Wednesday, 11/4

Starter #37

• What are the 5 freedoms secured by the First Amendment?
• Do you think that ALL types of speech should be protected by the First Amendment outside of school (in society at large)? Why or why not?

Class Biz Reminders

• Honors Lunch meeting tomorrow
• Google classroom post due tomorrow 

Agenda
Goals:

•  Evaluate to what extent we should balance security v. liberty when it comes to today's example free speech case
• Pick your topic for our Morality and Politics of Justice project

1. Reading and Discussion on "When Rights Encourage Wrongs: A student chat site triggers a class discussion of free speech issues" Hard copy only available in class 

• What are TWO different perspectives in the article about whether or not the post for rape instructions should be considered protected speech
• Explain your own perspective.  Should clearly hateful or offensive speech be protected under the First Amendment?  Why or why not?  USE Ethos, Pathos or Logos in your argument
• Article explaining more about the "rape post"

2. Brainstorm topics for the Morality and Politics of Justice project and choose yours! 
From the Ted Talk linked below: "When our great grandchildren look back at us, will they be as appalled by some of our practices as we are by our slave-owning, witch-burning, wife-beating, gay-bashing ancestors?"~ Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Philosopher and Professor

A. Watch the Ted Talk linked below then discuss: What are some current issues that our great grandchildren may look back at and be appalled by?  Write them on the white board!

B. Silently read page 2, "Exhibition Project Tasks" of this document:  requirements for our project   and write down any questions you have about the project (from grading, to content, to timeline, to the exhibition, etc...)

• Review guidelines briefly—must be an issue in which U.S. is or should be involved (in your opinion)
  • Must be something to which  you can propose a policy solution—what is the JUST course of action the U.S. government should take
  • Must have some sort of tension between sec/lib/equality (sec v.  lib, lib v. equal, etc…)
  • Must be in response to a current events issue. Examples: 
    • Article written recently
    • Something a presidential candidate recently said
    • Press release by Monsanto (if you are doing pro or con of GMOs for example)
    • Recent current events issue in general (In light of the Syrian refugee crisis, Western nations are left wondering what is the right thing to do.  How many refugees should these countries accept into their nation’s borders?

• List of issues: http://uspolitics.about.com/od/electionissues/
• Google doc of additional list of possible issues

C. Time to select your topic and find an article to which you think you could respond and complete this survey as your ticket out the door: OP-ED PROJECT PROPOSAL SURVEY

D. If you're ahead of the game- Conference with Ashley and then read through the required research form and begin Part 1