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Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 3 Assessment. 8 th 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?

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Unit 3 Assessment

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  1. Unit 3 Assessment 8th Grade Social Studies

  2. Rebellion Indicator Sources

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Taxes • http://www.ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html

  7. Class Mobility • http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_03.html • http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/class/index.html

  8. Economy • http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=ny_gdp_mktp_cd&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=american+gdp • http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/

  9. Unemployment • http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=american+unemployment

  10. Discriminatory Practices • http://www.civilrightslawfirms.com/resources/civil-rights

  11. Imprisonment Rates • http://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/malesinc.html • http://www.prisonpolicy.org/articles/notequal.html • http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/rd_stateratesofincbyraceandethnicity.pdf (focus on data tables) • http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/

  12. 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_unaffordable_at_minimum_wage

  13. Geography: Poverty by Region

  14. Access to Resources • Access to Quality Food • http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/us-access-healthy-idUSTRE50K5NW20090121 • Study on Access to Fresh Food and Inner Cities • http://www.policylink.org/atf/cf/%7B97C6D565-BB43-406D-A6D5-ECA3BBF35AF0%7D/FINALGrocery Gap.pdf • Focus on Pages: 7-9; 13-20 • Surroundings and Obesity • http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-25-teen-obesity_N.htm

  15. Militarization • http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=ms_mil_xpnd_gd_zs&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=american+military+expenditure

  16. 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

  17. Primary Sources • 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/browse.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-college-grads-highest-1970/story?id=12322515 • See Mr. McLaughlin for Challenge Sources

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