Wednesday, September 8, 2010

American Government 9/8/10

In Class - Short video clip from Stephen Colbert: http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Colbert-Report/94816/1563922426/The-Colbert-Report-8-10-2010/videos. This clip discusses the recent debate over the 14th Amendment and its correlation to the recent immigration issue in Arizona. Group Work: In groups of three, get out your current event (HW from yesterday). As a group, complete the Web Double Journal. Be sure to include a citation and write 2-3 paragraphs synthesizing the information from the different articles.

For those who forgot their article, read the article "Clinton condemns Quran burning plan." On the back of the article, write a two to three paragraph reaction to this article for homework.

Homework - Complete the Web Double Journal and for those who forgot their current event for today, you need to complete the Double Jornal and article reaction.

QOW - None for this week.

Video/Article to check out:
Profile: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the NYC Islamic center
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/08/imam.feisal.abdul.rauf.profile/index.html?hpt=C2
Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

Also, CNN's Soledad O'Brien has an exclusive interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on "Larry King Live" Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.

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