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Constitutions, rights and the limits of power — Take-Home — 8th Grade Explains how power is separated and limited, and applies rights reasoning to a real case. This one-page 8th Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Argue a Real Case" — 30 minutes with a summary of a real court case, school-appropriate, paper —…
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Constitutions, rights and the limits of power LITERACY · 8TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Social Studies · 8th Grade 30 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Explains how power is separated and limited, and applies rights reasoning to a real case. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Free speech versus someone's safety — how should that be decided, and by whom?" A SOLID ANSWER Recognises the conflict, and knows courts weigh competing rights rather than applying one absolutely. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 ARGUE A REAL CASE You need: A summary of a real court case, school-appropriate, Paper Read a real case where two rights conflicted — school speech cases work well. Each person argues one side, using the actual text of the right involved. Deliver a verdict and write the reasoning. Read what the court actually decided and compare. Discuss what would change if one detail of the case were different. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Both sides have a real right here. That's the whole problem — so how do we decide?" Debate a school rule using the same framework. Compare how two different countries' constitutions handle the same right. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-8 www.littleactivity.com 8th Grade · Literacy
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Constitutions, rights and the limits of power LITERACY · 8TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Social Studies · 8th Grade 30 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Explains how power is separated and limited, and applies rights reasoning to a real case. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Free speech versus someone's safety — how should that be decided, and by whom?" A SOLID ANSWER Recognises the conflict, and knows courts weigh competing rights rather than applying one absolutely. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 ARGUE A REAL CASE You need: A summary of a real court case, school-appropriate, Paper Read a real case where two rights conflicted — school speech cases work well. Each person argues one side, using the actual text of the right involved. Deliver a verdict and write the reasoning. Read what the court actually decided and compare. Discuss what would change if one detail of the case were different. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Both sides have a real right here. That's the whole problem — so how do we decide?" Debate a school rule using the same framework. Compare how two different countries' constitutions handle the same right. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-8 www.littleactivity.com 8th Grade · Literacy
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