What Rights Do I Value Most?

9/18-9/25/13

For the next week we will analyzing the Bill of Rights to determine which right students value most. Today is the first stage where we brainstorm and narrow down the ten right to five.

Here is the scenario:

Which Rights Do I Value Most?

            The United States has been invaded by hostile forces from a terrorist organization, led by the evil Dr. Porkchop! He has overthrown the federal government. Being a benevolent dictator, Dr. Porkchop is allowing American citizens to retain five of the fundamental liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. It is up to you to determine which five of those rights will be retained. Select five of that are the most important to you and list them below, along with their corresponding amendment numbers. Beneath the chart, provide evidence (Why this right should be kept, could be examples or specific reasons) to support your choices. Remember if there is no clear evidence, Dr. Porkchop will not allow us to keep any rights.

Step 1: Choose five fundamental rights from the Bill of Rights.

Right	Amendment #
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Evidence: ­­­­­­­________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The worksheet is in the government link section.  There is a family assignment that is due tomorrow.  Be sure to help them out!!  Here is the assignment:

STEP 2: Homework!!  Ask an adult (other than your Social Studies teacher) which five amendments they would keep and why!  Record their answers below. You may need to review what the amendments are with them. Record their answers below. You may ask more than one adult, if needed.

Name of Adult(s) _________________________________________________________

Right	Amendment #
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Evidence:    ­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________