Method+Three--The+Patriot+Act

**Unit 7: Changes in America’s Role in the World: America’s Response to Terrorism**

**Using the provided web sites collect information on how America is fighting terrorism in the post 9-11 world.**

**Method Three: The Patriot Act**

**1. Research:** Go to the following web page: @http://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm

**2.** Read the information on the Patriot Act and summarize five ways that the Patriot Act has helped with the War on Terror.

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f.  **3. Research:** Go to the following web site and read Section 3: Primary criticism of the Patriot Act and Section 5: Is the Patriot Act a success? You will use information from this web site to complete question 4 of this worksheet. @http://people.howstuffworks.com/patriot-act4.htm  **4. Successes and failures of the Patriot Act:** Using your classroom notes, and information from the above websites, complete the success and failure portion of the War on Terror graphic organizer.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**5. Political Cartoon:** Go to Google, click on images, and type in The Patriot Act political cartoons as a search. Cut out and paste a political cartoon and it’s url on the back of this sheet. **Using complete sentences** write an explanation of what the cartoon is about and its position on the Patriot Act.