Thursday, October 3, 2013

Reading:  Natalie


Starter #22:  What role does the press play in the transmission of ideology?


Discuss last night's reading
Pair share Q#3:  How might we still feel the effects of the Mexican-American War living in the Southwest?

Video:  Media and the War


A Whitman editorial


Rhetorical Analysis:  Primary (Media) Sources 
1.  John O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny
2.  Frederick Douglas:  North Star Editorial
Written Response (2-3 paragraphs):  Compare and contrast the ideology transmitted by these two primary sources.   Discuss how these two documents represent the contrasting ideologies of the time period in which they were written.   Additionally, discuss how you still see manifestations of these ideologies in the present day.


HOMEWORK
Finish  Rhetorical Analysis