1. Sketch this cartoon in your notebook.

2. What problem does the artist identify in cartoon?

Bellringer: State’s Rights and Health Care

1. We will view 7 images about the 10th Amendment and States’ Rights

2. Underneath each image is a sentence and a blank space

3. Analyze each image4. In your notebook, write the image number,

then copy down each sentence and fill in the blank. You may quietly work with a partner as you move around the room

5. You may complete the images in any order. We will complete this activity for 12 minutes.

Gallery Walk Activity: Image Analysis

For the next 10 minutes, quietly read the article “Is the Health Care Law Good for the Nation”

Draw the chart in your notebook and add supporting details from the article to your chart

Reading Activity: Supporting Details of State’s Rights and Health Care

Yes, the Health Care Law is good for the nation

No, the Health Care law is not good for the nation

1. The powers reserved to the states are

For example, the constitution does not mention the age at which someone can legally marry, so each state sets its own laws

1. The powers reserved to the states are the powers not given explicitly to the U.S. government by the Constitution.

2. The 10th Amendment is a protection from tyranny (government control) because

2. The 10th Amendment is a protection from tyranny (government control) because a majority of the 50 US State governments must agree before a law is passed.

3. A nation forfeits its privilege of being neutral when

For example, if the US military was very weak, the country could be attacked and taken over by a foreign power

3. A nation forfeits its privilege of being neutral when it is has weak, inadequate power

4. Big government can be dangerous because

For example, Hitler used his strong German military to kill German citizens

4. Big government can be dangerous because it can control and take your life if a leader abuses his/her power

5. In this cartoon, the Federal Government is

5. In this cartoon, the Federal Government is stealing states’ rights. This view is commonly held among Southern and Western states who favor small government

6. The man in this photograph believes South Carolina has

For example, South Carolina declared that it was leaving the U.S. in 1860. This sparked the civil war

6. The man in this photograph believes South Carolina has a right to break away from the U.S. Government if it feels the government no longer serves its needs

7. According to this bumper sticker, people who remember the 10th Amendment will ______________

7. According to this bumper sticker, people who remember the 10th Amendment will agree that states have rights that the U.S. Federal Government cannot infringe upon

Based on your knowledge of the health care law and the 10th Amendment, should all 50 states be required to provide every person with health care?

Exit Slip/Homework

Cite evidence from the text and images in your answer