DC Itinerary and Hotel Information

Itinerary

Students:  Please print on your own if you'd like a copy while we are in DC or you could take a screen shot.  I will not be providing copies. 

Please tell your parents that this is here too.  Tell them hotel information is on it.

Selma Film Permission Slip

I'm hoping we can still try and watch this before the end of the year is up especially because we missed it when it came out in theaters.

1st period - you're about 2 classes ahead of 3rd period so you should be able to watch it this upcoming week starting Wednesday.  3rd period, I'm hoping you will be able to see it before the end of the year is up.

Get the permission slips signed just in case.  1st period definitely give me the permission slips signed by Wednesday at the latest b/c that's when we would start watching it.

3rd period - Try to get them to me by Friday.

Selma Permission Slip

DC Packing list and Mr. Havner's Suggestions

Packing list

Packing list has many suggestions.  But bring majority of it.  Clean clothes, toothbrush/toiletries, $, etc. 

Dress code per school regulations.  Please don't tell make me tell you you're wearing something inappropriate.  Bring one outfit that is nicer for the Capitol.  It doesn't have to be super fancy.  Just no t-shirts and sporty shorts (like basketball shorts).  Bring a swimsuit.  Remember to bring your Class shirt.


I would bring two luggage type bags.  One big, for clothes (which will be in the storage area underneath the coach and non-accessible and then one smaller bag (backpack) that you can bring on the bus and will be with you in your seat.

$$$ - All main meals will be covered.  Everything else is on you.  We will be at places for souvenirs and other things as well.

Umbrella/Rain jacket - it rains in DC a lot. Hopefully not when we are there!  Everyone hope for NO RAIN! 

Charger for you electronics. 

Everyone know and memorize your home phone numbers or parents numbers.  We had an issue with a phone being lost last year and the student didn't know his house phone or parents cell phone numbers. 

Nonviolence Links

CORE Rules

How does this add to your understanding of nonviolence?

Workshops in Nonviolence

Read the document in the above link.  You only have to read the introduction and part 1 and 2 on the first page and that's it.  Don't read on as it will take more time.  You could check out one of the scenarios they present if you so desire.

Then answer these questions:

1. What is the purpose of this document?
2. Why did CORE believe it was important to train people in nonviolence?
3. What, if anything, surprises you about this document? Why?


Making a brief slideshow - no more than 8 slides.

What did those principles of nonviolence look like in practice?

With your partner, join another pair to form a group of four. With your group, choose one of the following events from the civil rights movement: Montgomery Bus Boycott; integration of
Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock; lunch-counter sit-ins; voter registration
drives (Freedom Summer!); Birmingham Children’s March; 1963 March on Washington; march from
Selma to Montgomery.

Research (as briefly as possible) your chosen event. After you have read about the event, copy the “Six Principles of Nonviolence” into a slideshow.  With the members of your group,
see how—or if—each principle was part of the action you have read about.  Present to class in 2-3 minutes.

Then...

Think about how nonviolence might be a way to approach injustice today. The problems might be in
your own community—for example, maybe there are homeless people living on the
street—or they might be larger-scale—for example, racial profiling by police or workplace
discrimination faced by Muslim Americans. With your group recall the different nonviolent strategies that were used during the civil rights movement. Which, if any, of these strategies might be useful for addressing the problem you’re looking at? Why do you think they would be useful? Which, if any, might not be so useful for addressing the problem? Why do you think they would not be useful?

READ CAREFULLY Current Event Reflection Directions

Current Event Final Reflection

In preparation for this assignment, look through the current events you've completed to remind yourself of the news from this school year and possibly last year.  

What perception (opinion) of the world/U.S.A. have you gained from current events in light of ONE of the following bulleted topics?

• cultural issues – religion, family life, gender roles, education, the arts, etc.
• democracy – struggles for, against, maintenance of, who participates
• power – who has it, wants it, loses it, its corrupting force
• poverty – its causes, effects, solutions, who suffers most from it
• technology – its use, its dangers, its advantages, its availability in the world
• individual liberties – citizens’ rights to life, liberty, property, free speech

Write a reflection (you may use first person) where you share your opinion on ONE of the topics above in terms of how that topic relates to news events in the world/U.S.A. Choose a topic that allows you to discuss specifically at least three different news articles that come ONLY from your current events you've done this year that support your ideas about this topic (no online searching for stuff now; if you didn’t write about it originally in your current events, you may not discuss that news event). Include the article’s date and title as you discuss specifics. If I want to see the current event that you refer to I should be able to see it whether you have a paper copy or it's on Google Docs.

Better reflections will offer some interpretations – whether you feel worried or hopeful about this topic from what you saw in the news this year, what you think needs to happen now in terms of this topic, and what connections to other things we’ve studied can you make. I am not asking you to summarize here.

This writing should be multiple paragraphs and be a minimum of 2.5 pages typed, and double-spaced.  
 

You will turn this by May 22, 2015. No current event passes accepted for this. No late assignments at all. No exceptions.  Normal MLA format.