Naturalized Citizens and the Presidency

Grade
9-12
Lesson Duration

Constitutional Rights Foundation - Civics On Call

“Students will role play state senators from their home state. Imagine Congress has just passed a joint resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow naturalized citizens to run for president. The terms of the resolution are close to Senator Orrin Hatch’s proposal in 2004. The students have the task of deliberating the resolution, coming up with arguments for and against it, and deciding whether to support it. Students have the option of suggesting changes to the resolution.”

Go to: http://www.crfimmigrationed.org/images/PDF/clip_6.pdf

Source

http://www.crf-usa.org/civics-on-call

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