Driving Question 1: How is policy made in the United States?
Driving Question 2: In what ways can challenges be made to existing policy?

Problem Statement: 
How can we...participate in a policy debate
[Do]...arguing for or against a plan to provide marriage rights to adult citizens in the US
So that...we advance through the debate rounds and WIN? 

Project Essentials

Entry Document
Knows/Need To Know's/Next Steps
Project Teams/Groups

Project Management Tools

Project & Group Management Log
Critical Friends Protocol
Critical Friends Feedback Form
Group Contract

Assessment & Guidelines

Project Rubric
Collaboration Rubric
Critical Thinking Rubric
Oral Communication Rubric
Work Ethic Rubric
Written Communication Rubric
Peer Evaluation/Feedback (Green, 1)

School Resources

Seven Habits 4 Teens

Post-Project

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

Project Resources

Media Campaign
Human Rights Campaign
Polls and Prediction

Federal 
Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA, 1996)
Benefits to Married Couples
Respect for Marriage Act (Bill)

In the News

Courts
Zablocki v. Redhail (1978)
Interracial Marriage: Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Hollingsworth v. Perry AND U.S. v Windsor
SCOTUS + CA Prop 8 ruling (adl link to Politico)
Utah + SCOTUS stay

Policy Debate
National High School Debate
National Debate Coaches Association
Debate format
Judging

General

Border
Security (NYT article 3/3/13

Affirmative
How to

Negative
How To

Textbook Reading Pages
Chapter 17: pp468-485  
Chapter 19: pp514-535
Chapter 20: pp538-560
Chapter 28: pp716-737 
  

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
Politico
The Hill
Townhall.com