Thirteen American Arguments Organizer
Chapter Title (Take this just
from the title of the chapter)
and Essential Question
(Read
through the chapter and write
down the fundamental
argument(s) posted by the author
in the chapter along with the
page number)
Chapter 1: Who is a
Person.
“Who, in our constitutional
scheme is a person” (page
22)
Concrete Details
(Quotes) that
support the Essential
Question
(Include at least three quotes
from the chapter that help to
explain what the fundamental
argument in America is through
events in history and the recent
past. Write the page number)
“ For the purpose of
counting the
census…the Founders
decided each black would
count as three-fifths of a
person.” (page 29)
Example from ONE current event
(in the last year) that illustrates this
argument in the U.S.
(The who, what, where, when
and why of the current event
along with the source where
you got the information)
On May 16, 2012 Democratic Gov.
Brian Schweitzer joined
Republican Lt. Gov. John
Bohlinger and 93-year-old former
Republican Secretary of State
Verner Bertelsen in signing a
citizens’ initiative to place on the
November ballot a policy that
states, “corporations are not
entitled to constitutional rights
because they are not human
beings.” This is on the ballot in
Montana is meant to be an intital
attempt by the state the overturn
the Citizens United decision that
allowed corporations unlimited
funding of campaigns because like
people they have a 1st amendment
right to express themselves.
Source:
Flathead Beacon
(http://www.flatheadbeacon.com
/articles/article/one_person_one_v
ote/
27945/)