Enrichment Activity 1: Selma
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SS.7.C.2.4
Content Complexity: Level 3/Strategic Thinking-Reasoning Evaluate rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the Constitution. SS.7.C.3.7 Content Complexity: Level 3/Strategic Thinking-Reasoning Analyze the impact of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments on participation of minority groups in the American political process. SS.7.C.3.6 Content Complexity: Level 3/Strategic Thinking-Reasoning Evaluate Constitutional rights and their impact on individuals and society. |
SS.7.C.2.5
Content Complexity: Level 3/Strategic Thinking-Reasoning Distinguish how the Constitution safeguards and limits individual rights. SS.7.C.3.4 Content Complexity: Level 2/Skills and Concepts Identify the relationship and division of powers between the federal government and state governments. SS.7.C.3.9 Content Complexity: Level 1: Recall and Reproduction. Illustrate the law making process at the local, state, and federal levels. |
Answer the questions below as you watch the film...
9. Define judicial review and explain how it was used in this article. (Which law was reviewed?)
10. Summarize the 10th amendment and explain how it factored into the court’s decision in this case.
11. Define the term “Gerrymandering:”
12. Explain why gerrymandering and voter ID laws are so controversial/how they connect to the issues in the movie Selma.
- 1. Define the term “Domestic terrorism” and explain examples of this found in the film Selma.
- 2. Explain the steps of the federal law making process:
- 3. What law does Martin Luther King Jr. want Congress to pass and the president to sign? Why?
- 4. For each of the following amendments, explain how they connect to the film “Selma:” 1st , 6th, 10th, 15th, 24th
- 5. Define the terms Civil disobedience and non-violent resistance and explain how they connect to the first amendment and the film “Selma.”
- 6. How do the terms “Supremacy Clause” and “federalism” connect to the movie Selma?
- Explain the connection between the modern “black lives matter” movement and the events portrayed in Selma and the Civil Rights movement.
- Explain how the following quote by Martin Luther King Jr. connects to the film Selma and to America today. “Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.”
9. Define judicial review and explain how it was used in this article. (Which law was reviewed?)
10. Summarize the 10th amendment and explain how it factored into the court’s decision in this case.
11. Define the term “Gerrymandering:”
12. Explain why gerrymandering and voter ID laws are so controversial/how they connect to the issues in the movie Selma.
Civic Engagement Project
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SS.7.C.2.12
Content Complexity: Level 3/Strategic Thinking-Reasoning Develop a plan to resolve a state or local problem by researching public policy alternatives, identifying appropriate government agencies to address the issue, and determining a course of action. |
SS.7.C.2.10
Content Complexity: Level 3/Strategic Thinking-Reasoning Examine the impact of media, individuals, and interest groups on monitoring and influencing government. |
Today you will be forming your own interest group or joining one! Below are some sites that can help you brainstorm some ideas if you aren’t already particularly passionate about a cause yet.
https://www.dosomething.org/us, https://www.change.org/ ,
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/, https://www.crowdrise.com/,
https://www.gofundme.com/
Example of crowd sourced funding with a Milwee issue...
DIRECTIONS:
https://www.dosomething.org/us, https://www.change.org/ ,
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/, https://www.crowdrise.com/,
https://www.gofundme.com/
Example of crowd sourced funding with a Milwee issue...
DIRECTIONS:
- *Research a public issue within your school, local community, county, state, or country!
- *Form or decide to “join” an interest group revolving around an idea to improve your researched issue.
- *Create a form of propaganda to promote your issue.
- -Print media could be pamphlets, posters, editorials.
- -Electronic media could be a website, blog, Go fund me, Crowd rise, or other crowd source funding page, or a 30 second commercial script (which you could actually film and upload on a YouTube account)
- *Contact at least one of your representatives and share your print media (which you can upload electronically) or your electronic media. Write them a formal letter explaining what you care about and what you wish to achieve. (use the contact info section below to help you complete this part of the assignment)
Your chosen product must include:
- Name of your interest group
- Include the political party your group would most likely appeal to.
- State the goals of your group.
- Develop an opinion poll question relevant to your interest group to gauge public opinion. (feel free to make a kahoot, or other survey tool, and have the class answer your questions for real data)
- Explain the legislation your group will seek to have passed.
- Use at least two propaganda techniques in the media source you create.
Contact Info for your Representatives
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Contact your Seminole County Board of Commissioners
http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/board-of-county-commissioners/ Click on the link for your District Commissioner to see their contact info. (email and phone number) If you're not sure who your Commissioner is, click here. Contact your Seminole County School Board https://www.scps.k12.fl.us/district/school-board/ Contact Florida House of Representatives Member: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/contentViewer.aspx?category=WebSite&file=contact%20us.htm Click on “Find your Representative” and enter your address. Once you find your representative you’ll see phone numbers, but in order to email them you can use the following address: Firstname.lastname@myfloridahouse.gov Contact Florida State Senator and U.S. Senators: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find Enter address and there is an email option. (Most people will be represented by David Simmons (R) in District 9.) At the bottom of the contact info box there are links to your U.S. Senators’ websites. (or CLICK HERE) From there, you can choose the “Contact Bill” (Bill Nelson’s (D) site) or “Email me” option on Senator Rubio’s (R) site. Contact U.S. House of Representatives Member: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative Enter your zipcode and you’ll have the option to email your house member. (Most people will have Stephanie Murphy (D) in District 7) *Since we are a magnet school, many students live in different municipalities (cities). You may also contact someone on your city commission/council or the mayor of your city. |
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