Amendment 1 Sheet

Complete both sides of the sheet on this First Amendment that was passed out in class today. Side 1 is terminology of the Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights, and side 2 requires you to re-write the First Amendment in your own words. Bring it Friday.

RIGHTS Journal Entry

Spend about 5 - 10 minutes answering each of the following 4 questions.

1) What is a "right?"

2) What is a "responsibility?"

3) Can there be rights without responsibilities?

4) Which "rights" might you add to the Bill of Rights if you could?

JOURNAL ENTRY ABOUT KRISHNAMMAL JAGANNATHAN'S LIFE AND WORK

How have the activities and learning about Krishnammal’s presentation, group work and your presentations changed your thinking about these issues (any or all #1-4 below)?

1) Farming
2) Aquaculture
3) Land Ownership
4) Social Equity

Breakdown of prompt: What did you think before more learning in your group, other students’ presentations of their learning, and Krishnammal’s presentation?

What are you thinking about one or more of these 4 issues now?

What changed (or deepened/broadened) your thinking?

** Please, note that we are not asking if it changed your opinion or values, but instead, how did it deepen or broaden your thinking about these 4 issues.

Challenge Level Prompt (you may choose to answer only the question-s below OR add it to your response to the prompt above).

How did the Facing History and Ourselves cycle approach deepen (depth of understanding) or broaden (more connections or applications to other aspects of issues) your understanding of the issues especially pertinent to this study (India and caste system)?

and/or, conversely:

How did this mini-unit on Krishnammal’s life and work deepen or broaden your understanding of the Facing History and Ourselves point of view and cycle approach to studying history and civics.

How does this impact your own upstander values, approach, or activism for the future?