Transcript Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 3 Assessment
8th Grade Social Studies
Rebellion Indicator Sources
How to use these sources
• Each heading corresponds to an aspect on your
Rebellion Indicator Checklist
• Research each source provided and then think
to yourself…
– Is this issue significant in causing a rebellion?
– If so, will a riot break out because of it?
• Or…will people be able to cope with it and move on
– If it is not significant, it is not a great factor in causing
a rebellion.
• Feel free to research on your own after you use
the sources provided.
How to use Restrictive Law
Sources…
• Read the first 4 sources: they explain the
rights that all Americans are supposed to
have
• Read the last two bullets which describe
laws
• Determine which rights are
violated/restricted
Restrictive Laws/Policy
• Bill of Rights:
– http://www.billofrights.org/
• 14th Amendment:
– http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
• Summary of Amendments:
– http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h926.html
• Civil Rights Act:
– http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=97
• Patriot Act:
– http://www.npr.org/news/specials/patriotact/patriotactprovisions.html
• Arizona Immigration Act
– http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/rpt/2010-R-0213.htm
– http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
Taxes
• http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/who-paysincome-taxes.html
Class Mobility
• http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nat
ional/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index
_03.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/cla
ss/index.html
Economy
• http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=
wbwdi&met=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=coun
try:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=american+gd
p
• http://www.usgovernmentspending.co
m/
Unemployment
• http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usu
nemployment&met=unemployment_rate&t
dim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=american+une
mployment
Discriminatory Practices
• http://www.civilrightslawfirms.com/resourc
es/civil-rights
Imprisonment Rates
• http://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/malesin
c.html
• http://www.prisonpolicy.org/articles/notequ
al.html
• http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publicatio
ns/rd_stateratesofincbyraceandethnicity.pd
f (focus on data tables)
• http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Geography
• Interactive Poverty Map
– http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/map.htm
• Poverty in Suburbs
– http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=2044
• Various Cities (focus on graphs and maps)
– http://www.buffalostate.edu/geography/documents/paper.pdf
• Poverty Map (focus on maps):
– http://www.cdc.gov/Pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0091.htm
• Housing Map:
– http://uspoverty.change.org/blog/view/housing_everywhere_unaff
ordable_at_minimum_wage
Geography: Poverty by Region
Access to Resources
• Access to Quality Food
– http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/us-accesshealthy-idUSTRE50K5NW20090121
• Study on Access to Fresh Food and Inner Cities
– http://www.policylink.org/atf/cf/%7B97C6D565-BB43406D-A6D5-ECA3BBF35AF0%7D/FINALGrocery
Gap.pdf
– Focus on Pages: 7-9; 13-20
• Surroundings and Obesity
– http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-25teen-obesity_N.htm
Militarization
• http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wbwdi&met=ms_mil_xpnd_gd_zs&idim=coun
try:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=american+militar
y+expenditure
American Education
(CIA World Factbook)
• Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
and write
– total population: 99%male: 99%female: 99% (2003
est.)
• School life expectancy (primary to tertiary
education):
– total: 16 years
– male: 15 years
– female: 17 years (2008)
• Education expenditures: 5.5% of GDP
(2007)country comparison to the world: 46
Primary Sources
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Jay-Z “Minority Report”
Tea Party Speech
Guns at a Town Hall Meeting
Lupe Fiasco- “Show Goes On” Lyrics
Occupy Wall Street Pictures
– http://www.mendhamboro.org/14002051495152750/FileLib/brow
se.asp?A=374&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=55645
– (all five can be found here)
• ABC News Video on the Economy
– http://abcnews.go.com/Business/unemployment-rate-collegegrads-highest-1970/story?id=12322515
• See Mr. McLaughlin for Challenge Sources