Patriot Act Broadcasts & Essay

Taking Sides on the Patriot Act

As part of our lessons US Citizenship, all students are expected to form an opinion for or against the controversial law called the USA PATRIOT Act....

Essay assigned on Fri 1/29 in Periods 3 and 4
and on Monday 2/1 in Periods 1 and 2

DUE DATES ~

Per 1 = Wed. 2/3 (time to work on it in class on Tue. 2/2)
Per 3 = Mon 2/1: rough draft, Wed 2/3: final
Per 4 = Mon 2/1: rough draft, Tue 2/2: final
Per 6 = Wed. 2/3 (time to work on it in class on Tue. 2/2)

To help back up the opinions expressed in your essays, you must take ideas from the 2 broadcasts we viewed in class...
The links to these broadcasts are below so that you can watch them again at home if it helps!
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec03/patriot_8-19.html# = Report showing some ideas from both sides of the controversy
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/patriot_2-24.html# = Report showing some ideas from both sides of the controversy