Monday, September 22, 2008

Who Runs The Streets In Your Neighborhood- Day 1

Goal:
To evaluate, take, and defend positions on the scope 7 limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured.

Writing Prompt: (1L)
Who runs the streets in your neighborhood? How do they "run" them?

Group work: Butcher Paper
List all the problems that exist in your community on the paper given
(i.e. police violence, homeless, etc)
Share Out

Media Literacy (1R)
In the following video, there are three characters who are facing problems in their life and community. List the problems each character is facing (i.e. eviction, war..)

Eminem's Mosh

Character #1 (Young Black Man:)
Character #2 (Young White Soldier)
Character #3 (Young Mother)

Written Response:
What lyric or image stood out to you most?
If you could make your own end to the video, what would you create?

Eminem's Mosh #2

Written Response:
Which ending do you feel is more effective and why?

S.I.L.T. or S.I.C.A.
Something I Learned Today
or Something I'm Confused About

Homework:
Government is the way people decide the rules and responsiblities of individuals and institutions to a community. Your family is it's own government.
Tonight, you will interview a parent or guardian how they define government and decmoracy?
Ask them what they feel about the government? Do they trust them? Fear them? Appreciate them?

After the interview, write a paragraph of what government means to you? How does they address problems, or do they?

Two Paragraphs minimum due Thursday.




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