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This unit offers a comprehensive analysis of the complex issue of privacy. Students learn why privacy is important to one’s psychological and emotional well-being. They learn why Americans feel they have a right to privacy, even though the word is never mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Students explore issues of informational privacy involving Internet security, identity theft, medical records, the media, credit, and the huge databases that gather personal information on millions of American citizens as they go about their daily business. The conflict of local, state, and federal law enforcement versus privacy is analyzed. A separate chapter deals with the issue of privacy following the events of September 11, 2001. Students learn about privacy in schools, the workplace, and around the world and examine relevant court cases.
Students debate, survey, interview, role-play, dramatize, and keep a journal. They use the Internet to gather information and conduct mock trials, a city council hearing, and panel discussions.
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