About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHY ARE CONTRARIAN VIEWPOINTS NECESSARY TO THE SURVIVAL OF DEMOCRACY?
Objective:
To have students analyze, evaluate, source and annotate complex text reading based on Mike Lee’s book entitled “Written Out of History” to examine contrarian viewpoints written out of history (skills necessary for the NYSED Regents).
Citations:
VIDEO:
Senator Mike Lee – Written Out Of History (22:12 mins) –
https://www.c-span.org/video/?429648-102/Senator-Mike-Lee-Written-History
BOOK: Lee, Mike (2017) Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government. New York: Penguin Randon House LLC (Pgs. IX-XVII, 23-45, 46-67, 68-94 and 116-143)
Landmark Supreme Court Cases http://streetlaw.org/en/Page/1071/Street_Law_Materials_Supreme_Court_Cases