Part One
Select one of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights as your topic, and organize your ideas in the Topic Selection Chart. If chart won’t open, I’ll paste the text below. You will be researching the following:
Fill in the chart before you contact your teacher to schedule your Discussion-Based Assessment for this lesson.
Amendment Selected: (must be part of Bill of Rights) |
What is the personal liberty defined in the Amendment? (examples: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Right to Bear Arms) |
Which landmark case will you use to as your primary example? Visit the Bill of Rights Institute Landmark Supreme Court Cases or do a quick web search to find a case. (use search terms like “landmark cases amendment 3”) Remember, a landmark court case is a case heard in the Supreme Court that presents an important ruling regarding a law. |
What is the landmark case about? |
List two current court cases relating to this amendment. Do a quick web search for current court cases. These cases must be from the last five years, and should be cases that interest you. |
How is this personal liberty handled in other nations? |
How is your topic informative/explanatory? |
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