment use in the US 5. Does your country have the same rights? -stories to prove/disprove this REMINDER: use 3 sources to verify what you are reading is true!!! |
1. North Korea 7. Libya 13. Germany 19. Argentina
2. China 8. Saudi Arabia 14. Greece 20. Brazil 3. Afghanistan 9. Liberia 15. Russia 21. Paraguay 4. Armenia 10. Iran 16. Spain 22. Mexico 5. Iraq 11. Zimbabwe 17. Turkey 23. Cuba 6. Egypt 12. France 18. Ecuador 24. Cambodia |
Violations to the ideas in our Bill of Rights...
Can you find a story within this site to show a violation for a majority of the protections we have in our 1st 10 Amendments?
Can you find a story within this site to show a violation for a majority of the protections we have in our 1st 10 Amendments?
Driving Question:
How can two components of the 1st Amendment, free press and freedom of expression,
in social media help me make sense of the news and keep us in the know?
How can two components of the 1st Amendment, free press and freedom of expression,
in social media help me make sense of the news and keep us in the know?
#1 Formative Task to answer the Driving Question:
GOAL: create higher level questions about a controversial article from the US and how the
1st Amendment Freedom of Press and Speech keep the citizens in the know! |
Also use the sheets we have used previously to create higher order questions!
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