Warm-up: 9/11 Tribute Video First, scan the QR Code and listen to the audio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oow-1owtca Then answer the following question in your journal: If you had one last phone call to make, who would you call and what would you say? *This is a sensitive topic. Please keep comments appropriate and tasteful.
Station 1: If I Knew If I Knew That I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. that I see you walk out the door, I would kiss your little face and call you back for one more. I'd hear your sweet little voice, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day., I could spare an extra minute to stop and say "I love you," instead of assuming you would know I do. you would be there to share my day, I wouldn t have wasted a moment, or let one single moment slip away. But there will never be a next time, He took that away from us. He strapped a bomb to his chest and blew up your bus. So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them, and that you'll always hold them dear. Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," or "It's okay." And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today. Questions 1. What do you think has happened in this poem? Give a quote to support your opinion. 2. What subject is the poem about? What is the thematic statement the poet is saying about the subject? 3. If you had one day left with your favorite person who is dying, how would you spend your time together? 4. What is one thing you want them to know before they go? 5. Make a list of 5 things you want to accomplish before you leave this earth.
Station 2: Images of the 2015 Paris Attacks You will need to research the answers for some of the questions Image A 6. Define: martyr. 7. Define: terrorism. Define: terrorist 8. What is happening in Image A? Give three facts. 9. Why did the terrorists attack Paris? What was their reason? 10. What venues were attacked? Why were those places attacked? How many died? 12. What punishment should the people responsible for this face? Why? Image B 11. Do you think the individuals who cause these tragedies think about the aftermath? Why or why not? 13. What are two peaceful alternatives to standing up for what one believes in?
Station 3: Brief history of Israel and Palestine video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iryzjouunlu Questions 14. When did the conflict begin? 15. Who is the conflict between mostly? 16. Why are the issues not resolved? 17. List one more fact you learned from the video.
Station 4: I Hold in My Hand I Hold in My Hands The dust. The dust and wreckage of the towers. Even though I wasn't there, I can still feel it. It has damaged my hands with dirt. It has damaged my heart with sorrow. It has damaged my body with fear, and it has damaged my life with war. My life. My life could soon be filled with war, cruelty at its worst. Miles away, I can hear the planes' roaring engines, gliding through the air. My future. My life ahead. Whether it will be filled with war or peace, we will not know. My future keeps me going from dawn to dusk. Hope. Hope for the future. Hope for peace. Hope for my country's freedom. And hope for America to win this war on terrorism. Questions 18. What happened in America on 9/11/2001 (the catastrophe this poem is referring to)? 19. Why does the poet start each stanza with the same phrase, I hold in my hands? 20. Why does the poet shift the tone in the last stanza? 21. What subject is the poem about? What is the thematic statement the poet is saying about the subject? 22. How has terrorism affected life in America?
Station 5: Image C Image D 23. Why do you think the young men are holding guns? 24. What do you notice about the ages of the people in this picture? 25. What is your reaction to this picture? Have you seen anything like this before? Explain. Image E 26. How does Image E differ from C and D? 27. Is putting young children s lives at risk for something you believe in? 28. Why do you think kids are so willing to die for their country? 29. Answer the following question below on the butcher paper: Would you forgive a child if he/she killed your loved ones? Why or why not? 30. Answer the following question below on the butcher paper Read and respond to one comment made by another person.
Station 6: Brussels Attack Video http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/03/24/brussels-bomb-terror-attackaftermath-berman-dnt-ac360.cnn 31. How does it make you feel to hear the actual screams of the wounded? 32. What made it hard for the rescue crews to get to the wounded? 33. What happened to the little baby s mother in the bombing? 34. Where was the taxi driver s son when he got to the food station? What eventually ended up happening to the son? 35. Does the technology we have today play into how we feel about what is happening around the world? Why or why not? 36. Would it take the power away from suicide bombers if they were aware of whom they were killing? Why or why not?