Could our literary characters have used the Bill of Rights as their guiding principles for life?
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                     

 

 

A Webquest for tenth grade English

South Bronx High School

Douglas Packer

DeePacker@worldnet.att.net
 
 

 

 

 

 


Introduction – This term we’ve read about some characters who have made decisions based upon a set of principles:  Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea,

Sir Lancelot from Le Morte d’Arthur, George from

 Of Mice and Men, and Brutus and Antony from Julius Caesar.  These readings were given to you to help you formulate your own set of principles to guide you throughout your life.  We’ve also looked at a set of principles through our work at Compulegal.  This set of principles is called the Bill of Rights.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out which of our Bill of Rights these characters could incorporate into their set of principles?  And then make your own presentation on a PowerPoint?

 

Task- You will create a PowerPoint presentation in which you show how one of the characters listed in the introduction uses one of the Amendments from the Bill of Rights as a principle for an important decision he makes in the novel or play.

 

Process

 

 

  • Select Santiago, Sir Lancelot, George, Brutus, or Antony as a character who could have used one or more of the Amendments to guide his actions.

 

 

  • Create a PowerPoint presentation of 4 – 7 slides giving the following information:

-        your name and English class

-         the name of your character, the work he is from, and the decision he made.

-         the reasoning he followed to make his decision.

-         the Amendment that he could have used to help support his decision.

-        your explanation as to why he could have used the Amendment you chose.

 

 

Resources

Compulegal

PowerPoint

 

 

Evaluation-

 

            A = 1) PowerPoint completed timely

                   2) All items listed in the Process are completed accurately

                   3) Grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics are error free

 

          B=    1) PowerPoint completed timely

                   2) Most items in the Process are completed accurately

                   3) There are few errors in grammar, sentence structure,

    and mechanics

 

          C=     1) PowerPoint completed timely

                   2) Most items in the Process are completed accurately

                   3) There are many errors in grammar, sentence structure, and

    mechanics, but comprehension is still possible.

 

          D=     1) PowerPoint completed timely.

                   2) Few items in the Process completed accurately.

                   3) There are many errors in grammar, sentence structure, and

    mechanics, which hinder comprehension.

 

          F=     1) PowerPoint not completed.

 

 

Conclusion – This Webquest has given you an opportunity to be creative in your use of technology to conduct legal research for an English Language Arts project.

 

New York State Standards

 

English

            Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding

Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression

Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation

 

Social Studies

Standard 5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government