Q2 - Week 7

Day 1
Monday 11/24/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 11/25/14 (p7)

 Essential Question:  What place does argumentation have in justice?
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #16 - Copy the Examples of Common Fallacies into your journal - on page 146 of your text book - write the fallacies and their examples:  Hasty Generalizations, Either/Or, Ad Populum, Moral Equivalence, Red Herring
2.   Activities:
  • 2.13 - pp. 140 - 146 - Justice and Culture - Evidence/Appeals/Fallacies
    • Read the 2nd text for Evidence (Anecdotal, Empirical, Logical) and Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)
    • Continue the T-chart with your previous Team - include today's text, "Rough Justice"
    • Add a Common Fallacy Chart and then Present your Team's findings
  • Home Work (HW)- On the note card provided, write a list of 5 possible topics for your EA2 essay about an issue that resonates (echoes) across cultures.
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List your favorite fallacy and explain why that's the one.
Day 2
Tuesday 11/25/14 (p3) & Wednesday 11/26/14 (p4, p7)

 Essential Question:  When is Civil Disobedience important?
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Turn in your note card HW
2.  Journal #17 - Has a parent/teacher/authority figure ever asked you to do something that you believe to be wrong/unjust/immoral?  How did/would you respond?
3.  Activities:
  • Let's hear some of the possible EA2 topics on issues that resonates (echoes) across cultures
  • Finish Fallacies and Team Presentations
  • 2.14 -pp.147- 149 - Taking a Stand on Justice - Read for Evidence (Anecdotal, Empirical, Logical) and Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. Use 1-2 sentences to explain when Civil Disobedience is important.

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