The Great Campaign
May 25, 2006
http://www.galileoweb.org/arquillos/stories/storyReader$341
Testing the Chickens
April 5, 2006
Which comes first? The egg or the chicken?
test
April 5, 2006
The Chickens
test
Testing
March 22, 2006
Testing
The Chickens
March 22, 2006
English European Agendas/Homework
March 22, 2006
Agenda for 4/7/06:
Agenda for 4/3/06-4/5:
Check Rough drafts of Scripts
Continue working on Scripts
Continue working on Scripts
Homework:
Work on scripts
Finish ORR books by 4/5
Finish ORR books by 4/5
Agenda for 3/29/06:
Discussion about yesterday’s “Day of Silence”
ORR groups
Homework:
Bring rough drafts of scripts to class Monday
Finish ORR books by Wednesday
Agenda for 3/28/06:
Take Quiz on your play
Handout: Scripts are just Elements
Begin writing scripts for your play project
Homework:
Bring Rough drafts to class MOnday
Bring ORR books and Materials to class
Agenda for 3/27/06:
QW: Discuss your feelings regarding tomorrow’s day of silence.
Discuss articles in groups
Finalize storyboards– be prepared to begin script tomorrow
Study as a group
Discuss articles in groups
Finalize storyboards– be prepared to begin script tomorrow
Study as a group
Homework:
Study for quiz on your play
Bring ORR book and materials on Wed.
Bring ORR book and materials on Wed.
Agenda for 3/24/06:
Study for Voc Quiz
Voc Quiz
Voc Quiz
ORR groups the entire period
Homework:
Bring plays to class Monday
Bring one additional article about your play on Monday– be prepared to summarize it to your group
Bring one additional article about your play on Monday– be prepared to summarize it to your group
Agenda for 3/22/06:
Go to the Talent Show
Homework:
Bring ORR books and Materials to class on Friday
Study for Vocabulary quiz Friday
Study for Vocabulary quiz Friday
Controversial Issues
March 22, 2006
The following are links to websites with information concerning the
available topics for the research paper. In addition to these
provided, feel free to read other articles that you find in your
internet research.
- Cloning/ Genetic Engineering
- Human Cloning: Religious and Ethical Aspects: From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, this site provides various aspects and historic information regarding human andembyro cloning.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm - The First Human Cloned Embryo:Scientic American online presents its feature article on the subject.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0008B8F9-AC62-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21 - National Bioethics Advisory Committee: Site of the agency
created by a Presidential Executive Order. Includes publications
regarding the science of cloning, religious perspectives,ethical
considerations, legal and policy considerations, and commission
recommendations.
http://www.bioethics.gov/ - Human Cloning Foundation: This site is in support of human cloning.
http://www.humancloning.org/ - American Bioethics Advisory Commission: Established by the
American Life League, this site offers position papers and statements
regarding cloning and genetics and discusses the President’s bioethics
policies.
http://www.all.org/abac/ - Council for Responsible Genetics: The charge of this
organization is to provide the public, researchers, legislators, etc.
comprehensive information regarding the social implications of
biotechnology. Read position papers regarding various aspects of this
issue, check out their analysis of related legislation and issues such
as the “gay gene” and genetic privacy.
http://www.gene-watch.org/ - Human Genome Project: Office of Biological and Environmental Research provides this site.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml - Scientists Grow Monkeys from Cloned Embryos: CNN Interactive
presents their March 1997 article and provides links to related stories
and related sites.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9703/02/monkey.monkey/ - Legalization of mind-altering drugs
- Drugs: This site provides a reasoned argument against the legalization of drugs. http://www.gargaro.com/drugs.html
- College Library: This site provides pro and con arguments for the legalization of drugs. http://college.library.wisc.edu/resources/subject_guides/druglegalize.htm
- Schaffer Library of Drug Policy: This site provides a timeline of drug laws and legislation in this country. http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/HISTORY/drug_law_timeline.htm
- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML): This site works to reform marijuana laws. http://www.norml.org/
- The Science of Medical Marijuana: This site provides scientific studies, reports, and opinions. http://www.medmjscience.org/
- BUPA: This site contains health information and fact
sheets, especially regarding teen use of legal and illegal drugs.
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/teen_drugs.html - Drugs and the Criminal Law: This site provides legal
advice and useful information pertaining to the use and conviction of
drug use. http://www.urban75.org/legal/drugs.html - Should Drugs be Illegal? http://www.wclf.org.
- Euthanasia/ Assisted Suicide
-
(Major Sites)
http://ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/
http://www.longwood.edu/library/suic.htm - Voices for Dying:
Site
of a nonprofit organization which supports and counsels people in
end-of-life decisions. See their “Education Resources” section which
includes background information on right-to-die issues, legal
developments, a newsletter, and information on advance directives.
http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3276 - Compassion and Choices: This organization “provides
information, counseling and support to patients who are facing
prolonged and intractable suffering at the end-of-life. COMPASSION
offers information and emotional support for all end-of-life options,
including intensive pain management, comfort or hospice care, and
humane, effective aid-in-dying for those who are in the final stages of
illness and whose suffering has becomeintolerable.”
http://www.compassionandchoices.org/ - Euthanasia World Dictionary: Includes a listing of right-to-die
societies throughout the U.S. and the world, a newsletter, a detailed
Q&A, and a glossary of “end-of-life” terms.
http://www.finalexit.org/ - Oregon’s Death with Dignity Annual Report: Follow the evolution and experiences of the death with dignity
movement in Oregon.
http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/ar-index.shtml - International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force: Includes a euthanasia FAQ, an FAQ regarding advance directives,
several essays on artificial feeding, an essay on the words used in the assisted suicide debate, and more.
http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/ - Ohio’s Right to Life Euthanasia Page: Several essays on such
topics as “What’s Wrong with Making Assisted Suicide Legal,” “Targeting
the Vulnerable,” and “Eroding Patient’s Rights.” Also includes a
“Withholding Food and Fluids FAQ,” and a section on pain management
therapy.
http://www.ohiolife.org/euthanasia/index.asp - Legislation/Death with Dignity Legislative Watch : Death with
Dignity National Center provides the text and a history of the law.
http://www.deathwithdignity.org/law/ - U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Physician Assisted Suicide Cases: From the University of Buffalo’s Center for Clinical Ethics and
Humanities in Health Care, this site lists transcripts and summaries of
court cases regarding assisted suicide. Oregon and Washington State
initiatives and controversial laws included.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/faculty/research/bioethics/court.html - Abortion/ Contraception (Morning After Pill)
- Abortion facts; this site contains links to organizations,
provides genereal information about abortion, statistics, memoirs and
arguments. http://www.abortionfacts.com/ - National Abortion Federation (NAF):
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of
abortion providers in the United
States and Canada. They believe that
women should be trusted to make
private medical decisions in consultation
with their health care providers.
NAF currently offers quality training
and services to abortion providers
and unbiased information and referral
services to women. http://www.prochoice.org/ - Abortion
Law Homepage: This page is constructed to help people understand
the background and state of abortion in America, and access related
legal material– especially that which is less available and less well
known. http://home.aol.com/abtrbng/index.htm
- National
Right to Life: The ultimate goal of the National Right to Life
Committee is to restore legal protection to innocent human life. http://www.nrlc.org/ - Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthood believes in the
fundamental right of each
individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility,
regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/aboutus/mission.xml - Pro Life America: This site provides the arguments for choosing
life over abortion, testimonies of women who’ve had abortions, images
of aborted fetuses and statistics all that support this
standpoint. http://www.prolife.com/ - Brainwashing/ Psychological Conditioning
- Rick A. Ross Institute: This website contains data on
mind-manipulation; controversial cult mentality, persuasion techniques
to the way in which the news brainwashes us. http://www.rickross.com/brainwashing.html - The Skeptics dictionary: This site provides analysis of ways in
which brainwashing techniques have been the scapegoat for aspects of
our behavior and society. http://skepdic.com/mindcont.html - Animal Training; This site discussing methods and theories
associated with training animals. This information can be used to
speculate the responses one might achieve with human subjects. http://www.wagntrain.com/OC/ - Hypnosis.Com; This website contains general data about the science of hypnosis. http://www.hypnosis.com/faq/
- Rotten. Com: This website takes a look at historical cases of mind control. http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/mind-control/
- Data Filter: This site focuses on the political aspects of mind control. The political
aspect of mind control concerns its use in a “free” society: the
testing of the technology on nonconsensual subjects, its use in
political persuasion and in suppressing dissent, as well as how the very
existence of the technology is covered up and concealed. http://www.datafilter.com/mc/ - Educate Yourself: This website informs people of what makes them vulnerable to mind control. http://educate-yourself.org/mc/
Debates
March 14, 2006
The topics up for debate are controversial because there is much information on both sides of the issue. It is up to you to gather as much of that information. There is no limit to the number of sources you can have, but each group is responsible for finding 10 sites/articles that discuss their topics. Be sure to document the sources that you obtain via the internet, as well, you should print out articles to share with each group member. All teams are responsible for knowing all the information. Listed below are some websites/links to some credible material on the topics.
- Cloning/ Genetic Engineering
- Human Cloning: Religious and Ethical Aspects: From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, this site provides various aspects and historic information regarding human andembyro cloning.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm - The First Human Cloned Embryo:Scientic American online presents its feature article on the subject.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0008B8F9-AC62-1C75-9B81809EC588EF21 - National Bioethics Advisory Committee: Site of the agency created by a Presidential Executive Order. Includes publications regarding the science of cloning, religious perspectives,ethical considerations, legal and policy considerations, and commission recommendations.
http://www.bioethics.gov/ - Human Cloning Foundation: This site is in support of human cloning.
http://www.humancloning.org/ - American Bioethics Advisory Commission: Established by the American Life League, this site offers position papers and statements regarding cloning and genetics and discusses the President’s bioethics policies.
http://www.all.org/abac/ - Council for Responsible Genetics: The charge of this organization is to provide the public, researchers, legislators, etc. comprehensive information regarding the social implications of biotechnology. Read position papers regarding various aspects of this issue, check out their analysis of related legislation and issues such as the “gay gene” and genetic privacy.
http://www.gene-watch.org/ - Human Genome Project: Office of Biological and Environmental Research provides this site.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml - Scientists Grow Monkeys from Cloned Embryos: CNN Interactive presents their March 1997 article and provides links to related stories and related sites.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9703/02/monkey.monkey/ - Cloned Pigs Raise Transplant Hopes http:msnbc.msn.com/id/11930791/from/rss/
- Anti-Cloning Research http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/data/reactions/cons.html
- “Women to Give Eggs For Cloning Research” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=377137&_page_id=1774
- Human Cloning: Religious and Ethical Aspects: From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, this site provides various aspects and historic information regarding human andembyro cloning.
- Legalization of mind-altering drugs
- Drugs: This site provides a reasoned argument against the legalization of drugs. http://www.gargaro.com/drugs.html
- College Library: This site provides pro and con arguments for the legalization of drugs. http://college.library.wisc.edu/resources/subject_guides/druglegalize.htm
- Schaffer Library of Drug Policy: This site provides a timeline of drug laws and legislation in this country. http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/HISTORY/drug_law_timeline.htm
- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML): This site works to reform marijuana laws. http://www.norml.org/
- The Science of Medical Marijuana: This site provides scientific studies, reports, and opinions. http://www.medmjscience.org/
- BUPA: This site contains health information and fact sheets, especially regarding teen use of legal and illegal drugs. http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/teen_drugs.html
- Drugs and the Criminal Law: This site provides legal advice and useful information pertaining to the use and conviction of drug use. http://www.urban75.org/legal/drugs.html
- Should Drugs be Illegal? http://www.wclf.org.
- Drug Abuse and Legalization http://www.geocities.com/drug_abuse_and_legalization/
- “Should Drugs Be Illegal?” http://www.wclf.org/articles/19.2.8.html
- Euthanasia/ Assisted Suicide
- (Major Sites)
http://ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/
http://www.longwood.edu/library/suic.htm - Voices for Dying:
Site of a nonprofit organization which supports and counsels people in end-of-life decisions. See their “Education Resources” section which includes background information on right-to-die issues, legal developments, a newsletter, and information on advance directives.
http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3276 - Compassion and Choices: This organization “provides information, counseling and support to patients who are facing prolonged and intractable suffering at the end-of-life. COMPASSION offers information and emotional support for all end-of-life options, including intensive pain management, comfort or hospice care, and humane, effective aid-in-dying for those who are in the final stages of illness and whose suffering has becomeintolerable.”
http://www.compassionandchoices.org/ - Euthanasia World Dictionary: Includes a listing of right-to-die societies throughout the U.S. and the world, a newsletter, a detailed Q&A, and a glossary of “end-of-life” terms.
http://www.finalexit.org/ - Oregon’s Death with Dignity Annual Report: Follow the evolution and experiences of the death with dignity
movement in Oregon.
http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/ar-index.shtml - International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force: Includes a euthanasia FAQ, an FAQ regarding advance directives,
several essays on artificial feeding, an essay on the words used in the assisted suicide debate, and more.
http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/ - Ohio’s Right to Life Euthanasia Page: Several essays on such topics as “What’s Wrong with Making Assisted Suicide Legal,” “Targeting the Vulnerable,” and “Eroding Patient’s Rights.” Also includes a “Withholding Food and Fluids FAQ,” and a section on pain management therapy.
http://www.ohiolife.org/euthanasia/index.asp - Legislation/Death with Dignity Legislative Watch : Death with Dignity National Center provides the text and a history of the law.
http://www.deathwithdignity.org/law/ - U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Physician Assisted Suicide Cases: From the University of Buffalo’s Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care, this site lists transcripts and summaries of court cases regarding assisted suicide. Oregon and Washington State initiatives and controversial laws included.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/faculty/research/bioethics/court.html -
Killing the Handicapped:Is It Discri= mination
-
“Australian ‘Dr. Death’ Creates new ‘Death Machine’”. http://www.euthanasia.com/nit.html
-
“Anti-Euthanasia Alliance Launched” http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4662312.stm
-
“Bishop Opposes Right to Die Bill” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/4828316.stm
- (Major Sites)
- Abortion/ Contraception (Morning After Pill)
- Abortion facts; this site contains links to organizations, provides genereal information about abortion, statistics, memoirs and arguments. http://www.abortionfacts.com/
- National Abortion Federation (NAF): The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is the professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada. They believe that women should be trusted to make private medical decisions in consultation with their health care providers. NAF currently offers quality training and services to abortion providers and unbiased information and referral services to women. http://www.prochoice.org/
- Abortion Law Homepage: This page is constructed to help people understand the background and state of abortion in America, and access related legal material– especially that which is less available and less well known. http://home.aol.com/abtrbng/index.htm
- National Right to Life: The ultimate goal of the National Right to Life Committee is to restore legal protection to innocent human life. http://www.nrlc.org/
- Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/aboutus/mission.xml
- Pro Life America: This site provides the arguments for choosing life over abortion, testimonies of women who’ve had abortions, images of aborted fetuses and statistics all that support this standpoint. http://www.prolife.com/
- Michigan to Require Opportunity to See Fetus http:msnbc.msn.com/id/11930791/from/rss/
- Male Grief is Hidden http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_3_37/ai_n6097586/print.
- “Nine Reasons Why Abortion Should Be Illegal” Http://www.mrdata.net/books/9reasons.htm
- Brainwashing/ Psychological Conditioning
-
- Rick A. Ross Institute: This website contains data on mind-manipulation; controversial cult mentality, persuasion techniques to the way in which the news brainwashes us. http://www.rickross.com/brainwashing.html
- The Skeptics dictionary: This site provides analysis of ways in which brainwashing techniques have been the scapegoat for aspects of our behavior and society. http://skepdic.com/mindcont.html
- Animal Training; This site discussing methods and theories associated with training animals. This information can be used to speculate the responses one might achieve with human subjects. http://www.wagntrain.com/OC/
- Hypnosis.Com; This website contains general data about the science of hypnosis. http://www.hypnosis.com/faq/
- Rotten. Com: This website takes a look at historical cases of mind control. http://www.rotten.com/library/conspiracy/mind-control/
- Data Filter: This site focuses on the political aspects of mind control. The political aspect of mind control concerns its use in a “free” society: the testing of the technology on nonconsensual subjects, its use in political persuasion and in suppressing dissent, as well as how the very existence of the technology is covered up and concealed. http://www.datafilter.com/mc/
- Educate Yourself: This website informs people of what makes them vulnerable to mind control. http://educate-yourself.org/mc/
- Cult Group Controversies http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/brainwashing.htm
- Brainwashing Allegations and the Elizabeth Smart Abduction http://www.religiousfreedoms.org/articles/article_brainwashing_elizabeth_smart.htm
- Academia and Their Subtle Brainwashing http://www.religiousfreedoms.org/articles/article_brainwashing_elizabeth_smart.htm
- “Allegations of Brainwashing” http://www.religioustolerance.org/brain_wa.htm
- “Brainwashing South Korean Children” http://freedomspeace.blogspot.com/2005/11/brain-washing-south-korean-children.html
- “Psychological Effects of U.S. Air Operations in Four Wars” http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR576/index2.html
- Brainwashing Tactics in Domestic Violence http://www.crescentlife.com/psychissues/brainwashing.htm
