Directions: List one or two possible essays that were interesting enough to generate questions about their meaning or the events surrounding the creation of the text. List three questions that you have about the essay(s). Remember, if you choose the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," and you also choose to use the original letter from the eight clergymen in your research paper, you will still need two additional sources to support the potential answers to your questions. You will also need to read and inquire into the full letter under Unit VI, rather than using the truncated Unit III essay. Post Due before class on Thursday, April 10th.
Reply: No reply necessary, but read the questions of your fellow classmates if you find yourself at a loss for questions to ask the text(s) you chose.
"Learning to Read" Malcolm X
ReplyDelete1. Where and what would we be in life without education?
2. What happens when we allow the odds to defeat us?
3. What if we let what defines us temporarily control what defines us for
a lifetime?
"LBJ" Martin Luther King Jr
1. What would the world be if we just sit back and let inequality exist?
2.What happens if injustices remains and never justified?
3. Is it always a bad thing to be deviant and to stand up for what you believe in?
"Letter From a Birmingham Jail"
ReplyDelete1. Without his non-violent approach, would King still be successful in his argument?
2. Could anyone have posed the same argument as King without having his credentials?
3. What was the civil rights movement like?
"Living in the Shadow of Race and Class"
1. Does class privilege and/or race improve your chances of a better or higher education?
2. Are most teachers trying to teach to higher class students students, or is it a social norm that they are following?
3. How can lower class students succeed if educators are against them?
"Beyond Good Cop/Bad Cop"
ReplyDelete1. Is interrogation techniques the best way to pursue confession?
2. Are there more false confessions than legitimate ones?
3. Is the "Peace" technique developed in England a better alternative?
"Beyond Traditional Notions of Identity"
1.What affects does race, gender and sexual preference put on us in a world of judgment?
2. Having such strong view points, can there be glass half full thinking and understanding?
3. Can we appeal to such a diverse world or just accept what is?
"Letter From a Birmingham Jail"
ReplyDelete1.Where would we all be today if Dr. King never fought for equality?
2. Could anyone else fought for equality as Dr. King did?
3. What are some of the other major events in civil rights history where King made a difference?
"Living in the Shadow of Race and Class"
1. Does race and class factor into having a good education?
2. Are educator really dividing the classroom teaching between race and class?
3. What stops the under privileged students from getting themselves the education they deserve whether or not educator are against them?
LBJ
ReplyDelete1.How would our world/society be different today if King was still alive?
2. Would King be a successful with his non-violent approach?
3. Could King have a different approach for today's generation?
Anzaldua
1. What happens when people allow small things to divide them?
2. Why divide ourselves?
3. How do our preferences affect others and allow them to be judgmental?
“Letter From a Birmingham Jail” MLK
ReplyDelete1. Was King’s approach successful?
2. Did the clergymen agree and side with King?
3. Would King’s approach work in today’s society and the issues we have now.
“Learning To Read” Malcolm X
1. Why is education so important to life?
2. Would Malcolm X be who he is now if we wouldn’t have found and loved education?
3. What are we without education? What is our purpose?
"Aliens cause Global Warming"
ReplyDelete1)Do the people who push these policies profit from them in some way or do they actually believe their theories?
2)How are we supposed to get enough data to make nuclear winter models viable?
3)At what point are we supposed to start thinking less of arguments that include errors?
"Learning to Read"
1)Why was this specific prison rehabilitation based?
2)How effective was rehabilitation efforts in prisons at this time?
3)What other factors are there to inspiring people to further their knowledge base?