Government – The 28th Amendment Project

The attachments below will give you all of the needed information to successfully complete this project.

28th Amendment Project – Directions and Detailed Rubric

Below are the directions for the project’s reflective essay.

28th Amendment Project – Reflective Essay Directions

The following website can provide you with a lot of useful information regarding the issues you may have chosen to address in your project:

I Side With – Website

Below is a website “Scoring Rubric”.  This is a condensed version of the rubric.  think of it as a “checklist” for this project’s requirements.

Website Scoring Rubric 

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Government – 28th Amendment Pre-Project Brainstorming Activity

The link below will give you access to the instructions for this pre-project brainstorming activity.  This is step one in building this project successfully.

28th Amendment Brainstorming Activity Instructions

For help with ideas go to the following website:

I Side With – Website

This website also provides a lot of information about the various issues.

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Government – Know Your Rights – Spot the Illegal Police Stop Activity

You will use the website below to work through this activity.  Read the information and take the quiz.  Complete the handout as you go through it.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/quiz-spot-the-illegal-police-stop/

Handout for this activity:

Spot the illegal police stop (handout)

Spot the illegal police stop (google doc)

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Government – ACLU “Flex Your Rights”

The link below will access the document you will fill out as we watch the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) “Flex Your Rights” video.

ACLU Video Worksheet – Flex Your Rights

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US History – The New Deal: FDR’s Alphabet Soup

CH 16 – The New Deal (notes)

New Deal Notes (google pres)

New Deal (web outline)

Social Security (web outline)

Directions:  Use my notes, pages 537-544 in your textbook, the web-outline provided, and any other resources provided to organize and explain how FDR used New Deal programs in an attempt to combat the effects of the Great Depression.  You may present this information in the form of a chart (as provided below) or you may present the information in a google presentation.

*Below is the link to the instructions and scoring rubric for this project.

The New Deal: FDR’s Alphabet Soup Activity/Chart 

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US History – FDR’s First Inaugural Address

The link below will download a document containing the transcript of FDR’s first inaugural Address in 1933 with questions.  You could also watch and listen to the speech instead.  The link is below.

Video of FDR’s First Inaugural Speech (Full version)

FDR’s First Inaugural Speech (short version) – you could probably use this and still be able to complete the assignment.

FDR’s first inaugural address (with reading questions)

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Government – Do I Have a Right? Law Firm Activity

ICivics Website 

Activity Record Sheet 

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The Century: America’s Time, Episode 4 – 1929-1936 Stormy Weather

Guided Viewing (Discussion Questions):

The Century:  Storm Weather Questions (google Docs)

Stormy Weather early 1930s

Web-Outline on the Depression:

UShistory.org – The Great Depression

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US History – The Effects of the Great Depression

Use my class notes and the two links (to a good web-outline) below to answer the questions provided about the effects of the Great Depression.

Notes on the Great Depression 

Web-Outlines:

Sinking Deeper and Deeper

Hoover’s Last Stand

Social and cultural effects

Assignment Questions:

Social Effects of Depression Questions

Additional Info:

Timeline of the Great Depression (no questions with this, just information for your use).

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US History – The Stock Market Crash of 1929

The first link below will access a power point presentation on the basics of the stock market and the market crash of 1929.  The second link will access questions to be answered as you read through the presentation.

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (Power Point Presentation)

Market Crash of 1929 Power Point Questions

Dow Jones Industrial Average

The following videos discuss the market crash of 29 and the ensuing run on the banks.

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