There was an article in the NY Times on Nov. 28th about a 13 year-old girl who killed herself after she thought her online boyfriend dumped her. Turns out the boyfriend never existed, the mother of one of the girl’s friends made him up. Read the article and anwer the following questions in your blog:
1. What was the article about?
2. Do you think Lori Drew should be in jail? Why or why not?
3. What can be done to prevent things like this from happening?
Listen to Manu Chao’s song “Bongo Bong” by clicking here bongo-bong. Write a post in your blog answering the following questions:
1) Sometimes music is said to “take you places”. Where does this song take you? What does this place look like?
2) Can you identify some of the instruments being played?
3) Did you enjoy this song? Why or why not?
Visit Teen Ink and read a few of the stories (they’re all written by teens). Pick one of the stories and answer the following questions in your blog:
1) What was the story about?
2) Did you enjoy the story? Why or why not?
3) If you could write a story for Teen Ink what would it be about?
Read through a couple of pages in Lucy’s Blog. Find a post that that you’re interested in and answer the following questions:
1. What was the post about?
2. Why did you pick it?
3. What’s your opinion about what she wrote about?
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Read Lucy’s blog post and answer these questions:
1) What are the differences between blogs and diaries?
2) Which do you prefer?
Imagine if you could write an email to yourself that you would get 20 years from now. What would you say to yourself?
Write an answer to these questions in you blog:
1) What is your life like now? What’s it like at home? At school? With your friends?
2) What do you hope your life will be like in 20 years? Where will you live? What will your profession be?
–> After you write your post, email it to yourself 20 years from now by going to FutureMe.org
Check out this Podcast and write a review in your blog:
1. What was the podcast episode about?
2. Did the hosts do a good job of talking about Naruto? Why or why not?
3. What would you do different if you could host a Naruto podcast?
By now you may have heard about Darfur, Sudan from news reports and subway ads. CLICK HERE and read the article about the crisis in Darfur and watch the video. If you would like to explore the site, there are many interesting links. Then in your blog, please respond to the following:
What do you think the term “human rights” means?
How has the violence in Darfur violated human rights?
What could you do to help the situation?
Go to www.mediastorm.org and view the short documentary Ivory Wars. Then post a response to the film on your blog answering the following questions:
1. What threats do wild African elephants face in the struggle to survive?
2. Is creating sanctuary for wild elephants in national parks helping to save them?
3. Why are elephants hunted? Who benefits from the poaching of elephants?
4. What ideas do you have for improving the success of elephant conservation programs?
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