Classwork Friday 8/31

Read pages 10-13 "Little Boxes" and complete Connections questions paragraphs 2,3,4  This reading can be found at Little Boxes at Facing History and Ourselves.  The connection questions are at the end of the reading.

Read pages 16-19 "Stereotyping" and complete Connections questions 1,2,3,4,5.  This reading can be found at "Stereotyping" at Facing History and Ourselves.  The connection questions are at the end of the reading.

If you are absent, please have this completed in your notebook by Tuesday.

Identity Box Due Block Day 9/5 or 9/6

Identity Box Instructions

Conversation

How do we live with moral difference and yet sustain an overarching community?

           

The answer…is conversation – not mere debate but the disciplined act of communicating (making my views intelligible to someone who does not share them) and listening (entering into the inner world of someone whose views are opposed to my own). Each is a genuine form of respect, of paying attention to the other, of conferring value on his or her opinions even though they are not mine. In a debate one side wins, the other loses, but both are the same as they were before. In a conversation neither side loses and both are changed, because they now know what reality looks like from a different perspective. That is not to say that either group gives up its previous convictions. That is not what conversation is about. It does mean, however, that I may now realize that I must make space for another deeply held belief, and If my own case has been compelling, the other side may understand that it too must make space for mine.

1.Do you agree with this description of a good, respectful conversation? Why or why not?  

2. What are challenges to this kind of conversation?                                                                      
3. Under what conditions is this kind of conversation most likely to happen?  

4. Do you think young adults are capable of being the kinds of listeners and speakers? Why or why not? 

REMEMBER TO USE YOUR SECRET NAME AND CLASS PERIOD:
EXAMPLE:  3SNOOPY

Welcome to Facing History and Ourselves

Homework for Monday 8/27/12
Book mark this blog:  http://price-historydemocracy.blogspot.com
Parents sign class contract 
Get a notebook for class

In class on Tuesday 8/28:

1) Choose a secret name

2) Email me gprice@orangecsd.org with your:

a) name and class period in the subject

b) SECRET name

c) cell phone number

3) POST:  "Identify a time when knowing something about the past – about history – was important
to you or helped you in some way. Why do you think understanding this event was significant for you?"

Write your thoughts  (2-3- sentences). Use your SECRET name to identify yourself. Read your classmates' posts and respond to at least ONE of their comments.

EXAMPLE FOR SECRET NAME:
3SNOOPY