BILL OF RIGHTS-THE RIGHT TO HAVE RIGHTS

The Process and Resources
In this WebQuest you will be working together in a group of three. Each group will research, rewrite in today's language, summarize and analyze one amendment in the Bill of Rights. As a member of the group, you will explore the Bill of Rights on the internet. You will follow the web pages on this webquest to help guide your research, and meet the goals of the project.

MODELING: The teacher will walk you through the first amendment, and use each of the books to model connections, and research strategies.

GUIDED PRACTICE - The second will be as a class with the teacher.

COLLABORATION- The remaining 8 will be split for a group project

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE- There will be independent activities for each group

You'll begin with everyone in your group getting some background information before dividing into roles where your team will write a script to fit the job description of Host, News Commentator 1 and News Commentator 2.

BOOKS WE WILL BE READING  DURING THIS PROJECT. YOU MUST READ 2 BOOKS BEFORE THE END OF THE GOVERNMENT UNITS  SO CHOOSE THE TWO YOU CONNECT WITH THE MOST AND THE ONES THAT SOUND THE MOST INTRIGUING!
1. 1984 By George Orwell    
2. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
3. Lord of the Flies By William Golding
4. Animal Farm By George Orwell
5. Among the Hidden By Margaret Peterson Haddix
6) Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry By Mildred D. Taylor
7) Common Sense By Thomas Paine
8)Glenn Beck's Common Sense By Glenn Beck                                                                                                                                                                                               9.) Running out of Time By Margaret Peterson Haddix

TAKE ONE - Background: Preparing the Idea for the show
QUESTIONS:
Use the Internet information linked below and the book (listed above) you are reading to answer the following questions as completely and deeply as possible:



1) What right does your amendment protect?


2) Why do you think our 'founding fathers' wanted this amendment added to the Constitution?                                                                                                                                                                      

3) Thinking of the characters in your book show 3-5 examples of where this amendment  is not being followed in their lives, and how it is effecting their quality of life.  (Sticky Note Strategy will work well here)

4)How does your chosen current events issue relate to your amendment?  (EACH OF YOU IDENTIFY ONE CURRENT EVENT/ISSUE TO DEBATE IN CLASS)

RESOURCES:
    �    Bill of Rights
    �   Identifying Issues
    �    'How dead are the Bill of Rights?' - Scroll down to find the article,

NOTES:
PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED RESOURCES AT THE END OF THE PAGE TO HELP WITH ORGANIZING YOUR THOUGHTS! 

TAKE 2 - Looking Deeper from Different Perspectives/Characters

INSTRUCTIONS:



1. Individuals or pairs from your larger WebQuest team will explore one of the roles below.



2. Read through the files linked to your group. If you print out the files, underline the passages that you feel are the most important. If you look at the files on the computer, copy sections you feel are important by dragging the mouse across the passage and copying / pasting it into a word processor or other writing software. ( MAKE SURE TO DOCUMENT WHERE YOU GOT THE QUOTES AND PUT THEM IN QUOTATION MARKS.)                    

Instructions to help with citation. We have covered this a lot in class already, but if you get lost check this site first, ask your group members for help, and if you are all still unsure ask me for assistance. Plagiarizing is against the rules, so make sure you keep a good record of your resources and document, document, document.                                                                                                                                    

3. You can use the graphic organizers below to help you set up your debate, show or script                                                                                                                                                                                             

4. Be prepared to focus what you've learned into one main opinion that answers the Big Quest(ion) or Task based on what you have learned from the links for your role.

ROLES
News Commentator #1 -Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to News commentator #1
.

1.How does this current events issue relate to the Bill of Rights?


2. How does this current events issue show that our government today is still following the principles stated in the Bill of Rights? (Give specific details, facts, and examples to support your point of view).

3. How does this current event issue come up in your book. You need to have the page marked to read and share aloud in class. 



News Commentator #2 Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to News commentator #2 -



1. How does this current events issue relate to the Bill of Rights?


2. How does this current events issue show that our government today is NOT following the principles stated in the Bill of Rights? (Give specific details, facts, and examples to support your point of view).


3.How does this current event issue come up in your book. You need to have the page marked to read and share aloud in class.

Host of News Show-Use the Internet information linked to answer these questions specifically related to MC of News program:



1. What is the amendment your group has been researching, and summarize it in today�s language?

2.Create questions that you can ask your two guests that would help you decide whether our government today is or is not following the principles stated in the Bill of Rights.

3.How does this current event issue come up in your book. You need to have the page marked to read and share aloud in class. Then ask two -three �guests� how they feel their book deals with the current event issue.

 RESOURCES
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• Amendment One: Should prayer be required in School?
• Amendment Two: Should guns be outlawed? - View One - Would outlawing guns make the U.S. more safe?
• Amendment Four: Should NYPD be allowed to seize cars of DWI suspects?
• Amendment Nine: Just because it's not in the Constitution, does it mean that women don't have the right to play sports?
• Amendment Ten: Does the national government have the right to require a national core curriculum?
• Amendment Seven: Does a trial by jury mean justice? - Click on full story, read article, then react to the question above.
• Amendment Three: What event leading to the American Revolution may have caused the founding fathers to make Amendment Three? - Scroll down the time line until you can find the events that may have caused the founding fathers to create Amendment Three after the American Revolution.
• Amendment Six: Is 105 days too long to have to wait for a trial? - Scroll down and read the facts of the case, then try to figure out the judge's decision.
• Amendment One: Should our school library be allowed to carry Goosebumps, Blubber, and The Chocolate War? - American Library Association - banned books list - Should our school library be allowed to carry Goosebumps, Blubber, and The Chocolate War?
• Amendment Two: Should guns be outlawed? - NRA's view - Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment
• Amendment Eight: Is the death penalty allowed according to the Bill of Rights?
• Amendment Five: If someone's stopped for DWI, can there car be taken without a trial first?
• Amendment Six: Is 105 days too long to have to wait for a trial? - Scroll down and read the facts of the case, then try to figure out the judge's decision.

SUMMING IT ALL UP
You have all learned about a different part of the bill of rights. Now group members come back to the larger WebQuest team with expertise gained by searching from one perspective, and answering questions for the different roles. You must all now answer the Task / Questions as a group.

Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you will agree and others disagree. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the Web pages you explored to convince your teammates that your viewpoint is important and should be part of your team's answer to the task questions

 Your WebQuest team should use your notes to give a good presentation of your amendment, issue, and book connection from the three different roles. You may want to develop a script, and some questions you want to ask the class /guests for the news show that will be filmed during class.
Then develop an answer for the Task / Questions that everyone on the team can live with, and this will be your closing statement on your news video segment (Take 5) and your thesis for your blog (Take 4).

Take 4 - Real World Feedback
BLOGGER
You and your teammates have learned a lot by dividing up into different roles. Now's the time to put your learning into a blog you'll send out for real world feedback. Together you will write a blog that contains opinions, information, and perspectives that you've gained. Here's the process:

1. Begin your blog by going to www.blogspot.com and creating a free account.

1. Begin with a statement of who you are and why you are writing your blog.

 2. Give background information that shows you understand the topic.- This would include your research, the questions and answers to the questions for your individual job, and the team consensus.

3. STATE THE TASK / QUESTION AND YOUR GROUP'S ANSWER. (This is your thesis of your blog)

4.  Each person in your group should write a paragraph that gives two good reasons supporting the group's opinion. Make sure to be specific in both the information (like where you got it from on the Web) and the reasoning (why the information proves your group's point).

5.Each person must also include one passage from their book and how the book connects to their amendment.

6. Have each person on the team proofread the message. Use correct letter format and make sure you have correctly addressed the email message.

7.Publish your message to obtain feedback!  Send an email to family, friends, and facebook contacts to go to your blog. Then have them respond to your blog, and get a conversation going on your topic.

VIDEOS
The last part of your project will be to have your amendment discussion filmed in class. You can make references to your learning, point out evidence from research, ask the audience questions, and discuss the blog responses you have received.

This is the fun part, and will be uploaded on the class wiki for digital streaming, and can be uploaded to YouTube for family, friends, and facebook friends to view (with a signed permission slip from parents of all students in the group).