Current Event
Name: ______________________
Date: ___________ Per. ____
1. Find a news story about the following topic: _______________________________________
2. What is the source, name and date of your article? (title of newspaper, magazine, or website, etc…)
Source: ________________________
Name: _________________________
Date: ___________________
3. Location of the news event? ___________________________________
4. Summarize the main idea below:
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5. What do you think?
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6. Attach a copy of the article or transcript of the source to the back of this summary sheet.
* Always be prepared to present your summary to the class.*
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refuted his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein
an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred. to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refuted his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein
an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred. to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Guided Reading for the Declaration
Part 1: As you read the Declaration of Independence, complete and answer the following:
1. Who is America’s Declaration of Independence directed at?
2. List any words or phrases that you are unsure of: (Don’t know the meaning)
3. How many problems / complaints did the colonists mention?
4. In your own words, what is meant by the paragraph which states:
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”?
Part 2: Questions to consider as the video plays:
1. What does Morgan Freeman mean when he refers to the contradictions between the ideals of the Declaration and the “sometimes painful realities of American life?”
2. Think about the impact of reading the Declaration aloud, as opposed to reading it to oneself. Which is more profound? Why?
3. What is the tone of the Declaration of Independence?
4. Think about the way the actors pronounce difficult and archaic words, use body language to express ideas, and employ rhythm and cadence for a smoother flow and increased drama. How does this style and emphasis help you understand what is being said with more clarity?
1. Who is America’s Declaration of Independence directed at?
2. List any words or phrases that you are unsure of: (Don’t know the meaning)
3. How many problems / complaints did the colonists mention?
4. In your own words, what is meant by the paragraph which states:
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”?
Part 2: Questions to consider as the video plays:
1. What does Morgan Freeman mean when he refers to the contradictions between the ideals of the Declaration and the “sometimes painful realities of American life?”
2. Think about the impact of reading the Declaration aloud, as opposed to reading it to oneself. Which is more profound? Why?
3. What is the tone of the Declaration of Independence?
4. Think about the way the actors pronounce difficult and archaic words, use body language to express ideas, and employ rhythm and cadence for a smoother flow and increased drama. How does this style and emphasis help you understand what is being said with more clarity?
Week 5 Syllabus
Lesson: The United States Constitution
Time: 3:45 minutes
Unit 1
Week: 5 Dates: February 12-16
Objectives:
1. Students will analyze the merits of the Brown v Board of Education case and apply their analysis with the current understanding of the constitution by writing their opinion of the case.
2. Students will identify and then learn any words or phrases that they don’t understand in the Declaration of Independence.
3. Students will reflect upon the meaning of the Declaration of Independence by answering divergent and convergent questions.
Standards:
describing the impact abroad of the principles* of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution
analyzing, using historical and contemporary examples, the meaning and significance of the idea of equal protection* of laws for all persons (for example, Brown v. Board of Education, University of California v. Bakke);
Materials: D of I video, guided reading questions, Brown v B of Ed ppt.,
M/T February 12/13 (1.5 hours)
Test-30 minutes (2nd,4th, and 5th period)
Review capitalism homework and syllabus-15 minutes (2nd, 4th, and 5th, period)
Westwood College (45 minutes for 2nd and 4th period)
Read Declaration of Independence. Answer guided reading questions on your own sheet of paper. (40 minutes-5th period only).
Work on homework if time allows. Homework: read pages 61-64; write out Exploring Themes # 5 - 8 p. 64. Current Event on the topic of civil rights (freedom of speech, religion, bear arms, trial by jury, etc.) -due Monday. Articles not relating to civil rights will not be accepted! If you need help, see me after school.
W/Th February 14/15 (1.5 hours)
Westwood College-5th period only (45 minutes-5th period)
Opener-Brown v Board of Education (10 minutes-2nd, 4th, and 5th period)
Read Declaration of Independence. Answer guided reading questions on your own sheet of paper. (40 minutes-2nd and 4th period)
Watch Declaration of Independence video. Answer questions in pairs. (40 minutes 2nd, 4th, and 5th periods).
Work on homework if time allows.
Friday February 16 (45 minutes)
Reflection. In three to fives sentences, explain why the Declaration of Independence is the “soul” of America. (10 minutes)
Pretest for Constitution unit. Don’t freak out-this test is not graded. It is just for me to know where you are at before I teach so I can teach better. J
Turn in homework and have a fantastic three day weekend. Don’t forget it is President’s Day-especially remember Washington and Lincoln, who served our country honorably in very pivotal times.
Comments: *If you miss a day of class and you are excused you may make it up. You have two class days to turn in any missed work. It is your responsibility to see me about any work that is missed because of an absence.
If you are missing a syllabus or worksheet of some kind check the class blog at:
http://ditzenberger.blogspot.com/index.html
Or email me at Ditzenberger@gmail.com
Time: 3:45 minutes
Unit 1
Week: 5 Dates: February 12-16
Objectives:
1. Students will analyze the merits of the Brown v Board of Education case and apply their analysis with the current understanding of the constitution by writing their opinion of the case.
2. Students will identify and then learn any words or phrases that they don’t understand in the Declaration of Independence.
3. Students will reflect upon the meaning of the Declaration of Independence by answering divergent and convergent questions.
Standards:
describing the impact abroad of the principles* of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution
analyzing, using historical and contemporary examples, the meaning and significance of the idea of equal protection* of laws for all persons (for example, Brown v. Board of Education, University of California v. Bakke);
Materials: D of I video, guided reading questions, Brown v B of Ed ppt.,
M/T February 12/13 (1.5 hours)
Test-30 minutes (2nd,4th, and 5th period)
Review capitalism homework and syllabus-15 minutes (2nd, 4th, and 5th, period)
Westwood College (45 minutes for 2nd and 4th period)
Read Declaration of Independence. Answer guided reading questions on your own sheet of paper. (40 minutes-5th period only).
Work on homework if time allows. Homework: read pages 61-64; write out Exploring Themes # 5 - 8 p. 64. Current Event on the topic of civil rights (freedom of speech, religion, bear arms, trial by jury, etc.) -due Monday. Articles not relating to civil rights will not be accepted! If you need help, see me after school.
W/Th February 14/15 (1.5 hours)
Westwood College-5th period only (45 minutes-5th period)
Opener-Brown v Board of Education (10 minutes-2nd, 4th, and 5th period)
Read Declaration of Independence. Answer guided reading questions on your own sheet of paper. (40 minutes-2nd and 4th period)
Watch Declaration of Independence video. Answer questions in pairs. (40 minutes 2nd, 4th, and 5th periods).
Work on homework if time allows.
Friday February 16 (45 minutes)
Reflection. In three to fives sentences, explain why the Declaration of Independence is the “soul” of America. (10 minutes)
Pretest for Constitution unit. Don’t freak out-this test is not graded. It is just for me to know where you are at before I teach so I can teach better. J
Turn in homework and have a fantastic three day weekend. Don’t forget it is President’s Day-especially remember Washington and Lincoln, who served our country honorably in very pivotal times.
Comments: *If you miss a day of class and you are excused you may make it up. You have two class days to turn in any missed work. It is your responsibility to see me about any work that is missed because of an absence.
If you are missing a syllabus or worksheet of some kind check the class blog at:
http://ditzenberger.blogspot.com/index.html
Or email me at Ditzenberger@gmail.com
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