9/19/11

Today in History we played an educational game about the Amendments of the Constitution. In this game, you owned a law firm and people would come in with problems wondering if they had the rights based on the Amendments to change them. An example of a problem would be "My teacher will not have me in his class because I am Asian. Do i have the right to change this?" In this situation, the student would have rights because Amendment 15, stating the teacher may not discriminate against the student's race. After deciding whether the client has rights based on the Amendments, you need to match that client to oneof your lawyers based on which Amendment. After this a trial occurs and if you win you receive points, and if you do not win you lose points.

Today in English, we took a quiz on the play we are reading, Antigone. This quiz was all about Scene's 1 and 2. In these scenes, Creon had declared that no one would be able to bury Polyneices, and is told by the Sentry that Polyneices was buried. Creon sends Sentry to find out who buried him, and when he returns he tells him it was Antigone. Antigone then confesses her deed with no regret. After hearing Antigone's confession, Creon declares that Antigone's sister Ismene must be guilty as well. Eventually, he decides only Antigone is truely guilty and sentences her to death. When Creon's son, Haemon discovers his fiance Antigone's fate, he is outraged at his father.

If the Amendments applied to the play Antigone, then it would have gone a lot differently. In the first place, Creon would not be able to pass this law. Antigone would not be able to be accused because they had no certain eveidence to accuse her with. All Antigone was doing was crying over her brothers grave. Antigone's sister would also not be allowed to be accused because she did not do anything associating with this crime other than being related to Antigone. Antigone would also be allowed a fair trial instead of just being brought in to confess. Creon would not be allowed to lock Antigone in the stone vault until the gods decide whether she lives or dies because this would be a form of cruel and unusual punishment.