Wednesday, September 9, 2009

American Government 9/8/09

In Class - Briefly discuss President Obama's speech on education. Group work: take your two arguments (homework from last Friday) and discuss these in groups. Then, take a look at the handout with arguments of why torture should be used to gain intelligence from detainees. Write a short paragraph telling me why these arguments solidify the argument of why torture should be used or why these arguments do not. Turn in before you leave.

Homework - Current events on the issue of torture. Check out the following articles (and yes, you may use these as your current events!)
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1918137,00.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


QOW - There is no question of the week for this week. We will pick this up next week.

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