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Guns & Ammo

The Fate of the 2nd Amendment

A PBS Frontline Special
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Driving Question 1: What are the elements of Iron Triangles in the wake of the Sandy Hook Massacre?
Driving Question 2: In what ways will bureaucracy impact decisions on gun control?

Problem Statement: 
How can we as...2nd amendment consultants for PBS Frontline’s digital media office, 
[Do]...create a prezi illustrating an unbiased look at the different sides of the gun debate, featuring a step-by-step plan of how a gun    
            control or gun rights bill would go through the iron triangle and be passed (or not passed) in congress,
So that... we can present both sides of the controversial gun control issue to viewers via presentation in 'Guns and Ammo'?

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Project Rubric
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Work Ethic Rubric
Written Communication Rubric
Peer Evaluation/Feedback (Green, 1)

School Resources

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Post-Project

Post-Project Assessment Rubric (Green, 1)
Post-Project Assessment Form
Facilitator Reflection
Student Self Reflection

Project Resources

General
NRA Press Conference (12/21/12)
Federal Concealed Weapons Bill (C-Span)
Open Secrets Issue Report
NYT blog on the debate
Let the Courts Decide
26 swing Senators (graphic)

Gun Control
Million Kids March (Jan 26, 2013)
Gun violence since Newtown Tragedy
Anti-NRA bias
NRA influence
Open Secrets Report 
New Giffords' PAC
NY Gun Control Bill (1/15/13)
Executive Orders Issued by Obama (1/16/13)
Sen. Feinstein's Assault Weapon Ban (1/24/13)

Gun Rights Advocacy
Stopping Lanza (AEI article)
Preventing Massacres (Nat'l Review Article)
NRA calls for Armed Guards in Schools
Open Secrets Report
Opposition to the Brady Act (Academic Article)
How the NRA became who/what they are

Lobbying
NRA-ILA

Federalism (trickle down)
State bill to arm Virginia Teachers (WaPo article)

How Bills Become Laws
Diagram

House Procedure

Video of Barney Frank as Chair
Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives

Committees in Congress
Congressmen in Committees (pdf)
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Crime & Terrorism Subcommittee
Senate Homeland Security Committee
Senate Homeland Security Subcommittees
House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Subcommittees

Textbook Reading Pages
Chapter 11: pp298-323
Chapter 12: pp326-353

Chapter 13: pp356-379
Chapter 14: pp382-405

Supplemental Readings (w/ Journal Assignments)
Nivola pp313-340
Lanahan pp256-261

Class Resources (permalinks)

Reference
Library Databases
dictionary (wordnik)
Bibme.org
EasyBib
citationmachine.net

Foundations
Federalist Papers Indexed at Constitution.org
Yale's Avalon Project
National Archives' Constitution Page
Congress (Article I)
Library of Congress Web Guide
538 Blog
Library of Congress THOMAS
Census 
Congress Link
Contacting the Congress
Clerk of the House
Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate site
Executive (Article II)
Politico's 44 blog
UVA's Miller Center
Fed Stats
Electoral College
Judicial (Article III)
Rules of the Supreme Court
SCOTUS blog
AP Test
AP Central
Politico's AP GOV Test Prep
General
USA.gov
Cagle Cartoons
Annenberg Civics site
Latest "News"
Daily Kos
Drudge Report
FactCheck.org
Huffington Post
PoliticsTV.com
The Hill
Townhall.com

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