The Rest of the Bill of Rights - Class Recap

Jay Z's song "99 Problems" is in part about the Fourth Amendment protections that we talked about today in class.

Hi everyone,

Welcome back from your weekend! We had a good time going through the rest of the Bill of Rights today in class. Here's the recap for the day:

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: “99 Problems (Clean)" by Jay Z. Selected for today because it discusses the various protections that the Bill of Rights offers. Lyrics (which are decidedly NOT clean, but Rap Genius does offer some interesting interpretations of what they mean) here.

AGENDA 3/13/18:
News Brief - Jackson K.
Fourth Amendment
Pleading the Fifth
Bill of Rights Review

Homework: Read the blog! Keep reviewing the Bill of Rights for upcoming quiz. Take the Political Spectrum test if you want. Next news brief: Oviya.

News Brief: Jackson K. had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: WashingtonPost.com - Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo. We talked about this story for a while at the start of class, going through what the latest shakeup in the executive branch means.

Oviya was assigned to do the next news brief.

Fourth Amendment: Because I want to get done with the Bill of Rights, today we looked through the details of Amendments 4-10 We continued going through a packet of individual U.S. Supreme Court cases that helped set the scope of the Fourth Amendment. That packet is here:

Google Drive - Fourth Amendment Protections Handout

We finished the case on the last page today (Illinois v. McArthur), which basically said that police can have time to get a search warrant while a suspect is waiting. Lots of good questions and thoughts here, too!

Pleading The Fifth: I showed this clip to introduce the Fifth Amendment:

This led to another handout, going through the rights of the accused in the United States. I know it was a heavy day of handouts and readings, so I appreciate your focus and effort in looking at these together!

Google Drive - Rights of the Accused Handout

We went over the case studies and had some more good discussion about various student questions.

Bill of Rights Review: At the end of class, I showed the TIME overview videos for Amendment 3, since we were wrapping up rights of the accused today in class. During this time, I had students write down the Amendments in their own words, for future use in class. Here's a link to the Fourth Amendment one:

Time.com - Your Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy

I thought these did a nice job of explaining the history of each amendment, as well as how they are relevant today. Watch the other ones, if you want to go over them all again! See you next class!