Nice work on using a source that SPINS the real information. But a staple none the less.
from your post / source:
from Flyerfan
Before the speech, students are instructed to read books about Barack Obama. Teachers are asked to ask students “Why do you think he wants to speak to you?” referring to the President.
Ah but the real source which is hte information given to schools by the DOE says this:
• Teachers can build background knowledge about the President of the United States and his speech by reading books about presidents and Barack Obama and motivate students by asking the following questions:
Who is the President of the United States?
What do you think it takes to be President?
To whom do you think the President is going to be speaking?
Why do you think he wants to speak to you?
What do you think he will say to you?
Really quite different than the spin you would put on it. This is about learning about presidents in general and thinking about the topic not just Obama that is simply more of the crap I am trying to talk about. The worthless debates so many here in the USA are hooked on as if it were crack.
from Flyerfan
During the speech, students should think about the following “What is the President asking me to do?” and “What specific job is he asking me to do?” among other things.
When in actuality the whole 'during the speach' text is as follows:
During the Speech:
• As the President speaks, teachers can ask students to write down key ideas or phrases that are important or personally meaningful. Students could use a note-taking graphic organizer such as a Cluster Web, or students could record their thoughts on sticky notes. Younger children can draw pictures and write as appropriate. As students listen to the speech, they could think about the following:
What is the President trying to tell me?
What is the President asking me to do?
What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about?
• Students can record important parts of the speech where the President is asking them to do something. Students might think about: What specific job is he asking me to do? Is he asking anything of anyone else? Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people?
• Students can record any questions they have while he is speaking and then discuss them after the speech. younger children may need to dictate their questions
from Flyerfan
After the speech, the questions that students should ponder include “Are we able to do what President Obama asks up to do?”
Again maybe read the document and then comment. Your hype on the issue is exactly what is killing this country. Your so obsessed with the 'other side' being wrong and evil all you can do is attack.
There is nothing in this document that loos like indoctrination yet it is all you can see. Where is the link to China other than in the right wing spin the gate keepers dump on you and you regurgitate here.
Pathetic barely begins to describe the state of affairs in the nation today.
Wake up.
Edit to add: The Link
[edit on 4-9-2009 by Animal]
