Go here for New York Times story on the coming out of Michael Sam SEC Defensive player of the year from the University of Missouri. And here for the Federal Government’s announcement to provide same sex benefits for all federal employees.
The country is changing – your generation will soon see full marriage rights for homosexuals and equal access to Amendment 14 of the United States Constitution for all gay persons within the jurisdiction of the United States.
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Please go here to access Mr. Wood’s podcasts on the Civil Rights Movement.
I have used the website Blendspace to organize media access to the following events of the American Civil Rights movement. I will split the class into groups of three and four. Each group will have one day to organize themselves on an assigned events below. Begin with the Blendspace video and continue online to educate yourself and your partners further. I will cover each of these in class in the next two weeks. Your group will be together at the front of the room, clarifying the event. Your group will earn a fifty point homework grade based the following:
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This assignment is worth 100 points. It is due Tuesday, February 11 – end of the day.
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia provide some of the most compelling political events ever on an Olympic stage. The threat of terrorism is wholly valid. Breakaway Islamic republics have resisted the Russian government for decades; threats to disrupt the games are real. Recently, the Putin government came out aggressively against homosexuality. Many of the Olympic athletes support homosexual rights; some are openly gay themselves. This will provide a platform for protest. Russia has challenged the West in Syria with its full throated support of Bashar al-Assad. President Vladimir Putin himself is a polarizing figure. Through aggressive executive order and slashing of personal freedoms he has in many ways taken the Russian state back to the days of the Soviet Union.
And then there’s Pussy Riot…
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How bout some creativity on the Google Docs – 400 word minimum – take one of the two main characters and talk to me in their voice. Assignment is due by 11:59 PM Thursday February 6. Share it with me. Allow me to edit.
Sayra – set the stage…where is she? How old is she? What has happened? Tell me her story. First person. You can take her just about anywhere you want to…make sure to think back to the events of the trip North ( in some aspect). It does not need to be a recap of the movie. This can go where you want it to go.
Casper – I know some of you wanted to take Casper’s role in this google docs piece. No problem. However, this will be a little more difficult – in part because he is dead. How bout if you place the setting – the night before they reach the river. I’m not sure where he slept…was it in the car on the trailer…or were they in the shelter by then. Or was it on the road? I can’t remember. If you do Casper do it at that time. First person please.
How bout some life. Some creativity. Get inside her skin…and her head. And inside of her heart.
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Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today… Lot’s more Winter on the way.
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