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 * Background – What happened in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989?**

On this day in history []
 * Read this aloud:**

BBC video []
 * Watch: Video footage from 1989**

Initial New York Times article (not released until almost 2 weeks after the event because of lack of information) MUST PASTE LINK http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/21/world/a-reassessment-of-how-many-died-in-the-military-crackdown-in-beijing.html
 * Read this aloud:**

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 * Discuss**
 * What does this have to do with CENSORSHIP?**

What does the Chinese government say happened on June 4, 1989? (from 2009 20th anniversary) MUST PASTE LINK http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/06/tussle_in_tiananmen_square.html

DAY 3 Video summary…reliable source? MUST PASTE LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJeA0s3x2A&feature=related

Video of people holding up umbrellas to block cameras and news crews on the 20th anniversary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11k1ItBJ00Y&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1--- THIS LINK REMOVED...HMMMM USE THIS ONE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGHd2bPn4ZU

Interesting facts (the info from this link is pasted below...link is funky) http://gawker.com/5278749/china-confirms-nothing-happened-20-years-ago-today China Confirms: Nothing Happened 20 Years Ago Today Today is the 20th anniversary of the [|Tiananmen Square] massacre. China is celebrating by attempting to censor every single piece of information, anywhere, pertaining to the incident. Let's review China's tactics for keeping this anniversary a //big secret//:
 * **Umbrellas of Mystery:** This is THE BEST. China flooded Tiananmen Square with undercover cops who positioned themselves in front of reporters and cameramen and [|then opened big umbrellas,] so the cameras couldn't see anything, except China's unified umbrella of the satisfied people. Problem solved!
 * **The Internet is Closed:** In China if you plug "4 June" into a search engine you find... nothing! Which is normal, of course, but was 4 June //that boring//? If the internet says so, I guess it was!
 * **And Also:** "[|In 2004,] journalist Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for sending an e-mail about the Tiananmen Square anniversary." That is the less subtle way to handle things, yes.

Ten years later, this Chinese reporter, who was at the massacre, interviewed the person who led the revolt. It said that the article was published in the US because China refused to publish it. (I do not know how accurate that is.) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/newsweek/tiananmen.htm

This was a petition to have the Chinese government release information about the event, the formal letter is linked "Irene Khan has sent an open letter....." Nothing happened because of this. 9418 people signed the online petition *THIS LINK NO LONGER WORKS. IS CHINA AWARE OF THIS LESSON??? http://protectthehuman.amnesty.org.uk/tiananmen

___ Individually Read and Respond:** Time Magazine article "Unknown Rebel" - named in top 100 most influential people of the 20th century http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988169,00.html Summarize and comment

Excerpt (read only this excerpt) from an article released by Reuters.... A Chinese news station fired staff for mentioning the event and paying tribute to those who died. http://simpsonsparadox.com/2007/06/nothing-happened-in-tiananmen-square.html Does this kind of thing happen to people in the US? Why or why not?

Are you aware of any acts of censorship by the US government? If so, what specifically?

Has this changed over time? By this I mean, in the past did our government have more or less control over the media?

Do you feel the US government should control access to any information that it currently does not control?

How has technology either helped increase governmental censorship or hindered those governments who wish to censor access to information?

Extension: Considering what you know of the world, choose 2 countries, other than the US and China, and research if governmental censorship-specifically control of access to information through the media- exists and to what extent.

Day4

Day 5

Brainstorming document to begin Censorship Research

Day 6

THE ASSIGNMENT! Censorship Research Paper ELA 12 Day 7

=**1984**= 1984 Assignment- Wintry Blue Packet

Audio to accompany book: []

Online 1984 book [|**http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/0.html**]

Due dates:
 * Date || Reading || Wintry Blue Packet ||
 * 8-Dec || Part 1 Ch 1-2, p.1-29 ||   ||
 * 15-Dec || Part 1 Ch 3-5, p.29-63 || "If It's Orwellian" p. 3-5 ||
 * 23-Dec || Part 1 Ch 6-8, p.63-104 ||   ||
 * 5-Jan || Part 2 Ch 1-10, p.105-224 || "Hey, Teens" p. 5-6 ||
 * 20-Jan || Part 3 Ch 1-2, p.225-260 || "Little Brother is Watching" p. 6-8 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">26 Jan ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Begin Technology Activity Tracker ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">2-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Part 3 Ch 3-6, p.260-298 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"1984 vs. Today" chart (read directions!) p 8-9 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">9-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Appendix, Afterword p.299-326 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Revisit vocab "Actually means" p. 1; answer questions 1-4 p. 2; Technology Activity Tracker due ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">11-Feb ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Articles/Summaries p. 11 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">12-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*Discussion* ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">17-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*Test* ||   ||

THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY TRACKER:

=**FAHRENHEIT 451**= Online book: http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/murat.goc/451.pdf

Audio online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7iBDXWPKqE

Study guide:

Due Dates: Day 8
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Reading || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wintry Blue Packet- //Fahrenheit 451// ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">8-Dec || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Part 1 p 3-32 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">plus Reading Assignment #1 Questions ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">15-Dec ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">BIG READ “Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)” ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">23-Dec || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Part 1 p 32-68 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> plus Reading Assignment #2 Questions ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">5-Jan ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Attached to Technology and Paying the Price” ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">20-Jan || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Part 2 p 71-110 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">plus Reading Assignment #3 Questions ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">26 Jan ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Begin Technology Activity Tracker ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">2-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Part 3 p 113-165 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">plus Reading Assignment #4 Questions ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">9-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Afterword p 167-173 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Technology Activity Tracker due ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">11-Feb ||   || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">“August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains” –What writing style connections can you make between this excerpt from Bradbury’s //The Martian Chronicles// and //F451//? ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">12-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*Discussion* ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">17-Feb || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*Test* ||   ||

Day 9

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2012/10/heres-how-some-texans-are-trying-to-ruin.php

In class Sonnet Peer Rubric



Shakespeare was no turkey!

Day 10

Outline Visual for claim-evidence-warrant-backing

DAY 11

How to write a HOOK at the 12th grade level presentation

DAY 12

In Text Citations

Signal Phrases

Day 13

Financial Aid Information

Day 14

Day 15

Works Cited Entries and what they look like when used in in-text citations

Day 16

Sample Research Paper with notes

Day 17

Mini-Lesson: You will watch 2 or more of these videos regarding writing a strong conclusion. You will take notes in your day-by-day packet, where you have meticulously gathered all of your mini-lesson notes for this unit. (If you happen upon another link that you think was helpful, email it to me and I will add it to the list.)

All students will watch: []

On Level students will also watch: [] Honors students will also watch: []

Additional Resources if you are still not sure how to write a conclusion for your argument: [] (this one cuts off, but beginning is helpful) [] []

Day 18

Peer Edit Form

Day 19

THE BEST SAMPLE APA PAPER IS HERE, for those of you who need to use it in Psych class, etc. http://my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/APAsample.pdf