Religious Debates + Recap of Week "The Crucible"

All classes, save P3 choose Gay Rights/Marriage as their topic for Wed. and Thurs. Oct 27th and 28th Religious Debates.

P3’s Topic Abortion
Be sure to:

1. Communicate with your team members at least once every other day.

2. Get at least six (6) Safe Search articles analyzing both pro and con sides.
a. Be prepared to answer questions or comments from Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, Sihkh, Buddhist, Taoist or other religious views and attitudes toward gay issues

3. Interview others from other religious groups

4. Watch “The Daily Show”, “The Colbert Report”, PBS’s BBC World News, CNN, Fox News, as well as other outlets to get their takes on these topical debates.

5. Get source details from ALL your articles, shows, radio programs and materials

6. Learn your teammates' roles: remember how 10 scholars couldn’t make it last time due to heavy rains and delayed or cancelled trains. KNOW EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR TEAM’s ROLES. If anyone arrives late, it is their responsibility to be aggressive and get in there and DEBATE their side.

7. Talk to adults

8. Conduct surveys

9. Keep a bibliography of all sources found, used and quoted

10. Be ready to write a Persuasive Response-Essay after the actual Debate.

In Class: After deciding these new debate topics, we defined "OTHERING"

(P8) “Othering” = discriminating, or separating due to differences; race, sex, orientation, age, religion, beliefs, disabilities. It arises from ignorance, in order to make others feel inferior.

(P7) “Othering” = Separating people by little differences in order to feel better or superior.
Comparing yourself to others, usually they are put lower, even if it’s not necessarily true.
EX: Racism, Sexism, ageism, social status/hierarchy

(P5) “Othering” = Outcast, segregated, isolation based on race, gender, orientation, religion, sect, belief, creed in order to feel better or superior.

(P3) Othering; separating people because of religion, race, sect, color, culture, beliefs. Ostracizing those who are different in order to feel superior.

(P2) Othering = treating another sect, group, race, people like outcasts. Disrespecting others because of differences and one’s need to BE superior.
EX: Racism, sexism, ageism,


Then we went through pages 6-7(top), to better understand the three-four paradoxes within the seemingly “perfect” theocracy which was Puritan Salem, Massachusetts, 1692.


Monday’s HW
Sleep at least 9 hours every night
Eat well
Exercise before going to bed
Eat a hearty breakfast every morning

½ hour reading –focusing upon Archetypes, Characters’ Interactions creating Hierarchies, Othering
—Look up social, political events happening in US at the time Miller published “The Crucible”
—Who were the “players”?
—What were the conflicts?
—How were Americans “Othering” each other?
—How does this relate to the paradox within “The Crucible”?
—What other novel, recently read, used these same “people” as a scapegoat? = Othering them?

Write this up in one-two ¶s. If typed = MLA Format. If handwritten, edited and clean copy, DO NOT bother turning in any FROGGIE work.

P3, P8—by Tuesday, when we first meet, you should have annotated at least HALF of your articles for the debate. Your sources should be CLEARLY visible.

P2, P5 and P7—by Monday, you should have gotten at least six articles printed up, ready to annotate for completed annotations by Wed. Oct. 20. Your sources should be CLEARLY visible.

Debate Dates: P2, P7 = Wed. Oct. 27, during Double Blocks
P3, P5 and P8 Thurs. Oct. 28 during Doubles


Earlier this week: Answered questions from Focus Questions Sheet: 3 and 5 as well as:
1. What are some of the major Themes of Miller’s “The Crucible”?
a. Fear
b. Betrayal
c. Paranoia
d. Witch-hunts

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Asthma Survey: Monday Oct. 25, 2010
Parent—Teacher Conferences = Thurs. Oct. 28 6-8:15 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 29th ½ day noon-2:15

Aim: Archetypes and Characters’ Interactions

Do Now: Re-read pages 3-12 for 20 minutes, focusing upon
1. Characters’ relationships in the development of Archetypes and Hierarchies
2. Current events that make this text relevant today.

3. At the heart of these events, what is the true enemy of Puritanism?
Heathenism
4. What paradox arises as the setting of “The Crucible”? (bottom) pg 6-7 5. What current day events or movements are similar to the “snitch” factor, referred to ¶s 2-3 on pages 7-8? (think of themes—FEAR and PARANOIA— to answer this question)


Girl's Volleyball Team = 6-1 as they beat today's opponents 25-11 and 25-15! They were too good for me....by the time I'd arrived, they were already leaving!
Set 'em up! Slam away!