America's Response
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Hello Everyone, Here is today's assignment: Assignment #30 - please read through everything before beginning! 1. Read: State Has Tentative Reopening Plan 2. Watch: Sunday Today Update 3. Watch: an update on global deaths and infections 4: Choose to read any two of the articles below: A. Online learning will be hard for kids whose schools close – and the digital divide will make it even harder for some of them B. Will Americans wear masks to prevent coronavirus spread? Politics, history, race and crime factor into tough decision
C. Fatherhood is more visible than ever. But will dads working from home actually step up more?
D. Isolation, disruption of routine hard on children and adolescents
5. Go to Google Classroom to access the Flipgrid task for this assignment. Or click here. Questions that you will be asked to respond to on Flipgrid (via video and audio - not written): 1. What are your thoughts/opinions on Maine's tentative reopening plan? 2. Reflect on each of the two articles that you chose to read for #4 above: A. If you read article A:
B. If you read article B:
C. If you read article C:
D. If you read article D:
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Today you are going to continue to look at the inequalities of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, specifically the racial inequalities in infection rates and fatalities. You will be working on this assignment for the next three classes (today, tomorrow, and the first class after returning from vacation). It will be due on Wednesday April 29th. Assignment #29 1. Watch/read/listen to the following: A. Read: Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States B. Read: Fauci says the coronavirus is 'shining a bright light' on 'unacceptable' health disparities for African Americans and Watch: Anthony Fauci compares race disparities of coronavirus to AIDS epidemic C. Read or Listen: read - Why the Coronavirus Is Hitting Black Americans Hardest; or listen - to the podcast version here D. Look at this "tweet storm" (read the whole thread from Nikole Hannah-Jones) E. Watch: Health and healthcare disparities in the US 2. Find and read at least two more articles of your own choosing on the topic. Make sure you choose resources that you believe to be from accurate news sources. Use this Media Bias chart to check your sources. 3. After reading/viewing the resources above, choose one of the following tasks to demonstrate your understanding and perspective on the questions that follow. 1. Create a:
A. What have you learned about the statistical connection between race and COVID-19 infection and death rates. Provide some statistics (at least 3-5) to demonstrate the connection. And in which parts of the country in particular are these connections most evident. B. What are some the reasons researchers, doctors, and sociologists believe that black Americans might be more likely to contract and die from COVID-19? Are these causes biological or social (meaning is it something genetic/biological about black Americans, or is it a result of social conditions - and if so what are those social conditions?). Would sociologists have predicted this? Are these findings about the impact of race on COVID infections/deaths in line with general health and healthcare disparities in the US? C. What is your reaction to all of this? Had you really considered the impact that institutional racism (meaning inequality/discrimination in access to political power, voting, education, employment, housing, wealth, access to healthcare, etc.) has on health. What stood out to you the most in everything you watched and read about the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 is having on Black Americans? What does it say about race in America to understand that black Americans are at such greater risk if COVID infection and death. How does it help you to understand the concept of racial privilege and/or disadvantage. D. Finally, what other questions do you have as a result of all of this? What does all of this make you wonder about? 3. Include a Works Cited page at the end of your project to cite all sources used in your final product (you do not need to cite the tweet storm). It should be structured as follows: Parise Style Citations:
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Today we will take a look at some of the latest related to COVID-19 in the US. Today's Assignment: Assignment #28 1. Read this article to get the basics on the outbreak in the US 2. Watch this interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci from Thursday 4/9 3. Read once through the article Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury completely without stopping. Then go back to the beginning and answer the following questions: A. After reading the first four paragraphs, what does the author establish as the main point/argument of the article. B. Look at the interactive graph that follows the first four paragraphs. What is this graph about (look closely at the lines above and below the center line with dates)? Whose movement is represented by the blue lines, and whose movement is represented by orange lines? And what important different between those two groups does the graph show? C. What does Dr. Ashwin Vasan mean when he says “People want to talk about this virus as an equal opportunity pathogen, but it’s really not." (according to the article which types of Americans are at greater risk of contracting the virus, and why). D. According to Adie Tomer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who has studied the essential work force. “Covid-19 is exposing a lot of the structural disadvantages that low-income people face." What are some of those disadvantages? E. Look at the set of graphs charting the change in movement in cities with higher income disparity (the difference in wealth between the wealthiest and poorest 10%), and the set for those cities with less income disparity. What do you notice as a major difference between those two sets of cities? (what do you notice about the blue and orange lines in the higher disparity versus lower disparity cities - and what does this mean?) F. Look at the chart titled "When groups started to decrease their movement by half." For each of the following cities when did the wealthiest 10% cut their average movement in half and when did the poorest 10% cut their average movement in half:
G. Reread the last two paragraphs of the article (copied below), and provide your reaction? Lots of people are talking about the impact this pandemic is having on those who have lost their jobs -- and the economic toll this will take on those people and the country as a whole. But do you think that as a nation/society we are giving enough attention/credit to those with relatively low-paying jobs that are deemed "essential." The people who must continue to go to work, interact with people, and put their lives at risk. Are we really thinking about the sacrifices that these people are making so that society can still function. Yes, most are probably happy to still have a job and have the ability to continue to earn a living (because they need to!), but they must put themselves at much more risk of contracting the virus compared to those who are able to work from home (and who are usually making more money while doing so). How must it feel to be required to go to work, and put yourself at risk, when you know that people with much higher paying jobs are much more likely to be able to work from home, and be much less likely to get sick? "Ms. Benjamin, the home care worker, said she was proud to be essential but would feel better with assurances that she could be taken care of if she fell ill. 'I just really want people to understand that it’s hard right now to go to work and live for other people,' she said. 'I want to make sure that they know we’re all in this together. Everyone is scared, but the world is in this together.'" Hi Everyone,
For today's class you should continue to work on Assignment #27 - Documentary Film Review that you began work on last class. The assignment is "due" at the end of class today, though you have up to a week to turn it in for full credit. Have fun! And hope everyone is well! Hi Everyone,
It's movie day! The following will be your assignment for the next two classes (today and Thursday 4/9). So it will be "due" at the end of class on Thursday, though, as always, you will have up to a week to complete it for full credit. Assignment #27 - Documentary Film Review A. View one of the Frontline documentaries below (must be one you haven't already seen). Targeting El Paso FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration policy testing ground, and then the target of a white supremacist. Interviews with current and former officials, Border Patrol agents, advocates and migrants tell the inside story from the epicenter of the border crisis. Battle for Hong Kong With unique access inside the battle for Hong Kong, FRONTLINE follows five protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their struggle against what they say is growing influence from the communist government of mainland China. For Sama In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. Directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the documentary For Sama unfolds as a love letter from al-Kateab to her daughter — Sama. After debuting on the international film festival circuit, For Sama won over 50 awards — including the Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize – International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs. It also received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Feature Documentary category. The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia One year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a two-hour FRONTLINE documentary investigates the rise and rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (MBS). Correspondent Martin Smith, who has covered the Middle East for FRONTLINE for 20 years, examines the crown prince’s vision for the future, his handling of dissent, his relationship with the United States — and his ties to Khashoggi’s killing. UN Sex Abuse Scandal An investigation into sex abuse by United Nations peacekeepers in the world’s conflict zones. Award-winning correspondent Ramita Navai (Iraq Uncovered) traces allegations from Congo to the Central African Republic, with firsthand accounts from survivors, witnesses and officials. Myanmar's Killing Fields Secret footage and eyewitness accounts shine new light on a brutal campaign by the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims — an effort that has been described by both the United Nations and the United States as “ethnic cleansing.” North Korea's Deadly Dictator Who killed Kim Jong-un’s half brother, Kim Jong-nam, and what does the murder reveal about the North Korean leader and his regime? Out of Gitmo FRONTLINE and NPR examine the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also in this two-part hour: “Forever Prison,” a collaboration with Retro Report exploring the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison. The Secret History of ISIS The inside story of the radicals who became the leaders of ISIS, the missed warning signs and the U.S. failures to stop the group’s brutal rise. B. Complete the Documentary Review Essay. The essay should be about 1-2 pages (typed, double spaced, size 12), and be structured as follows: Paragraph 1: A general summary of the film. Paragraph 2: Discuss the most surprising, shocking, or maddening aspect of the film. Paragraph 3: Explain the most significant thing you learned from the film that you hadn't known before. What role, if any, did the US play in the issue examined by the film. Paragraph 4: What further questions do you have after watching the film? What do you wonder about? What would you like to know? Hi Everyone,
It's movie day! The following will be your assignment for the next two classes (today and Wednesday 4/8). So it will be "due" at the end of class on Wednesday, though, as always, you will have up to a week to complete it for full credit. Assignment #27 - Documentary Film Review A. View one of the Frontline documentaries below (must be one you haven't already seen). Targeting El Paso FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration policy testing ground, and then the target of a white supremacist. Interviews with current and former officials, Border Patrol agents, advocates and migrants tell the inside story from the epicenter of the border crisis. Battle for Hong Kong With unique access inside the battle for Hong Kong, FRONTLINE follows five protesters through the most intense clashes over several months of pro-democracy protests. The film examines their struggle against what they say is growing influence from the communist government of mainland China. For Sama In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. Directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the documentary For Sama unfolds as a love letter from al-Kateab to her daughter — Sama. After debuting on the international film festival circuit, For Sama won over 50 awards — including the Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize – International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs. It also received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Feature Documentary category. The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia One year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a two-hour FRONTLINE documentary investigates the rise and rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (MBS). Correspondent Martin Smith, who has covered the Middle East for FRONTLINE for 20 years, examines the crown prince’s vision for the future, his handling of dissent, his relationship with the United States — and his ties to Khashoggi’s killing. UN Sex Abuse Scandal An investigation into sex abuse by United Nations peacekeepers in the world’s conflict zones. Award-winning correspondent Ramita Navai (Iraq Uncovered) traces allegations from Congo to the Central African Republic, with firsthand accounts from survivors, witnesses and officials. Myanmar's Killing Fields Secret footage and eyewitness accounts shine new light on a brutal campaign by the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims — an effort that has been described by both the United Nations and the United States as “ethnic cleansing.” North Korea's Deadly Dictator Who killed Kim Jong-un’s half brother, Kim Jong-nam, and what does the murder reveal about the North Korean leader and his regime? Out of Gitmo FRONTLINE and NPR examine the struggle over freeing prisoners once deemed international terrorists. Also in this two-part hour: “Forever Prison,” a collaboration with Retro Report exploring the untold history of the Guantanamo Bay prison. The Secret History of ISIS The inside story of the radicals who became the leaders of ISIS, the missed warning signs and the U.S. failures to stop the group’s brutal rise. B. Complete the Documentary Review Essay. The essay should be about 1-2 pages (typed, double spaced, size 12), and be structured as follows: Paragraph 1: A general summary of the film. Paragraph 2: Discuss the most surprising, shocking, or maddening aspect of the film. Paragraph 3: Explain the most significant thing you learned from the film that you hadn't known before. What role, if any, did the US play in the issue examined by the film. Paragraph 4: What further questions do you have after watching the film? What do you wonder about? What would you like to know? |
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