Monday, October 19, 2015

Monday October 19

Announcements
Grading details: Everyone needs to self-assess with the rubric and be sure you sent me your DP link.
Honors proposals due!!!
Extra credit opportunity:  Half the Sky today and tomorrow at 6pm at the Durango Public Library

Agenda
1. Starter 10.19:  React to this TED Talk
The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives
How does this resonate with you personally?  How can this knowledge help you better understand people who are ideologically different than you?


2. Review:  Where do the parties stand on the issues?

  • How do we see the moral frameworks (harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, in-group/loyalty, authority/respect, purity/sanctity) manifest on both sides of the issues?




3. FOUR CORNERS:  US Foreign Policy


4. What do we mean by "foreign policy"?



5. What is going on in Syria?
What is behind the conflict?
The Refugee Crisis



HOMEWORK
1. Read Vladimir Putin's "A Plea for Caution" (New York Times, Sept 11, 2013)



2. Highly recommended:  Research background on US foreign policy in the Middle East, the Syria conflict, and our
Wikipedia articles of note
US Foreign Policy
US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Criticism of U.S. Foreign Policy

Check out:
Dr. Grossman's website:  History of Military Interventions