Tuesday, September 11, 2018
92 minutes
REMINDER: check the blog
for info!
1. In pairs,
look back through “The Coddling of the American Mind” and “The Big Uneasy” and
find one provocative quote (a quote that stirs up your
emotions or troubles your ideas and thinking or is controversial) and record it
on a slip of paper.
2. Pass the
quote to another pair and each person free-writes about the quote: Free-Write: To
what extent do you agree or disagree with the idea expressed in the quote? Why?
Give examples. What thoughts or feelings does it provoke for you? What
questions does it raise for
you?
3. In groups of
four, share your free-write, including the quote that generated it.
4. Then share
your research / articles and discuss how they add to your ideas.
Each person should explain/summarize their research for 3-4 minutes and allow
questions from group members for 1-2
minutes. Take notes as needed.
5. Large group
discussion: what are some ideas and issues you have now? Use textual evidence
from the articles and your research to support your ideas.
For Thursday,
September 13, bring all of your materials to class: “The Coddling of the
American Mind,” “The Big Uneasy,” your notes, your research, your free-writes.
You will
get the prompts for the essay at the beginning of class and you will have the
period to write your essay.
Choose ONE of
the following prompts to write about:
- To what extent
should school make you feel safe? Why?
- What are the risks
of incorporating trigger warnings and constructing safe spaces in schools?
Why are they important? In what ways do they limit the possibilities of
education?
- At what age are
students prepared to cope with “harsh reality,” as it is framed in the
clip from South Park?
- Should schools or
universities have policies regarding trigger warnings or safe spaces? Why
or why not?
- What is the value
of discomfort in the realm of education? In what ways does discomfort
encourage learning and growth?
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