Zirillo - English 11
Read aloud or silently from the middle of page 12 through 13. Then write a journal response to the following prompt:
Journal Entry #1 - What is the effect of the destruction of family structure in our society today? List examples of how family has changed from generations past? In your opinion, how can you make a positive impact in your own family structure? What action will you carry out to insure your own family structure to be secure in the future?
Journal Entry #2 – Skim and scan pages 18 and 19. In your opinion, what is the symbolic meaning of the slave songs? How does Douglass’ understanding change after he is free? Explain the literal and deep meaning of one of your favorite song lyrics. Why does it touch your emotions? What is its relevance or explain circumstance?
Discussion – after chapter 5
Freedom is not given, so it is your right at birth. Do you agree? Why/Why not. However, there are some reasons when freedom must be taken away. In our society, explain reasons why freedom might be taken from someone. What are reasons for or against your argument?
Journal Entry #3 – …Life goes on with too many living in a kind of shapeless idleness. Recreation becomes the goal of life. Pubs abound, sports are perpetually proliferating, gambling consumes many, and almost any form of entertainment is pursued to fill the void created by a meaningless life…We are not criminals or murderers or thieves. Our sin is not so obvious. We live according to the standards of society, drifting along on this world’s ideas of living, oblivious to the consequences. - William Wilberforce
How is this quote relevant to what happened during the 1800’s in America’s south?
Journal #4 - How do the choices that you make today affect your consequences for a better life after high school? Explain your thoughts.
Journal Entry #4 – Read-Write-Think – What are your reflective thoughts about the following quotes?
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Elie Wiesel
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.” Elie Wiesel
Can peace be achieved in this world? Can I make a difference, I am just one person? How? We can’t change the past, so how can we make a better world for our present? Our future?
Journal Entry #5 - Edmund Burke stated “The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. ...... All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”
Many people think - how can I make a difference, I am just one person? How can I make a difference?