1. Agenda: Tues/Wed 10/18-19 Collect Reading Assignment CNN Student News
Constitution Speech (50 points!)

2. CNN Student news Take out ‘Newz Notes’
Complete ‘Newz Notes’ as you watch

3. Constitution Speech:
PROMPT: Write a 3-5 page speech on the United States Constitution with an emphasis on a citizen’s duties and obligations to our government.
REQUIREMENTS:This assignment is worth 50 points!
• 3-5 pages (double spaced) • MUST BE TYPED! NO EXCEPTIONS! • Times New Roman, size 12 font • 1” Margins • Must use and include 2 primary sources and 2 secondary sources! • All research/sources MUST be cited properly! • Must include a Bibliography page (proper format)!

4. Primary Sources
Primary sources are materials produced by people or groups directly involved in the event or topic under consideration, either as participants or as witnesses. They provide the evidence on which historians rely in order to describe and interpret the past. Some primary sources are written documents, such as letters; diaries; newspaper and magazine articles; speeches; autobiographies; treatises; census data; and marriage, birth, and death certificates. In addition, historians often examine primary sources that are not written, like works of art, films, recordings, items of clothing, household objects, tools, and archaeological remains.

5. Example of Primary source cited in bibliography
U.S. Constitution- U.S. Constitution, art. 4, sec. 1.
Online Government Publication- U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Terrorism 2007, April 30, (accessed August 7, 2008).

6. Secondary sources
Historians also use secondary sources: books and articles in scholarly journals that comment on and interpret primary sources. Reading secondary sources is often the simplest and quickest way to become acquainted with what is already known about the subject you are studying. Reading a variety of secondary sources is also the best way to become aware of the issues and interpretation that are the subject of controversy and you, as a student of history, are invited to participate.

7. Secondary sources cited in bibliography
Author’s Name (First, Last). Title of the Book/Article. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: First Scholastic Trade printing, September 2000.

8. Bibliography Online Resources to help you create your Bibliography:
Easy Bib:
Use APA format

10. Examples of successful speeches
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11. Brainstorm
Groups of 4
Complete each question on the Brainstorming Sheet to help generate ideas for your Constitution Speech
The more you write the better off you will be
Use your textbook to take notes and generate ideas (you may use your textbook as one of your two secondary sources)