1. Do Now Paste Bill of Rights into your Historians Notebook
Do Now Paste Bill of Rights into your Historians Notebook. Title the page “Bill of Rights”. Add a colorful border to make it pop  Read it and think about which one you think is the most important…

2. Read Religion Background Essay Do you have an absolute freedom of belief?

3. Quick Writes Respond to the following briefly in your notes
How (if at all) could the free exercise of religious activities of one group infringe on the rights of others in society?” Identify examples to support your answers…
Is there truly a freedom of belief in our country? Why or why not? Examples to support…

4. Discuss: Case Cards
With your guild, identify the case from the reading that you are given.
Identify the precedent set in the case…
Precedent – a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar case
Discuss your opinion of the ruling. Do you agree with it or not? Explain…
Be ready to share out!

5. Read Freedom of Expression Background Essay Do you ever disagree with a government? If you voice those opinions, will you be hauled to jail?

6. Discuss… Freedom of Expression
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” -Voltaire (French Philosopher) Do you agree with Voltaire? What possible exceptions (if any) would you make? Explain…

7. Discuss… Flag Desecration: Yea or Nay?
109th CONGRESS 2nd Session S. J. RES. 12 Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. Agree? Disagree? Explain…

8. Read Guns Background Essay What is the history of the right to bear arms?

9. Amendment II - Right to bear arms
Write…
Amendment II - Right to bear arms
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Put in your own words
Do these terms and ideas still apply to us 228 years later? Why or why not?

10. Socratic Seminar Prep The Seminar will take place Friday
Does the 2nd Amendment need to be changed? Why or why not? EVIDENCE BASED ARGUMENTS Research other Countries Laws Research the US Laws and proposed laws Statistics Quotes Arguments Relate them to your own ideas, reasoning, analyses

11. SS - Write a gun law…
Write a gun law as a crew for the United States of America. Address/think about the following questions as you create the law.
What kinds of restrictions, if any, are there on gun purchases, ownership, and use?
Can citizens carry concealed weapons?
Use research and statistics to justify gun law.

12. Research
U.S. Australia Great Britain Mexico China Research Gun Laws and Gun Use/Gun related Crime in the country assigned to you.

13. Discuss
With your crew, answer the following questions based on your research…
Share Findings…
Does the legality of guns appear to correlate with a higher or lower murder rate?
Which seems to be the most effective? Why?
How should America solve the gun issue?