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Week ____2_____ Main goal(s)/enduring understanding(s) for this week: Focus on the First and Second Amendment with analysisusing current event topics; begin research on gun rights vs. gun control

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Lesson topic(s) for theday

1st Amendment Reflection on 1stAmendment

2nd AmendmentWebquest

Reflection on 2ndAmendment

Research inpreparation for

class debate

Relationship to

previous learning

US/Political

Science(Government)

US/Political

Science(Government)

US/Political

Science(Government)

US/Political

Science(Government)

US//Political

Science(Government)

Content, skills, and/or

values addressed

(Essential Questions)

What are the

freedoms?

How do they affectdaily life?

What would it bewithout them?

To what extent does

government control

freedom?

What are the

freedoms of the

SecondAmendment?

To what extent doesgovernment control

these freedoms?

To what extent does

government control

freedom?How is the Second

Amendment viewedtoday?

To what

extent does

governmentcontrol freedom?

How is the SecondAmendment

applied today?

Materials used - Smart board

- Handout withFirst Amendments

blank

- Current event

articles brought inby students (hw)

pertaining to First

Amendmentfreedoms

-Computer Lab

-Guided notes sheet

-Guided notes sheet

from Webquest onWednesday

- Computer lab

- Guidingquestions handout

for research

(in preparation ofthe debate)

Instructional - Students recall - Go over current -Students will -Teacher will - Let students use

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strategies the freedoms of 1stAmendment.

- Simulation: They

will play an

elimination gameto ponder whichfreedoms we can

do without (if we

can)- Discussion

event articlesstudents find

pertaining to

freedoms in First

Amendment- Group Discussion- Whole class

discussion

navigate providedweblinks as a

Wequest pertaining

to the history of the

SecondAmendment, aswell as current

events

summarize andlecture on the

history of the

Second

Amendment-Student-leaddiscussion on the

findings from the

Webquest-Students will share

findings andinteresting facts

they found from

relevant and current

event articlesduring theWebquest

the computer lab toresearch topics

about gun

laws/current

events/etc/- Encouragestudents to take a

side about gun

laws

Checks for

understanding/measur

ement of learning

-Students fill out

guided notes sheetwith definitions of

the five freedoms

in the FirstAmendment

-Students activelyparticipate in

elimination gameby providing

reasoning andcritical thinking

for choices

-Students brought

in current eventarticles for

homework

participation grade-Students share

articles theybrought in with

groups and withclass, and draw

connections withthe history of the

SecondAmendment and

how it is used today

-Students have

filled out guidednotes worksheet for

participation grade

-Students use

informationcollected in guided

notes worksheet to

lead discussion-Students are

engaged, sharing,and participating in

class discussion

-Students have

picked a side inpreparation for the

debate

-Students areactively gathering

information andfacts to support the

side they havechosen

-Students aretaking notes and

writing down thefacts and

information they

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have found