Watch this video by Beyonce called “If I were a Boy” by clicking HERE. Click HERE for the lyrics.
In your blog answer the following questions:
1. What does Beyonce think guys are like?
2. Do you agree or disagree with her? Why?
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** BONUS**
Write a song or poem called “If I were a Girl”.
or
Write a song or poem called “If I were a Boy Remix”.
So you might be asking yourself at this point, “how could these RUF soldiers do such horrific things to their own people?” The answer is complicated. The leaders of the RUF use fear, lonliness, power, money, food, and drugs to make kids as young as 12 commit savage crimes. Find out more by watching Part 4 of Bling.
The civil war to control Sierra Leone was fought by two sides: the RUF (The Revolutionary United Front) and the government. Now that you’ve seen the atrocities (wickedness) committed by the RUF “rebels” to women, it’s time to find out about the other way men, women, and children were violated in Sierra Leone. The trademark crime of the RUF “rebels” was to chop off body parts to terrorize people. Those that survived are called “amputees”. Click HERE to see Part 3 of Bling.
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Guess how the “rebels” got the money to buy the knives, guns, and food for their soldiers? Diamonds.
Continue to fill out your bubbl.us with facts, opinions, and questions about blood diamonds.
Watch Part 2 of Super Size Me by clicking HERE (ask for password). Now, answer the following questions in your blog:
1. Do you think consumers have the right to sue McDonalds for selling unhealthy food? Why or why not?
2. The McDonalds corporation is the largest owner of private playgrounds in the world. What other techniques (ways) does McDonalds use to market their food to children?
3. How many calories do you think a healthy kid should eat in a day (click here for a clue)? According to the movie, how many calories are in a Super Size fries? How about a Double Gulp soda?
Now that you’ve seen the workers that dig for diamonds, you might be wondering who gets all the money? The answer is the “Rebels” who have been fighting a war in Sierra Leone for almost 10 years. They use this diamond money to terrorize men, women, and children so that they can control them with fear. So, when we buy their diamonds, we are supporting them. Look at what the Rebels did to women in Sierra Leone. Click HERE to see Part 2 of Bling (ask for password).
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Please return to your bubbl.us and add what you’ve learned.
Watch part 1 of Supersize (ask me for password). Please answer these questions in your blog:
1. How many times a week do you eat at McDonalds or other fast food restaurants? Do you ever think about whether what you are eating is healthy? Why or why not?
2. What do you predict will happen to Morgan’s health at the end of the month? Do you think he will remain in perfect health?
3. In one scene there is a shot of a McDonalds inside of a hospital. What do you think about that? Do you find it normal, funny, strange, or sad?
*B O N U S*
What does “organic” mean? What does “vegan” mean (use your own words)?
1. Listen to THIS song by Kanye West about Blood Diamonds.
2. Now, watch THIS video clip from a movie called Bling about where most diamonds come from.
3. Click HERE for a quick tutorial on how to make a bubbl.us account.
4. Next, go to bubbl.us and create a brainstorm about everything you know so far about Blood Diamonds (don’t worry if you don’t know a lot…we’ll be adding to the brainstorm later.) Post your bubbl.us on your blog.
Last week I watched a movie called The Visitor about a musician named Tarek who was mistakenly arrested for evading a subway fare. Tarek wasn’t a legal U.S. citzen and was placed in a detention center and then deported. He had built a whole life in New York City– girlfriend, apartment, a band– but had to lose it all. The movie was fictional, but what happened to Tarek was not. Every year 300,000 immigrants are held in detention centers (jails) in the United States. Their crimes, if any, are minor and the conditions they’re held in are awful. Packed into small cells with other prisoners, many are subjected to beatings, sexual assaults, and lack of medical care.
To learn more about these U.S. immigrant detention centers, play this game.
In your blog, answer the following questions:
1) Describe with as much detail as possible, what the detention centers are like (i.e., the bathrooms, medical facilities, cells, solitary confinement, etc.)
2) How did playing this game make you feel?
3) What do you think the Unites States should do differently with their immigrants?
** EXTRA CREDIT**
4) If you finished the game, what did you find out about Boubacar’s death?
As you know, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as the 44th President on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C.. The U.S.A. has had some tough years lately. It’s time for a change and it’s time for you to speak up about what you want these changes to be. Your assignment is to use xtraNormal to write a speech for Barack Obama. Have him talk about 3 things we need less of and 3 things we need more of in this country.
Email Me at Llahana188@gmail.com to add more…
