7)+Gun+Nation

For Gun Nation, create a page in your wiki called "Gun Nation" and then complete steps 1-5, numbering each step as you add them to your wiki.

1) What does this promotional image for 30 Days: Gun Nation make you think of? Look at how the people are dressed, their expressions, the setting and any other objects you can see in the picture. How do these things add to the image or change your opinion of the image? This is clearly a staged publicity shot by the producers of the show. What do you think the message the producers were trying to get across to the viewers of this photo?

2) Research the gun laws in Kentucky or find 3 good articles about guns in America and place the three laws or articles (or more) in your wiki and reflect on each one in a three sentence statement of why it is a good or bad idea, why it should or shouldn't be changed, and why you would or would not vote for it.

3) Come up with an argument of why gun laws help to prevent crime or why they restrict the freedoms of the people guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. Create a project using any Web 2.0 tool (Here is a sample list of tools) to present your argument. You will need to show this presentation to the class and the entire presentation should last no shorter than 3 minutes. Excellent projects will be 4-5 minutes in length. Embed your project in your wiki. You may want to rehearse presenting your project before you present to the class.

4) R ead this piece written by the man who took Pia hunting here. Write a one paragraph response to this article focusing on your opinion of it, and place it in your wiki below your web 2.0 project. Did this behind the scenes article change your view of the episode? Do you feel the article was biased towards one side (Why or why not)?

5) Last but not least, Is there a difference between city and country folk? Find a map of Brockton, Mass (where Pia is from) and one of Leesburg, Ohio (where Ken is from) and embed/upload both to your wiki. Under each map, tell me what the population of the town is, the racial demographics of the city, the median income for a household, and finally if the population typically votes Republican or Democrat (Leesburg's party affiliation is listed here; you should have no problem finding all of the other information about Brockton or Leesburg with a Google search).

While your'e here, check out this interesting article on Gun Myths.