Student Learning: May 5th to May 11th - Writing and HistoryEssential Question – What is the relationship between a fair and unbiased jury-selection process and upholding U.S. constitutional rights?Purpose - In these activities, students, you will learn about the relationship between constitutional rights and fair and unbiased jury selection. Jury duty is an important civic responsibility, and justice in America requires the work of each branch of government as well as the citizens who serve on juries. You will explore the process for selecting members of a jury. In addition, you will learn vocabulary relevant to understanding court proceedings, which you will apply in making juror selections. Throughout the main activities and lesson extensions, you will investigate the relationship between constitutional rights and fair and unbiased jury selection.
Background information - Voir dire - (pronounced: vwahr deer) is the process of asking potential jurors questions. It is a French term that is translated in this context as “to speak the truth.” Voir dire is the process by which the attorneys and judge question prospective jurors.
The 6th Amendment - http://law.cornell.edu/constitution/sixth_amendment
The 7th Amendment -http://law.cornell.edu/constitution/seventh_amendment
Question - What attorneys or a judge want to learn during this part of the selection process.
Voir dire is designed to determine if:
- Any juror is biased or cannot in some way deal with the issues of the case fairly.
- There is some cause that would prohibit a juror to serve, such as prior knowledge of the facts of the case, or an acquaintanceship with any of the parties connected to the case, including the lawyers or the judge.
- Any juror has an occupation that might lead to bias.
- In a death penalty case, the juror is prejudiced against the death penalty.
- The juror had a previous similar experience, such as having been sued in a similar case.
Please complete the following 4 Fun Court Room Prep Activities: You may download and write your answers on the documents or create a separate document in 365 to share.
1. Jury Selection JurorSelection.pdf2. I Object I Object.pdf3. Courtroom Vocab CourtroomVocabulary.pdf4. You Are the JuryYou are the Jury.pdf
Writing – Please respond to the following questions and share your responses in Office 365!
1. How does serving on a jury ensure that the rights of the Constitution are upheld?
2. What does the interviewer discover through the voir dire process?
3. What can be learned through the voir dire that will help the lawyers in handling the case?
4. How does the jury-selection process ensure the rights protected by the Constitution under the Sixth and Seventh Amendments and the Fourteenth Amendment?===============================================================================
Student Learning – April 28th- May 4th - Writing and HistoryEssential Question –
What experiences or events can change the way you see yourself and the world around you?1.
Research –
The Constitution and The Bill of RightsDue to the colonists’ independence from Britain, they found themselves experiencing growing pains in the form of how to govern. Now the task they faced was creating their new government…One quite different than how King George III ruled. When the idea of having a government over the people came up and the Constitution was being written, people got very nervous that the government would take too much power and people would lose important rights. In our country, we have added to the Constitution amendments that change the Constitution. The first 10 of these were added right away and are called the Bill of Rights.
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Written Responses -
After Watching the Following Videos and Reading Through the Bill of Rights PowerPoint Below...Answer the following questions: - Because of the Bill of Rights, we enjoy many freedoms that other countries around the world do not experience.
- What are some opportunities we are free to experience that people in other countries are not?
- Pick any one of Bill of Rights to further research and answer the following question:
- Which of the Bill of Rights do you believe is the most important to our society? Why?
- Which of the Bill of Rights do you believe is most under attack today? Why?
- What experiences or events can change the way you see yourself and the world around you?
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Previous Student Learning for Writing and History - April 21st - 24thEssential Question: How do shared experiences help people adapt to change? How did the colonists – the patriots, neutralists, and the loyalists adapt to change under their new form of government?
Part 1 - The Declaration of IndependenceBackground Information:The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776; this anniversary is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States.
Part 2 - Writing: Please respond to any or all of the following questions relating to the above sources dealing with the above essential question…
1. How do shared experiences help people adapt to change? – Test your knowledge or continue building your knowledge with further research on website below:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/declaration_of_independence_questions.php2. Please respond to the questions asked on these 2 pages. You may download the 2 page document or respond to the questions in 365 and email to your teacher.
Download this document below!
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April 14th- 20th Upload Your Speech from FlipGride here - https://flipgrid.com/3306908fNEW! - 4 Important Documents to aid in your journey in Valley Forge1. Attached are suggested responses for each of the document questions. Pay special attention to questions 4 and 5 on the documents A, B, C and D. These will provide strong suggestions when choosing whether you as a soldier under the command of General Washington would either re-enlist for a second term of service or would you go home to your family.
2. Interactive writing graphic organizer to create and organize the parts of your essay.
3. Opinion Essay Organizer Format to also help organize your essay.
4. Opinion Writing Checklist
Valley Forge: Would You Have Re-enlisted?Discussion Questions Responses.docxValley Forge Writing Graphic Organizer
Opinion Graphic Organizer.docxOpinion Writing Format Help
Opinion Writing Format.docxOpinion Writing Checklist
5th 6th Grade Opinion Writing Checklist1.docxDirections: Please download and print if your can the Valley Forge Packet. I understand that we have begun this packet in class, but you will need access to all of your notes taken so far to help you understand the entire process of learning history using primary and secondary source documents. If you are unable to print the documents, please copy the information into your writing journals.
I have youtube links (not my teaching), but very similar to our class discussions for you to review and complete the pages again.
Valley Forge in 4 minutes
https://youtu.be/wcR8K-I8oTsDBQ Online _ Essay Outline Guide.htmlValley Forge – Trailer
https://youtu.be/Mwq1X8HuD6IValley Forge – Liberty Kids
https://youtu.be/GvY9UiCb_zkLiberty Kids - All 40 Episodes - The Library will appear on the right side for you to choose which episode you want to view,https://youtu.be/S7qRZmHLobQ
Valley Forge Packet - Click to download - You may print document or work in your journal
(The pages are only odd page numbers)
Valley Forge Packet.pdfValley Forge - Background Essayhttps://youtu.be/LvEboJDDiVQValley Forge – Document Ahttps://youtu.be/i28RWgFEXdUValley Forge – Document Bhttps://youtu.be/5ZEZBezHLEUValley Forge – Document Chttps://youtu.be/UxT07UA7_3UValley Forge – Document Dhttps://youtu.be/T093MHE4-F8
Revolutionary War PowerPoint - Everything you would want to know!AmericanRevolution2.pptx 
