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Friday, September 26th

9/26/2014

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Weekend Homework:
  • Study for the exam
  • Finish posting to edmodo if you didn't have time in class (see below for instructions!)


EXTRA CREDIT!
To encourage you to regularly check my dp if no other reason that to be wowed by the beauty and organization that is my DP, I will give you 2 extra credit points if you send me an inspirational video by 8:24 a.m on Monday.  (Examples: Ted Talks, slam poetry, videos of people doing inspiring and awesome acts be they athletic, musical, or otherwise). 

Resources for the exam prep:
  •  checklist  for the test 
  • Note-taking form
  • MORAL/POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY POWERPOINT
  • Jeopardy Powerpoint from today
Goals:
  • Feel confident on the material for our exam and what to study this weekend
  • Begin getting ideas for your project

Starter:
  • Write down an appreciation for both people sitting next to you

Agenda:
1.  Jeopardy 

Jeopardy Rules:
  • 4 teams
  • Come up with a team name
  • 1 notetaker
  • All teams must deliberate and record their answer when it is NOT their turn because Ashley will call on you next to answer. If you didn't have an answer written down, she won't accept it. 
  • Spokesperson must rotate each round
  • Double Jeopardy at the end: Can wager as many points as you want toward the final answer

2. Group Brainstorm of topics for our project (A-E below)

A. Example of Rhetoric and a current event involving a debate between welfare, security and equality:
Tea Party's Anti-Obamacare Ads
  • How does this video make you feel?
  • Persuasive messages demand a response: Critique of the creepy anti-obamacare ads
  • Ashley's Edmodo Posts: Latinos Uninsured Rate Plummets with Obamacare   and Obamacare is more Unpopular than Ever 

B.  Reminder of op-ed article requirements

C. Join Edmodo!  Use your animas high school email and password

www.edmodo.comSign up as a Student
Group Code:
 rs2hwq

D.  POST TO EDMODO:
  • Post an article or video about a current events issue that involves a political dilemma between security/liberty/equality (one of those MUST be present for this post)
  • At the top of your post, write which "approach to justice" is apparent in the article (security, liberty and/or equality?) 
  • Write a brief summary of the article and your personal reaction

5. Appreciations


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