Webquest: Protections and Privileges Patrick Colclough

 What does equality mean in the context of American democracy and how are protections and privileges determined in the United States?  UT U.S. History Core: Standard 2  UT U.S. Government & Citizenship Standard 2 Enduring Understanding

 How do we respectfully deal with differences in the United States?  What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the US?  What are the benefits of marriage and how are those benefits and marriage eligibility determined in the United States? Essential Questions

US History  Standard 9 The students will understand the emergence and development of the human rights and culture in the modern era.  Objective 1 Analyze how the civil rights movement affected United States society. Links to the UT Core

U.S. Government & Citizenship  Standard 2 Students will understand the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States.  Objective 1 Assess the freedoms and rights guaranteed in the United States Constitutio  Objective 2 Analyze how civil rights and liberties have been changed through court decisions.  Standard 4 Students will understand the responsibilities of citizens in the United States.  Objective 3 Assess methods for respectfully dealing with differences. Links to the UT Core

 How do we respectfully deal with differences in the United States? How do we respectfully deal with differences in the United States?  What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States? What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States?  What are the benefits of marriage and how are those benefits and marriage eligibility determined in the United States? What are the benefits of marriage and how are those benefits and marriage eligibility determined in the United States? Table of Contents

How do we respectfully deal with differences in the United States?  Associative Framework  With a partner, students chart the word Respect With a partner, students chart the word Respect  Students write their meaningful statement (#11) on a large sheet of paper and share with the entire class.  These should be posted around the classroom at least for the duration of the unit

Rules for Civic Dialogue  Rules for Civic Dialogue :In your group of 4, go through each of the rules and fill in the chart, discussing what each rule looks like, sounds like and include examples and non-examples of each Rules for Civic Dialogue  Chart for this exercise (number the rules from top to bottom) Chart for this exercise

How do we respectfully deal with differences in the United States?  The Williamsburg Charter The Williamsburg Charter  Work in a group of 4 students  The document is broken into 4 parts:  Introduction and Summary of Principles  A Time of Reaffirmation  A Time for Reappraisal  A Time for Reconstruction  Each student should use a graphic organizer to process the information in their section. They will share their organizer with the group, as well as writing a short summary of their section.  Examples of Graphic Organizers : One, TwoOneTwo

How do we respectfully deal with differences in the United States?  Students will read the short descriptions in the following 2 links and will then write a short reaction, and as a group write a summary of the collective reaction  Respect Respect  Golden Rule for Civic Life Golden Rule for Civic Life  Assessment  Your group may choose to do a short video, a skit, a song, poem or story to show that you understand the concepts from this part of the Webquest

What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States?  In your group, use the document analysis worksheet to review both documents  The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence  The U.S. Constitution The U.S. Constitution  Document Analysis Worksheet Document Analysis Worksheet

What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States?  Analyze the The Bill of Rights using the document analysis worksheetThe Bill of Rights document analysis worksheet  Choose one of the first ten amendments and create a depiction of that amendment in cartoon form using the comic creator at read-write-think website.comic creator

What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States?  The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights  The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation  The Civil Rights Act (1964) The Civil Rights Act (1964)  The Voting Rights Act (1965) The Voting Rights Act (1965)  Plessy v. Fergusson Plessy v. Fergusson  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS  Document Analysis:  Using the Jigsaw technique, your group of 4 will be assigned the following documents and cases.  Your group will create a poster depicting your topic and share with the class  As groups are presenting, fill out the sequence of important events graphic organizersequence of important events graphic organizer

What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States?  Activity:  Read the article Rights of the People using Marzano’s split page notes strategy. (On one half of the page, write details that you think are important, on the other list details you think are interesting. You will use these notes on your assessment.Rights of the People

 What are the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States?  Assessment:  Students are to write answer the question in essay form being sure to cite each document at least three times.  Assessment Rubric Assessment

 Activities: Individually, complete the following exercise:  Normative Sexuality Normative Sexuality  In your group, you will assume the role of the Supreme Court in the following activity:  CO Amendment II CO Amendment II  Document/ Article Analysis: Each group will summarize and analyze one of the following articles:  Baker v. State Baker v. State  Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health  Lawrence v. Texas Lawrence v. Texas  Romers v. Evans Romers v. Evans  Canada Canada  Europe Europe  South Africa South Africa  Spain / Church Spain / Church  History v. Change History v. Change  Wedding Announcements Wedding Announcements  Document Analysis Worksheet Document Analysis Worksheet  Each group will present their summary to the class. As groups are presenting, students should fill out the sequence of important events graphic organizersequence of important events graphic organizer What are the benefits of marriage and how are those benefits and marriage eligibility determined in the United States?

 For  Banning Same-Sex Marriage Would Protect No One Banning Same-Sex Marriage Would Protect No One  Against  The Judicial Assault on the Family The Judicial Assault on the Family  Same-Sex Marriage Timeline Same-Sex Marriage Timeline  Use the Pioneer On-line Library for further sources SIRS Knowledge Source SIRS Knowledge Source  Activity choice:  Students can choose to write a two-voice poem using the arguments from both articles OR students can choose to right a persuasive essay being sure to back up their arguments using these articles and those from the previous exercise.