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Short Answer
1. What do you know about the definition of the word “treason”?
Teaching Suggestion: Offer students a dictionary definition to check their initial ideas against. Then, expand their understanding by asking about related terms, like “traitor,” “betrayal,” and “disloyal.” Help them see where these ideas overlap—in the sense of choosing to go against the interests of an entity one owes loyalty to—and where they do not. Guide them to see that these related words highlight the specific target of treason—a government—and the grave seriousness of the offense. Finally, explain that our Constitution has a specific clause regarding treason, and that in this definition, a person can only commit treason during a time of war.
2. Do you think there can ever be an ethical excuse or a logical explanation for committing treason?
Teaching Suggestion: Students are likely, at first, to say that there might be explanations, but that these explanations cannot excuse treason.
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