What in the world is going on?

1. Complete the survey about using technology in this class.

2.  Find an article from an online newspaper source, such as Time.com, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, etc, or any other reputable (trustworthy) national or local source. Look for an article that relates to racism, prejudice, abuse of authority by a person in a position of power. If that doesn't interest you, look for an article that relates to South America that you can use to propose our next unit. Reserve your article.


3. What in the world is going on? Read the article, become an expert on it by completing the worksheet using full and grammatically correct sentences

Crash Reflection | Digital Peer Editing

1. Do Now: Open your Crash Reflection in your Google Docs.

2. Take your paper and write 1 on one side and a 2 on the other.

 

3.  Write your gmail on 1 person's side 1 only.

4. Write your gmail on 1 person's side 2 only.

1 = your editor for today.
2 = your editor tomorrow.
 In case you forget, here is the List of Peer Editors for each period.

5. Editors, make sure your writer answered the prompts and used transitions to help one paragraph flow into the next, for a complete essay. Here are the prompts and the rubric.

Reflecting on Race and Prejudice in America Prompt
The rubric to help formulate level 4 responses.**

Crash | Exploring Race & Prejudice

1. DO NOW| What does it mean to be prejudice?

2. View the movie Crash
Crash is a brave film. It deals with race and our prejudices in a brutally honest way, forcing us to confront thoughts and feelings that we may not be comfortable with. Don Cheadle says that the film aims to uncover ‘what we don’t say, what is below the surface’.

Crash involves the prejudices of a range of different groups in society, looking at how they view each other and the consequences of this. It is not afraid to deal with the prejudices of minority groups as well as the more dominant sectors of society.




3. Discussion Questions

• What shocked you most in the film and why?
• What did you laugh at in the film? Why?
• What racial stereotypes were familiar to you. How did the film use physical appearance and behavior to show these stereotypes?
• Not all the discrimination in the film, Crash is based on race. What other types of harassment do you see and how are you made to feel about it?
• Some we viewed positively from the start and some negatively. How were your opinions of those characters challenged as the film progressed?
This film was made as a reflection of our society. Do you participate in any of the types of stereotyping or prejudice you saw in the film?

4. Reflecting on Race and Prejudice in America.

**Use the rubric to help your formulate level 4 responses.**

Jazz is about Freedom | Kicking off Black History Month

1. DO NOW | In the comment's section below, answer the following questions:

• How many hours a week do you think you spend listening to music/How much time do you spend making music yourself?
• Who are the recording artists you like and listen to the most?
• Have any of these artists made you aware of a problem or issue in our society? If so, what problems or issues has the music brought to your attention? How does the song or music make you feel about the issue? What role do the lyrics play? What role does the music itself play?

2.  Make a copy of Jazz is Freedom

3. Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit (1938).