Thursday, March 31, 2011

Animal Farm Chapters 7 and 8

Chapter 7:

How had things on the farm changed since the revolution?
 
Chapter 8:
 
What did Benjamin know about Squealor that the other animals could not understand?
“None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing.”

Monday, March 28, 2011

Animal Farm Chapter 5 and 6

Chapter 5:

Why did Snowball and Napoleon argue over running the farm?

Chapter 6:

Why were the animals content, "in spite of the hardness of their work?"

Animal Farm: Chapter 3 and 4

Chapter 3:

How was farm life after the revolt compared to life for the animals before with Mr. Jones?

Chapter 4:

According to Pilkington and Frederick, what came of "rebelling against the laws of Nature"?

Friday, March 25, 2011

Animal Farm Chapter 1 and 2

Explain using evidence from the text:


Chapter 1:


Why did Old Major believe that the animals lived a miserable life?

Chapter One Link


Chapter 2:


How did Animalism work in practice?

Chapter Two Link

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Your immigration Bill

Design your own immigration bill. What would you do about these five areas?

1. Border fence?

2. Family and Merit-Based Visas?

3. A path to citizenship for illegal immigrants?

4. Guest/Temporary Worker Program?

5. Legal status of job applicants

Please indicate any details that you think are important for you.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Jamaican and Puerto Rican Immigration: A News Story

It is 1965 and there have been several years of immigrants coming to CT to work in tobacco. Write a newstory about Puerto Rican and Jamaican immigration to CT. It should be between 1-2 paragraphs in length. You can use newsletters on Word or Publisher.

Use these links and and the documents to help you write your newstory:

http://www.hogriver.org/issues/v01n01/tobacco_valley.htm

http://www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/10/commentary/cook.html

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Human Trafficking Poem Contest

Write a poem about human trafficking for the SASS contest.

Message from Mrs. Nelson-Kauffman:

"The topic is modern day slavery. I would make the poems no longer than one page because a SASS committee will select the best ones to be displayed and voted on by those attending the Abolitionist Fair. The longer ones tend to get ignored. They can use any poetic format they want, from an “I am” poem to a Shakespearean sonnet. (OK the latter probably would not win)."

Resources:

I am poem Format


Free the slaves


Essay: Taking advantage of desperation

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/dying-to-leave/essay-profiting-from-disparity-and-desperation/1230/

Human Trafficking Worldwide:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/dying-to-leave/photo-essay-confronting-the-problem-of-human-smuggling/1242/

Human Trafficking WorldWide:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/dying-to-leave/human-trafficking-worldwide/introduction/1231/

Monday, March 7, 2011

Is slavery today worse than in history?

Is slavery today worse than in history?

In a persuasive paragraph aruge, whether slavery today is worse than slavery in history. Use quotes from the freetheslave.net website to support your work. A paragraph should be betweeen 6 and 8 sentences.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Border Fence

Should we keep or get rid of the border fence?

Write a well-supported paragraph using information from the documents.