As you look through the images & info on this doc ponder to yourself what do you see?

What do you think? What do you wonder? 

Summary of the events on January 6th, 2021 at the US Capitol  

Watch this video​ (from 1/6)  Timeline​ of Events  Death Toll 

 

 
 
 
 
Media Bias Fact Check​ for ITV News 

​ LICK HERE TO SEE HEADLINES FROM ALL OVER​ & ​HEADLINES from 1/7/2021 
News outlets & their headlines - C

Do you notice any common words? Which headlines and images stand out the most? What is being said or not 
being said in these headlines? ​What would your headline be?  
Check the ​MEDIA BIAS CHART​ to see where they usually lean 

 
 

Depending on the news source you may have noticed these words used or come up. Do you think any are relevant for Jan. 6th? 
TERM  DEFINITION  EXAMPLE 

Coup/coup  a sudden and decisive action in politics,  America’s Only Successful Coup d’Etat Overthrew a Biracial Government in 1898 --- ​CLICK 
d’etat  especially one resulting in a change of  HERE TO LEARN MORE 
government illegally or by force 

Domestic  an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion,  White supremacists and other like-minded extremists conducted two-thirds of the 
Terrorism  or resistance against civil authority or an  terrorist plots and attacks in the United States in 2020, according to new ​CSIS data​. 
Anarchists, anti-fascists, and other like-minded extremists orchestrated 20 percent of the 
established government  plots and attacks. 

Sedition  conduct or speech inciting people to rebel  18 U.S. Code § 2384 - ​Seditious conspiracy 
against the authority of a state or monarch.  If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the 
Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the 
authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the 
United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States 
contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned 
not more than twenty years, or both. 

Insurrection  an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion,  The​ Civil War​ in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions 
or resistance against civil authority or an  between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward 
expansion. The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused seven southern states to 
established government  secede and form the Confederate States of America; four more states soon joined them. 

25th Amendment  The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment  To forcibly wrest power from the President the Vice President would have to be on board, 
XXV) to the United States Constitution says  according to the text of the amendment along with either a majority of the President’s 
Cabinet officials to agree the President is unfit for office and temporarily seize power from 
that if the President becomes unable to do his  him.  
job, the Vice President becomes the President.    
The ​Reagan administration drafted​, but did not sign or transmit, letters to the Senate that 
would have taken power from Reagan after he was shot in 1981. 
 
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The electoral college vote tally was already known — 306 for Joe Biden and 232 for Donald Trump — but the electoral votes were to be officially 
counted in a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Usually, this is a day for pomp and ceremony and is completed within an hour. 
What is the electoral college?  Has this happened at the Capitol  Can you provide context to the 
In case you forgot  before?  Peaceful Transition of Power 
with the Presidency? 

Established in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S.  Protests connected to politics are normal  A peaceful transition or transfer of power is a 
Constitution, the Electoral College is the formal body  occurrences but nothing like this has happened  concept important to democratic governments, 
which elects the President and Vice President of the  before at the capitol connected to transfer of  where the leadership of a government peacefully 
United States. Each state has as many "electors" in  power.   hands over control of government to a newly 
the Electoral College as it has Representatives and    elected or selected leadership.Since 1797, each 
Senators in the United States Congress, and the 
District of Columbia has three electors. When voters 
The Capitol was burned in 1812 by the British in  president has peacefully handed over power to 
go to the polls in a Presidential election, they actually  the War of 1812.   the next. 
vote for the slate of electors who have vowed to cast   
their ballots for that ticket in the Electoral College.  EXPLORE THIS INFOGRAPHIC 

Think​: What role do the American people have in the peaceful transfer of power? 
  
Why did these people show up on 1/6?  
People believed the election was rigged and Trump was the true winner despite no proven 
evidence of these claims. (For more context to these tweets ​CLICK HERE​) 

     

     

     

     
 
 
  

  
(TWEET FROM 1/6) 

📹 ​CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE DAY AFTER VIDEO 

 

FROM THE PRESIDENT 

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From a presidential commission to Trump-nominated judges, here’s who has rebuked 
Trump’s voter fraud claims - ​CLICK HERE TO READ 
 
    Many Republicans, including those 
Trump’s Presidential Advisory  About 90 judges, including Trump  working within Trump’s government, 
Commission on Election Integrity  appointees  have said the 2020 election was 
secure. 

 
“The objectors have claimed they are doing so on behalf of the voters. Have an audit, they say, to satisfy the 
many people who believe that the election was stolen. Please! No Congressional led audit will ever convince 
those voters, particularly when the President will continue to claim that the election was stolen. The best 
way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the truth. That is the burden, and 
the duty, of leadership. The truth is that President-elect Biden won this election. President Trump lost. 
Scores of courts, the President’s own Attorney General, and state election officials both Republican and 
Democrat have reached this unequivocal decision.” -Republican, Mitt Romney (​ 📹 w
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Political Polarization  Viral images  2 pipe bombs and 
in the United States  compare​ ​handling  cooler of Molotov 
How did we get  of B ​ lack Lives Matter  cocktails found 
here?  protests and Capitol  near Capitol 
riot  Building amid 
  Capitol riot, DC 
Arrest Comparison  Police Chief says 
 
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1. What can/should informed citizens do when things like this 
happen? Spread positivity and be the better person and 
help others. 
2. If you were a leader in this situation, what would you do? 
Note: Leader does not necessarily mean ​president​. I would 
expose the criminal of their actions and help to positively 
uplift communities with my words. 
3. History helps to mold culture and civilizations around the 
world. What do you think/hope that historians will say about 
 this moment in the future? It was a turning point in 
american history and it sets the stage for the 20’s. 
CA State History-Social Science Standard: 
11.11 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society.  
Created by @historysandoval - pulled some resources from ​@sammandville