Friday, March 9, 2018

Rights of the Accused - Class Recap


Inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. Photo taken in 2010.

Dear class,

Thanks for checking in on the blog! We continued looking at the Bill of Rights together today, and diving into what the main ones mean.

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.

Soundtrack: "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay. Selected for today for the philosophy of government because the song talks about a king. Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/9/18:
News Brief - Joshua
Review Constitution Test
Gun Nation
Rights of the Accused

Homework: Read the blog! Next news brief: Jackson K.
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News Brief: Joshua had the news brief today, but was not in class, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about with the class: CNN.com - Trump and Kim: Where will they meet and what will they say?. We discussed this story and the potential impacts. I also fielded some questions about the possible meeting.

We also talked a bit about the upcoming weekend, before moving on.

Jackson K. was selected for the next news brief.

Review Constitution Test: This was from last class. I passed back the tests, which had the grades marked on the top of each side. If this test went poorly, never fear, because there will be a retake in a few classes on the Bill of Rights and the branches of government. Please make sure to review the material!

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, as well as what students thought should happen now with gun rights in America. 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!

Rights of the Accused: To end class, we started looking at 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 started the 8 cases. We ended there for the week, and will pick back up next time there. Thanks, everyone. :-)

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