The Trotsky

What is reincarnation?

Do you think reincarnation is

1. Possible?  
2. Unlikely?  
3. Very Possible?
4. Impossible?
5. Not just possible, but true and I can prove it!

Do you believe there is an Afterlife?

What are the similarities and differences between the idea of an Afterlife and Reincarnation?

If you see something bad taking place do you feel like you should do something about it?

For example, you see a little kid getting picked on by a mean and ugly gang of older kids.  Do you wish you could help out the little kid- maybe wish you could be transformed into Spiderman or become invisible, for a minute and fix things and then go on with your life?

Why or why not?

Not that you could become Spiderman, but is it natural to want to help one's fellow man?

Let's watch a movie about a high school student named Leon who tries to help others out, even if it causes some friction with his family and the authorities.

While watching the movie, raise your hand when you don't see exactly why people are doing what they are doing.

Are you ready?

http://ffilms.org/the-trotsky-2009/

http://www.movie4k.to/The-Trotsky-watch-movie-914593.html


Student protests in Hong Kong
http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000003147895/the-voice-of-a-hong-kong-student-leader.html?emc=eta1

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/world/asia/hong-kong-china-democracy-protests-students.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LargeMediaHeadlineSum&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Introduction to Government

Introduction to Government

Do Now:
Copy the question and add your answer:

1. Does society depend on there being a government, or does the government depend on there being a society.  Explain your thoughts by using some examples to illustrate your view.

2. An alien has just landed.  Explain to that alien what the purpose of government is.

What I would tell the alien is....

The alien would understand that government is...

Trying to explain to an alien about government makes me confused about government than I was before because....

3. What ideas about the relationship between government and society does the conversation between the alien and the human try to get us to think about?

EXIT TICKET

Explain the meaning of this political cartoon:

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2. If you already know how to drive, explain why you would need a license to drive.

3. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.  Explain, in your own words, what this statement from the Declaration of Independence means to you.

4. If the majority of people, in a democracy (a government that is ruled by the people) make a mistake about what laws are good or bad, would they admit it?  Can a majority ever admit it was wrong?

5. I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe— "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.  Explain, in your own words, what this statement from Henry David Thoreau’s 1849 essay “Civil Disobedience” means to you.  

6. With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things, and the symbols of things. One will live. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.  ― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism

What is Oscar Wilde saying and do you think he is right or wrong?  Please explain.

7. What is Law?  Is Government necessary for Law?  Can there be Law without Government?





8. What is the ironic message the cartoonist is trying to get you to think about?

In Class Writing Topics - Government

An alien has just landed. Explain to that alien the purpose of government.	Which is more important to your daily life: local government, state government, or federal government?
Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but not poor alternatives to a natural environment.  Discuss some of the arguments for and/or against keeping animals in zoos.	Imagine  that your teacher wants to teach a new subject for the next few weeks.  Your teacher will take suggestions, and then let the students vote on the new subject.  Write a short essay to support your choice that aims to persuade the other students to vote for your choice.
Since the invention of nuclear weapons we have had a long period of GLOBAL peace and stability.  Are nuclear weapons global peacemakers or killing devices?	Should the government place a tax on junk food and fatty snacks?
Explain how you plan to participate in government as you grow older.	What questions would you specifically like to ask the President of the United States?
What is capital punishment and what is it’s purpose?	If a person commits a crime and asks to be forgiven, is it unjust to punish them?
Should schools or families be in charge of the education of minors in society?	Doing assigned homework may be a good way to reinforce classroom learning, but does the government have the right to tell you what school work you should do when you’re not in school?
Should the schools, or the students enforce a dress code?	Should classes be scheduled for 3 hours a day, twice a week, instead of every day for an hour?

Young Goodman Brown - Link

http://coursesmrhedges2013.blogspot.com/2013/01/young-goodman-brown-by-nathaniel.html

Shakespeare Sonnet #73

Directions: Study both the paraphrase and the Sonnet and answer the questions.

Sonnet 73, William Shakespeare

SONNET 73

That time of year thou may'st in me behold 
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, 
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. 
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day, 
As after sunset fadeth in the west, 
Which by-and-by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. 
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire 
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, 
As the death-bed whereon it must expire 
Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. 
   This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
   To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

SONNET 73	PARAPHRASE
That time of year thou mayst in me behold	In me you can see that time of year
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang	When a few yellow leaves or none at all hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,	On the branches, shaking against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.	Bare ruins of church choirs where lately the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day	In me you can see only the dim light that remains
As after sunset fadeth in the west,	After the sun sets in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,	Which is soon extinguished by black night,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.	The image of death that envelops all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire	I am like a glowing ember
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,	Lying on the dying flame of my youth,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire,	As on the death bed where it must finally expire,
Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.	Consumed by that which once fed it.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,	This you sense, and it makes your love more determined
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.	Causing you to love that which you must give up before long.

Write your answers on loose-leaf. 

1.    Based on the description in the first four lines, what season is the speaker referring to? 

2.    What tone is set in the first four lines? 

3.    The phrase "death's second self" is a(n) 

4.    Which of the following accurately describes how the ideas in the poem are structured? 

5.    Please name and describe one theme of this poem. 

6.    Which of the following contains imagery of a sunset? 

Memory Lab and Writing Lab #4

Part One

Memory Lab:

List at least 9 human body parts that are spelled with just 3 letters.

As you create the list, notice the order in which you recall the items on this list.

Look at the pattern and see if you can identify the logical order your individual memory uses to complete the list.

Part Two

Then, start the Writing Lab.  The process is to connect the dots (the points in the mixed up story below) and put the puzzle together in a meaningful way.  Of course you may use connectors to join the prompts given below, but each prompt should be incorporated into your unified story as a whole entity.

See if you can "get it."

Get it?

Using all the lines below, in any order, create a unified story.
Add connectors and characters as you like.

• He'd beat them all and they knew it too.
• Achievement, unlike failure, must end in irony.
• I have always maintained a profound dislike for duals of any kind.
• "Congratulations, Class of 2014, you have practiced hard and learned the value of accepting the intolerable."
• On a good day, you will find extra winners perched in the dummy.
• That is not a whistleable tune at all!
• I'm saving on dental floss.
• "Why did you stop!?!"
• Confusion, like language, gets under your radar before you ever suspect it.

Writing Lab III

Using all the phrases, sentences and questions, below, in any order you choose, adding connecting material in any way you feel is necessary, turn the following into a unified story.

It was very soon after this that it all began.

"Marcus, I want to say two important things to you."

It was a charming place, a beautiful place, yet,

Alone, Franca washed her face in cold water in the kitchen, washing off the powder she had just put on and thought,

"Why have I been elected everybody's mother!" she thought.  "I'm turning into the house, becoming the house!"

"How did you find out?" said Franca to Jack

She kicked the leg of the table and cried out in pain like a cursed dog.

"Hello, good animal, you're late."

It all began about two weeks later.

May had given way to June, she would need no calendar to tell her this

Then he found there was a suspicious looking policeman inspecting the blood-stained glass.

"You traitor!  You vile faithless liar!"

He spoke quietly, gently, with in a slight whisper as if he was concealing he wasn't from around here.