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Goal for the day: To have students understand the First Amendment Media Project
1. A good way to understand the impact of our constitution is to see how it operates in difficult situations. We’ll spend the first half of class discussing the protests in Ferguson, MO after a white police officer killed an unarmed African-American teenager. Our focus will on the constitutional issues raised by this event.
2. Constitutional investigation
You’ll work in groups of five people to look at the specific articles and amendments in the constitution—if and how they apply to Ferguson.
Here are links you can use to the original text:
http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution
3. We will spend the final part of the second hour discussing the First Amendment Media Project overview document that's posted on our Docs page. I want to make sure you understand where we’re going with the project.
Assignment for Monday
1. Read and annotate the First Amendment Media Project Overview document that I passed out in class. It is also posted on our Documents Page. I will ask what you are excited about, what you are worried about, and what questions you have relative to this project.
2. Add to the Google doc what you feel is the most important issue of the next 100 years?
Here's the link to the Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/document/d/1MpZRjKnDphecAF2PIiI0QMmZSWmpBsIDvCESqBaFTos/edit?usp=sharing
1. A good way to understand the impact of our constitution is to see how it operates in difficult situations. We’ll spend the first half of class discussing the protests in Ferguson, MO after a white police officer killed an unarmed African-American teenager. Our focus will on the constitutional issues raised by this event.
2. Constitutional investigation
You’ll work in groups of five people to look at the specific articles and amendments in the constitution—if and how they apply to Ferguson.
Here are links you can use to the original text:
http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution
3. We will spend the final part of the second hour discussing the First Amendment Media Project overview document that's posted on our Docs page. I want to make sure you understand where we’re going with the project.
Assignment for Monday
1. Read and annotate the First Amendment Media Project Overview document that I passed out in class. It is also posted on our Documents Page. I will ask what you are excited about, what you are worried about, and what questions you have relative to this project.
2. Add to the Google doc what you feel is the most important issue of the next 100 years?
Here's the link to the Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/document/d/1MpZRjKnDphecAF2PIiI0QMmZSWmpBsIDvCESqBaFTos/edit?usp=sharing