I will be finishing up a unit for Of Mice and Men
The essential questions will be:
Is "justice" always fair when it comes to crime and punishment?
How does power affect our ability to make decisions?
Is money and privilege the root of all evil?
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These are all interesting questions. I wonder what type of activities could surround these or what kinds of lessons you would make to follow these questions.
ReplyDeleteThese are great questions to ask, I am curious to see the responses your students come up with.
ReplyDeletehmmmmmmmm nice questions!!
ReplyDeleteSome are good for use with The Crucible and/or The Scarlett Letter as well.
Mary Anne
Good questions. Taking it even larger? What does it mean to be just? What are the qualities that an effective judge would need?
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These are good questions that will really get the students to think about justice!
ReplyDeleteYour questions would match perfectly with the Macbeth unit that I just finished! The concepts of power and absolute power corrupting absolutely are great debate items for teenagers! I've gotten some great discussions and papers from those very ideas :)
ReplyDeleteNatalie, I'm actually using these questions for a Socratic seminar and a silent dialogue. They're both activities that focus on student centered and engineered discussion. This is the time of the year that I try to get them away from looking to me for answers and get them looking to each other.
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