Women in the Special Forces Assessment

PowerPoint Presentation: Women in the Special Forces

BIG IDEA: Should the law firm to take the case?  If the answer is yes, then this means you think that Lt. Connolly has a chance at winning.  If no, then this means you think that Lt. Connolly will not win the case

INSTRUCTIONS:

PowerPoint

• Slides: Title, Introduction, Body, and Conclusion
• Introduction addresses main thesis statement
• Speaker Notes
• 1/3 rule per slide (1/3 visual, 1/3 text, and 1/3 spacing)
• Reporter’s role (name, role, expertise)
• Address the content (Big Idea)

Presentation

• Minimum: 3 minutes presenting
• Reporter role in effect
• All participate
• All should be able to answer 3 questions
• Address the content (Big Idea)

Special Forces Questions

1. What did the American Association of Women (AAW) argue? (not for allowing women in because of how it would apply to the other cases) 
2. What did Today’s Hope for an Equal Nation argue for and why
3. What did the Veteran’s Association argue and why?
4. What were the four special forces requirements?
5. What was the risk rule? What was the original problem memo asking you to do (consider the problem statement)? What did the District court say regarding this case?  What did the appellate court rule?  Why?
6. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Goldberg case and why?
7. What did the Supreme Court rule in the VMI case and why?
8. What is due process?  Give us an example from a case you studied to show you understand.
9. What is equal treatment under the law?  Give us an example from a case you studied to show you understand.
10. Summarize the VMI case.
11. Summarize the Goldberg case.
12. Does the 5^th Amendment apply to this case?  Why or why not?
13. Does the 14^th Amendment apply to this case? Why or why not?
14. What are the unique risks faced by female soldiers in combat?
15. What are inherent differences between the genders?
16. What was the main plot of the film you saw?
17. What was the original mission of the U.S. Special Forces when they started the battle in the film?
18. What were the three special forces units in Somalia?
19. Supreme Court Cases: Romney vs. Evans, Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale,  Regents of the University of CA vs. Bakke, Bragdon vs. Abbott, Craig vs. Boren, Grutter vs. Bollinger, Plyler vs. Doe, Lau vs. Nicholas, Olmstead vs. L.C., Saenz vs. Roe, Loving vs. Virginia, Nguyen vs. INS
20. What are three tiers of the equal protection clause?  Explain each.
21. What are the two types of due process?  Explain each.   

ROLES:

• Facilitator:  Make sure your group understands the questions
• Harmonizer: Get consensus on what will presented
• Resource Manager:  Make sure your thesis is supported by things we learned in this problem
• Reporter: Organize the PowerPoint and presentation

RULE OF THREE:

Preparation:

• Play your roles properly
• Complete the PowerPoint in time required
• Review questions

Presentation:

• Addresses the Big Idea with support from the assignments
• Minimum 3 minutes with all participating
• PowerPoint follows instructions

*You will be answering three questions. If you get them all right, you will maintain your presentation assessment. If you miss one, your assessment will be lowered by one, if you miss two, you will be lowered by two, etc.

QUESTIONS:   Facilitator can ask questions.