The Second Amendment Research

Your topic: The Second Amendment
Fill in the list of resources relating to the topic you selected. Two sources have been provided for you to assist in your research. Explore the provided sources and add sources from your own research. Use your Research Process Notes from this lesson if you need help remembering the research strategies introduced in this lesson. Multi-media Sources: videos, audio, slideshows, or graphics

Source 1: http://time.com/
http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1032435604001_2080292,00.html

Source 2: foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/topics/us/second-amendment.htm

Source 3: http://abcnews.go.com/
http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/second-amendment.htm

Domain-Specific Vocabulary/Key Terms: (include definitions or descriptions)

1. Second amendment
Protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.
2. Guns
A weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets, shells, or other missiles are propelled by explosive force, typically making a characteristic loud, sharp noise.

3. Constitution
A body of fundamental principles, or established precedents according to which a state, country or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
4. Federal
Having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.
5. The right to bear arms
The second amendment of the United States.

Landmark Case Articles: find articles related to the landmark case you intend to use in your article

Source 1: billofrightsinstitute.org
http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-cases-and-the-constitution/

Source 2: Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landmark_court_decisions_in_the_United_States

Source 3: twyman-whitney.com
http://www.twyman-whitney.com/apgovpol/landmarkcases2006.htm

Domain-Specific Vocabulary/Key Terms: (include definitions or descriptions) 1. McDonald v. Chicago
2010 Supreme Court case regarding gun laws, and gun ownership laws and rights.
2. District of Columbia v. Heller
2008 Supreme Court case was 2 years before the McDonald v. Chicago case.
3. Self-defense
The defense of one’s person or interests, esp. through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime.
4. National government
Any political organization that is put in place to maintain control of a nation, state or country.
5. Second Amendment
Protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.

Contemporary Court Cases: find articles on cases related to your topic Source 1: McDonald v. Chicago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._Chicago
http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2009/2009_08_1521

Source 2: District of Columbia v. Heller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZS.html

Source 3: United States v. Skoien

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1531142.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Domain-Specific Vocabulary/Key Terms: (include definitions or descriptions) 1. Second Amendment
Protects the right of individuals to keep and bear arms.

2. Supreme Court
The highest judicial court in a country, nation or state.

3. Firearms
A rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.

4. Constitutional
Of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state.
5. Self-defense
The defense of one’s person or interests, esp. through the use of physical force, which is permitted in certain cases as an answer to a charge of violent crime.

Advocacy Articles: find articles or documents with statements from presidents, politicians, or advocates about the topic you selected

Source 1: http://fair.org/
http://fair.org/article/gun-control-the-nra-and-the-second-amendment/

Source 2: http://www.cato.org/
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/reflections-gun-control-second-amendment-advocate

Source 3: http://www.goal.org/newspages/obama_2anews.html

Domain-Specific Vocabulary/Key Terms: (include definitions or descriptions) 1. Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States.
2. NRA
National rifle association.

3. Gun control
Gun controls are laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of firearms. They vary greatly around the world.
4. Advocate
A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. Publicly recommend or support.
5. President
The elected head of a republican state.