Overview
This week you have done your American duty: you have read the US Constitution. You have also interacted with C-SPAN's vast collection of commentaries on many of the phrases in this fundamental American document. In doing so, you have attended a "conference" of sorts. You had an array of panels to choose from; you selected the ones you wanted to attend; and you took notes as the experts presented their analyses.
https://www.c-span.org/classroom/constitutionClips...
Your job is to report on the conference you attended. Everyone's will be different because you all chose different video clips. Here are the details:
- Report should be 2-3 double-spaced pages
- First, name the panels you attended: who spoke and the title or subject of their talk (video title)
- There should be between five and eight such videos listed in your introductory paragraph
- In the introduction, summarize one or two consistent themes that emerge from those videos (It will serve you well to choose sections of the Constitution that at least loosely belong together)
- In the remainder of your paper, explain in detail what you learned. Include direct quotations as well as summaries
- Your writing should be in the tradition of newspaper reporting: informative, containing useful details, dispassionate tone.