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CRIME - USA

CRIME - USA. USA Crime I n v e s t i g a t i o n. AIMS To find out what gives Americans the RIGHT to carry guns? To find out how easy it is to get a gun in the USA? To find out the views of PRESSURE GROUPS on the RIGHT to carry guns?

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CRIME - USA

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  1. CRIME - USA

  2. USA CrimeInvestigation AIMS • To find out what gives Americans the RIGHT to carry guns? • To find out how easy it is to get a gun in the USA? • To find out the views of PRESSURE GROUPS on the RIGHT to carry guns? • To find out the connection between guns and CRIME in the USA?

  3. Your Investigation Front Cover Contents Page Intro Aim 1 Aim 2 Conclusion Aim 3 Aim 4

  4. What is a RIGHT? • A RIGHT is something that the LAW says we CAN do. • In Britain we have the right leave school when we are 16 or to vote when we are 18.

  5. AIM1 What gives Americans the RIGHT to carry a gun? • Turn to page 53 in your USA book and make notes on the right to carry guns in the USA.

  6. How easy is it to get a gun in the USA? • It is not very difficult to get a gun in the USA. In most States as long as you are over 21, you only need a driving licence or some other form of identification to buy a gun. In fact, it is easier to get a gun than it is to get a driving licence!

  7. AIM 2 How easy is it to get a gun in the USA? Write a short paragraph about what you have to do in order to buy a gun in the USA

  8. The ‘Right to Carry’ Law • Most states in the USA now have ‘Right to Carry’ laws • These laws only apply to Gun Shop sales – not other ways of getting a gun Take notes on the ‘Right to Carry’ laws in the USA – see P53/54

  9. What is a PRESSURE GROUP? • A pressure group is a group that puts pressure on governments and other organisations to make changes. • In the USA they are called Interest Groups

  10. AIM 3 What are the views of PRESSURE GROUPS on the right to carry a gun? • In America the NRA (National Rifle Association) is a pressure group that protects the right of Americans to carry a gun.

  11. Activities • Make notes on the National Rifle Association (NRA) from P53

  12. AIM 4 Guns and Crime in the USA • Make notes from the Factfile on P55 • Do Activities 12 and 14 on P56 • Refer to factsheet

  13. Rap Music and Guns • What do you think? Is there a link between rap music and guns?

  14. Yo Yo Yo! • Yo Yo Yo • Let’s get fresh! • I’m here to rap • You better not mess! • Some say that a gun be cool • But it’s a lethal weapon…not a toy you fool!

  15. Yo Yo Yo • Now write your own “anti gun rap”…if you’re feeling brave you can perform it in class!

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