Goals for the Day

• Compare and contrast the rhetoric of conflicting ideologies
• Continue to explore perspectives on foreign policy

Starter 10.26: 
What was interesting, surprising, or disturbing about the experience of reading Bin Laden's letter?



Pair share: What do you already know (or think) about the politics and military conflicts in the Middle East?  About Israel/Palestine?  About US foreign policy and/or military involvement?

Crash Course:  Israel and Palestine Explained


Another possible project medium:  Spoken Word Poetry
Rafeef Ziadah: We teach life, sir.
Response Protocol:  ("Rhetoric is a response and invites a response.")
1. Get out a piece of paper.
2. Listen to the poem.
3. MOMENT OF SILENCE.  On your paper: #response.  Respond with a sentence, a verse, or a hashtagged phrase.
4. Pass the paper.  (Keep up that silence. Breathe deep.)
5. Respond. (Silently.)
6. Repeat. (Breathe.  Reflect.  Shhh.)

Discuss:
How does this video expand your understanding of what is happening in Israel and Palestine?
Why is Rafeef' Ziadah's perspective important?


Group Work:  Rhetorical Analysis of Osama bin Laden's open letter to America.

Whole Class:  T-chart

• What are the similarities and differences between Osama bin Laden's and George Bush's rhetoric?

 Discuss

• Whose rhetoric is more effective?  Why?
• How does our own ideology influence each rhetorical transaction?

Exit ticket (2 sided):
1.  How does today's work help you understand the concept of ideology and the idea that "rhetoric transmits ideology"?

2.  What questions do you have? (Write down at least one question; it can be about rhetoric, US foreign policy, the ideological conflicts in Middle Eastern foreign affairs, or anything else you may be wondering about at this point.)

Homework

Read/annotate "Doublespeak" by William Lutz.  Be able to identify the thesis of the article and define the key terms.  (euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, inflated language)