Thursday, March 11, 2010

American Government 3/11/10

In Class - New topic selection. 2nd Period: Race - Begin watching the video "A Class Divided" about a school teacher's lesson on racism after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in 1968.

Articles to Check Out:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/03/18/us/politics/20080318_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/12/racism.poll/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/holder.race.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/martin.cartoon/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
http://www.america.gov/st/usg-english/2008/June/200806301621521xeneerg0.7737543.html

4th Period: Torture - Begin watching video "The Torture Question," a look inside some of the detention facilities run by the CIA and United States military.

Articles to Check Out:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/guantanamobaynavalbasecuba/index.html
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/87313697.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1919523,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892947,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892352,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1901491,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892721,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1668707,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994180-1,00.html
http://www.newsweek.com/id/195120
http://www.newsweek.com/id/192314

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