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Remember the Westward Webquest, when you had to identify the lines on a US map with verbal and visual clues?
See below for a chance for up to eleven bonus points. This is due no later than Friday, May 21.
Below, you’ll find all the documents distributed in class pertaining to this unit. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Class documents:
Slideshows
1796 and the Adams presidency (slides only PDF, 412 KB)
1796 and the Adams presidency (complete slideshow PDF w/video, 18.5 MB)
The Louisiana Purchase (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Dueling/Election of 1800 (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Lewis and Clark expedition (PDF, 1.7 MB)
A short history of piracy (PDF, 1.5 MB)
The War of 1812 (slides only PDF, 128 MB)
The War of 1812 (complete slideshow PDF w/video, 128 MB)
Other documents
Barbary Wars reading (PDF, 13 KB)
Barbary Wars worksheet (PDF, 24 KB)
Impressment play (PDF, 325 KB)
Impressment worksheet (PDF, 24 KB)
As many of you know, I was out Friday for a Jeopardy audition. Turns out I ended up in the newspaper, as well.
Essay assignment for Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man (PDF, 15 kb)
Due: Wednesday, October 3
Grading: 50 points
Law and You bonus assignment (PDF, 10 kb)
You found it.
Today we examined legal issues in the world today, covering civil and criminal trials, felonies and misdemeanors.
For those of you who asked, you can download the the complaint against OJ Simpson — including details of the one misdemeanor and ten felonies — by clicking here:
Criminal complaint against OJ Simpson (PDF, 2.0 mb)
Also, you can see what bloggers are saying about the Jena Six here (link).
Due Wednesday, September 19
No matter what social or political issue faces our nation today, there’s a highly structured organization — called an advocacy group — that exists solely to fight for that issue.
For Wednesday, your assignment is to find three advocacy groups with which you agree, explain the issue or issues at hand, and describe what exactly the group does.
Whether you think the U.S. should do more to protect consumers, save historic buildings, or lend a unified voice for pro-life pharmacists, there’s an advocacy group for most every cause.
This list provides links to hundreds of advocacy groups’ official websites, but some of the more obscure organized groups will be found elsewhere.
Find three groups that stand up for what you believe, and be prepared to share your findings — and your views — with the class on Wednesday.
Movie: Future Fright: Losing the Bill of Rights (link)
Movie worksheet (PDF, 28 kb)
Plaintiffs’ introductory argument (PDF, 14 kb)
Today we discussed the limits of free speech guarantees under the First Amendment, using the courtroom battle over DeCSS, a decryption code used to “rip” DVDs. This case was brought by eight major motion picture studios against the publishers of 2600 Magazine, which linked to distributors of the illegal code.
Additionally, besides Ninth Amendment limits on free expression, we covered other governmental regulations of speech: hate speech, obscenity, prior restraint, commercial speech, limits on when and where you can say certain things, and declarations that produce a “clear and present danger,” like a bomb threat.
Supplemental research:
Complete petition by the movie studios (PDF, 244 kb)
U.S. Second Court of Appeals official ruling (link)
Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis of the case (link)