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1980's Topics 7th Period1980's Topics 8th Period  John Hinckley, James Brady, Brady Bill By-Elizabeth L JAMES BRADY
 * ^** Rachelle Patterson. "Nancy stories make Reagan irate," //Boston Globe//, January 7, 1981 (page not identified in archive).

JOHN HINCKLEY

Associated Press-Houston (March 31, 1981). "Hinckley family had ties with vice president". Fredericksburg Virginia: The Free Lance Star. http://news.google.com/. Retrieved November 23, 2009. Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.** Please write **__two__ extended** power paragraphs to address the above question. **Each paragraph** should meet the following expectations:

My topic covers two main people, those two main men are John Hinckley, James Brady, and there was also a bill that passed which was refered to as the Brady Bill. John Hinckley attempted to assassinate the U.S. president Ronald Reagan in Washington D.C. on March 30, 1981 (Patterson). Unfortuantly he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and is currently getting psychiatric help. James Brady is a former assistant of the president and the White House Press Secretary. Brady was nearly killed in the assassination attempt against Ronald Reagan and he became permenetly disabled and then later became an ardent supporter of gun control (Cohn). Gun control deals with rules, regulations, and restrictions on the use, ownership, and distribution of firearms. This explains the main points of the two main people and what there goals were with the situation and what had happened with the consequences.

The Brady Bill was in affect in 1994, even though this was years after the assassnation attempt the bill was specifically named after James Brady, the man who trsaved Ronald Reagans life by taking an accidental bullet for him. The Brady Act requires that background checks be conducted on individuals before a firearm may be purchased from a federally licensed dealer (Brady). Brady Act prohibits certain persons from shipping or transporting any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce, or receiving any firearm which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing any firearm in or affecting commerce (Patterson). This law has put great restrictions on the firearms in today's society but its not ment to upset people it is just ment to protect people and I believe that if this act was in action during the time Reagan was shot at, that people would have presented John from even buying the guy.

Patterson. "Nancy stories make Reagan irate," //Boston Globe//, January 7, 1981 (page not id entified in archive). Grossfeld. "Brady's had bear of a time - Reagan aide fights back from shooting," //Daily News of Los Angeles// (reprinted from the //Boston Globe//), November 1, 1987, U.S. World section, page USW1.

Victor Cohn. "James Brady and his odyssey," //The Washington Post//, November 23, 1981, page A1.

Brady, Sarah; Merrill McLoughlin (2002). //A Good Fight//. USA: Public Affairs. ISBN 1586481053. , pages 223, 224

**Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3  credible sources,
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One.** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. ** Please write two extended power paragraphs to address this prompt.

This assassination attempt was a huge deal in the media because it affected everyone, litterally everyone. It affect the public including the poor, middle class, and the rich because if there president was in danger than that means that they could also be in danger as well since it was so easy to get to the president. This was the start of new technologies to make it more safe for the president to travel so that he wouldn't be in danger. This also affected everyone so greatly because not only did the bullet miss Ronald Reagan but it hit someone else and permentantly damaged James Bradys brain.

This made a big impact in history which is why its legacy is so large and important. This will always be remembered in todays history because it was an attempt to kill our president and the bullet accidently hit one of the presidents assistants instead and ruined his life. Everyone payed attention to this event because the most powerful person that makes the decsions for our country was in danger and it is obviously hard to get up close and person to the president so that means it would just be easier to put the public in danger after their sole power is no longer alive. Luckilythe bullet did not hit Ronal Reagan but unfortunalty it hit someone else which is very tragic thing to happen to anyone no matter who it is.

**Task Two Rubric**
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Task One. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced. If you credited the source in Task One, you do not need to reestablish credibility, only an internal citation is required.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 5 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources.

This topic was created by John Hinckley who had attempted to shot Ronald Reagan. In this case though the assassin missed the president and hit James Brady. James Brady, after nearly dying wanted to do something to protect future presidents. James was at high standards already because he was the presidents former assisstant which helped him have control over what he wanted to accomplish. He then became in charge of the Gun Control policy. The Brady Bill was then created which was the main drive of this topic because it have power and control over the people.

The topic long run influence was in great affect. This topic had a huge influence because this terrible assassination attempt was against the most powerful man in our country, our president. People started getting really worried and freaked out because they thought that if it was that easy to almost kill the president things needed to be changed and they needed more security of some sort for their people. This is why they created the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill was created by Congress so that they could do background checks on people who purchase firearms. i think that this happened for a reason so they they would get more security back then so it can save us in the future from future attacks or assassinations.

General Accounting Office, “Gun Control: Options for Improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System,” //Report to Congressional Requesters// (April 2000) GAO/GGD-00-56

Loesch, David, Statement of David R. Loesch, Assistant Director in Charge, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Federal Bureau of Investigations, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate (June 21, 2000)

Regional Justice Information Service, St. Louis, MO, based on data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics series, Background Checks for Transfers, personal communication, on file with Brady Center, 2008

Aaron, Benjamin L. & S. David Rockoff, "The Attempted Assassination of President Reagan: Medical Implications and Historical Perspective", Journal of American Medical Association, (Dec. 1994).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">using the evidence from the 7 sources t o support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">thoughtfully and thoroughly.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. **PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and****(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.**
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  || x ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

x <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great --Event Making --Eventful --Social

x <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero ---Determinism


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **


 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **