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Module One - Questioning and Planning

1. Introducing the Essential Question, Choice or Problem

In the summer of 1996 two young men walking though Columbia Park in Kennewick, Washington, discovered a 9,000 year old skeleton on the shores of the Columbia River. The remains have become the center of quite a controversy.

Click here and read articles.; Who has rights to the ownership of the skeleton?
: There are three main groups claiming the bones:

The Umatilla Native American tribe who claims the skeleton as their ancestor.

The Asatru Folk Assembly who claim the skeleton is actually descended from their European ancestors.

A group of eight archaeologists who wish to have the bones for archaeological research.

The Question!

You are a Washington Supreme Court Judge. Your court has been asked to rule on the legal rights for ownership of the Kennewick Man. Be prepared to support your decision as well as support the claims of the other groups whom you rule against. Your decision must include these criteria:

The Issue.

The claimants and their viewpoint.

The laws that are pertinent to the issue.

Your reasons for your decision for each claimant.

The Product!

You will prepare your decision in the form of a legal brief. Your brief will include four sections and be no more than 10,000 pages.

Part I: A summary of the issue

Part II: A summary of the laws that pertain to the issue

Part III: The claimants and their viewpoints.

Part IV: Your legal decision with why you decided in favor of one claimant, and why you decided to rule against the other claimants.

Activity One

_ Create a list of related questions that will help you investigate the topic.
: As you look at the criteria and the question, list as many related questions as you can that will help you investigate the topic. Think about the information you will need to learn that will guide you in your study. What do you need to know about your topic to begin your investigation? What information do you need to find out in order to work towards a solution? Keep a written list of the questions and the answers as part of your work.; Examples of related questions you might ask:; What feature, habits, and traits of the Kennewick Man suggest his heritage?; What specific sections of the law (NAGPRA) pertain to this issue?; What does each section mean?; Who are the Asatru and why do they think they should have the rights to Kennewick Man's bones?; Think about how you learn best, and how you best organize research information. Think how you want to create your list of questions and how you will record your answers. You may want to organize the questions into a list, into groups, or make a cluster diagram.; Open the word processing program Word. Title your question and answer document, Questions Document. Be sure to save your document onto the "P Drive" under your teacher's name file. To make a place to save your file, type your first initial and last name and add a name for your file, example: "deterquestions" and then click "save."

Activity Two

Use the RETRIEVAL CHART to help you gather and organize critical information you will need to complete your product. You will be given directions by your teacher on how and where to access the file that contains the retrieval chart below. Here is a sample of what the retrieval chart will look like.

RETRIEVAL CHART FOR KENNEWICK MAN EXERCISE

	UMATILLA NATIVE AMERICANS	ASATRU FOLK ASSEMBLY	ARCHAEOLOGISTS
CLAIM (Module 1)
LAW (Module 2)
CITATIONS: Who said it and where it was printed.
REASONS THE CLAIMS ARE VALID OR INVALID Modular (1 - 6) (+’s) or (-’s)	(+) (-)
CITATIONS: Who said it and where it was printed.
OPINION OF EACH CLAIMANT GROUP (Module 6)

Fill in the Retrieval Chart with information you have already gathered by answering the questions from Module One. Add new information to your chart as you continue to research.

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