SUSIE & TYLER’S CURRENT EVENTS December 17, 2013 THE BASICS Topic News of 2013 and 222
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Anniversary of the Bill of Rights
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“Bill of Rights of the US Constitution: Promise Made, Promise Kept”
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Constitution Center
http://www.shestokas.com/constitution-educational-series/bill-of-rights-of-the-us-constitution-promise-madepromise-kept-2/ http://constitutioncenter.org/
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News of 2013 o “Top 10 International News Stories” http://world.time.com/2013/12/04/world/slide/top-10-international-news-stories/ o
“Top 10 Everything of 2013” http://nation.time.com/2013/12/04/top-10-best-u-s-news-stories/
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“Pope Francis named Time Person of the Year” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/10510806/Pope-Francis-named-TimePerson-of-the-Year-2013.html
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“Edward Snowden voted Guardian person of the year 2013” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/09/edward-snowden-voted-guardian-person-ofyear-2013
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“NBC/WSJ poll: Obama ends year on low note” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/10/21852127-nbcwsj-poll-obama-ends-year-onlow-note?lite
Questions to Consider • Who would you rank as “person of the year 2013”? How would you decide which person to name? • How do media sites rank news stories? How would you rank the top stories of 2013? What would you use as your criteria? • What are the most important news stories of 2013? • Should the life and death of Nelson Mandela be included among the most significant news events of 2013? The execution of Kim Jong Un’s uncle in North Korea? The school shooting in Colorado? The demonstrations in the Ukraine? The budget compromise between Representative Paul Ryan and Senator Patty Murray? Why or why not? • What stories do you think will be important in 2014? • How has the decline of newspapers and the increase in social media affected both the kind of news we receive and the quality of the news? How can citizens affect the quality nd of news reporting? Should the 222 anniversary of the Bill of Rights be an important story in 2013? Why or why not? • How does the Bill of Rights First Amendment guarantee of a free press affect the way we are informed about news events? Affect the balance of power in a democracy?
Questions to Consider continued… • What right(s) do you think should be included in the Bill of Rights that is/are presently absent? • The Bill of Rights was written in 1791. How relevant or significant do you think they are today? • What did Thomas Jefferson mean when he wrote that “wherever the people are wellinformed they can be trusted with their own government”? • How is media access to all branches of the government a critical part of the first amendment free press guarantee?
THE EXTRAS
Pre-teaching, Extensions & Further Reading •
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Susie and Tyler’s Current Events for 2013 Human Rights Day and the Life of Nelson Mandela 12/10/2013 Iran and nuclear agreement 12/3/2013 JFK: 50 Years After the Assassination 11/19/2013 Bipartisanship 11/12/2013 Election Day 11/5/2013 The Affordable Care Act 10/29/2013 al-Shabaab, Somalia, and International Terrorism 10/22/2013 Debt Crisis: What happens next? 10/15/2013 Government Shutdown 10/8/2013 Gun Legislation 10/1/2013 Debt Crisis 9/24/2013 Constitution Day 9/17/2013 Debating the US Role in Syria Part 2 9.10.2013 Intervention in Syria Part 1 9/3/2013 Death Penalty 6/4/13 Guantánamo Bay detention camp 5/28/13 Abuse of Power 5/21/13 Immigration Reform5/14/13 Syria 5/7/13 Rule of Law 4/30/13 The Answer to Terrorism: Look for the Helpers 4/23/13 Women as Political Leaders 4/16/13 North Korea 4/9/13 Tuition for undocumented students in Oregon 4/2/13 Profile in Courage 3/26/13 Hugo Chavez: Champion of the poor and/or autocratic leader? 3/19/13 Filibuster: Exercise in political expression or effort to obstruct? 3/12/13 Oscar Pistorius: murder or tragic mistake? 3/5/13 Sequester 2/26/13 Drones 2/19/13 State of the Union Address 2/12/13 Terrorism Trial 2/5/13 Women in Combat 1/29/13 The Inauguration 1/22/13 The President’s Cabinet 1/15/13 The most important news events of 2012 1/8/13 Lesson Plans o “’Vining’ the Bill of Rights: History lesson taps social media” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/12/vining-the-bill-of-rights-history-lesson-taps-socialmedia.html o
“Congress and the Creation of the Bill of Rights” http://www.archives.gov/legislative/resources/education/bill-of-rights/
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“Tricks for Teaching the Bill of Rights” http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2010/12/13/tricks-for-teaching-the-bill-of-rights/
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“Bill of Rights Day is observed” http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/bill-rights-observed20112.html
What’s the connection? Constitution • ConSource: The Constitutional Sources Project http://www.consource.org/ nd
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“222
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Constitutional Amendments
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Bill of Rights Institute: First Amendment: Freedom of the Press
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/dec/06/222nd-anniversary-of-bill-of-rights-to-be-celebrat/ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/constitutional_amendments/ http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/americapedia/americapedia-bill-of-rights/firstamendment/freedom-of-the-press/
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“Entire White House Press Corps Goes Off On Jay Carney” http://www.onenewspage.us/video/20131213/1535281/Entire-White-House-Press-Corps-Goes-OffOn.htm
Students • “What Event of 2013 Had the Most Impact on You?”
http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2013/12/06/what-event-of-2013-had-the-most-impact-on-you/?utm_source
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“Write a Rap About the News of 2013”
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“Bill of Rights Day Haiku Challenge”
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/student-contest-write-a-rap-about-the-news-of-2013/?_r=2 http://acluhi.org/know-your-rights/bor_hc/
Oregon • “”Sen. Jeff Merkley is the man of the year in Congress”
http://thehill.com/opinion/juan-williams/192419-juan-williams-merkley-is-man-of-the-year-in-congress
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“No-fly list ruling in Portland comes close to declaring government ban unconstitutional” http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/08/no-fly_list_ruling_in_portland.html
Oregon State Social Science Standards/CCSS HS.1. Evaluate continuity and change over the course of world and United States history. 6-8.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. 6-8.RH.8 Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. 6-8.RH.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic. 9-10.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. 11-12.RI.9 Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features. 11-12.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas. We the People Lesson Connections 11-12.RH.9 Integrate Middle School, Level 2information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding an Constitution idea or event, notingour discrepancies • Unit 5: How doesofthe protect basic rights?among sources. High School, Level 3 • Unit 5: What rights does the Bill of Rights protect?
