This blog will be to connect other forms of activism together to better understand how to write for a cause. Many ideas can lead to creating a bigger solution, so here we will discuss and create ideas about... wait for it...wait for it...ACTIVISM!!!! Make sure to upload all available public documents that can help promote activism. Don't forget that here we will show how writing can change the way we look at things around us and how we can use this tool to promote our ideas.
Government and Politics
Everything about Government: Laws, political ideology, criminal justice, etc...
Good job Aldo, It's great to get both sides of the argument. Be careful that your resources are credible. Alex Jones is a right wing radio talk show host. So he has to say the most outrageous things to sell his show. Watch out for people that want to use fear as a way to garner ratings. See if you can find anything that tells us the opposite of what these guys are saying and then find a solution to the problem.
This article was written by former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifford who was a victim of a shooting at a grocery store in Arizona. This is a would help someone who is working on gun rights or gun control. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/07/01/gabrielle-giffords-gun-rights-column/2480751/
This video is about human rights and shows how privacy is big issue in schools. And I like what that kid did for the girl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNyhR1MGVk
What made you choose this video to show? Will you use this or other forms of evidence to back up what you're arguing? How does the little boy doing that for the little girl change your perspective or POV on things?
This video is about how is Mexico and the mexicans try to defense themselves call them autodefense force http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3nIfE0AUys#t=399
Is this video about the "autodefense" force only in Michoacán? I think you should add more information about what is going on in different areas of the country because let me tell that these video is only about what is happening in Michoacán in able to have a good information only if this is your topic, you should provide information from other places
This video shows how why Kansas senator is pushing for medical marijuana to be legalized http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Medical-marijuana-proposal--238528211.html
This video show a discussion between Leon Panetta and Mr. Sessions about becoming the World Police and what are will going to be the benefits while the armed forces are protecting the nations like Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and some countries in Africa and also from where Mr. Panetta is asking permission for to do such a dangerous actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8y8pmjQ30
i would love to see your video, that's a huge issue right now with many apps such as Facebook and cell phones, are starting to invade to much of what we once consider private in our life's!!
You'd get the beginning of time to 19th centuries. Have you seen The Other Boleyn? Perfect example of infidelity and divorce when it WAS deemed unlawful.
Brigitte Gabriel answers an irrelevant question asked by a Muslim woman of why Muslims are portrayed as bad. Her answer is awesome! She knows her facts and is a great speaker with good points. Not all Muslims are bad only 15-25% are, but the bad ones are the only ones that matter. It only took 19 terrorist to kill 2,996 people. That's why the US keeps a close eye on them. It's stereotypical, but is it true? We do have to look out for our country don't we? My opinion yes. http://youtu.be/Ry3NzkAOo3s
Lesha, as discussed in class you should narrow down your question and use "How or why" to make sure that it isn't easy to answer. Focus on how the media singles out anyone that may be a "terrorist".
That's a great question, but a bit broad. Is there anyway you can focus on a select commitee or politician in your question to show how they are making decisions about science without the proper knowledge.
Great question Denise. I found a web page that is very interesting www.chooseresponsibility.org I think this could be a great article to implement in your research.
How is minimum wage affecting our living condition? Can a household manage to survive off minimum wage earnings? Should minimum wage be raised so everyone who lives off minimum wage, have a better opportunity for basic life necessities?
How would raising the minimum wage affect other jobs? Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers. Would it change the Cost of Living? Would it change how much we get taxed?
Cool response Ray. Janett is there anyway we cna combine these ideas into one solid question so that you can investigate this concept? "Affecting" may be to broad of a concept as well as "living condition". What organizations can you look to for some clarity?
How can teachers protect and defend their students from an individual or a group of people that have infiltrated school grounds to cause harm or death?
Woah!!! Slow down here... This sounds to me like more of a conspiracy theory than anything else. Have you done research to see if schools are being "infiltrated"? Make sure to focus on an idea such as arming teachers to prevent school shootings or security guards for schools. There is controversy in both these ideas that you can consider.
With President Obama currently granting executive orders delivering amnesty to incoming illegal immigrants; the question remains, will this result lead to the destruction of our nations already fragile economy? Giving the circumstance that all citizens are entitled to reap our nations benefits such as healthcare and welfare, is our nations economy going to be victimized and taken advantage by these individuals?
Wow!!! First of all, Obama has done no such thing. All of this is just rumors. Second, Fragile economy? Do some research on the affects of immigration and welfare to see how this would work out IF immigrants are allow to stay even if they are not permanent residents. This may help with understanding the financial aspect of the economy.
Jose, some may feel that they do. Try to narrow down the "news" stations and choose a "morally wrong subject to look at closer. This way you can focus on what happened with that issue.
Ok, it looks like you have ideas of what you want to argue. You may want to narrow down your idea to just one "quantiy" or "profit". "Modern food system" may be to broad. Focus on a certain part of the food system like beef or corn.
Family Cap on Government Assistance: Does the family cap actually work? A family cap on government assistance means a denial of additional cash benefits to children conceived while the mother is receiving public assistance.
Should the government be taking away the weapons that help the American people defend their homes, but also help the criminals destroy them? Taking into consideration that no matter how hard the government works to keep these weapons that they aren't letting the american people buy are falling into the hands of the criminals that walk Americas Streets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFS6cP9auDc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ReplyDeleteWhat are your thoughts about this? Watch.
Awesome Luis P.
DeleteThis should help out anybody talking about censorship and government intrusion. Keep posting and thanks.
This could help someone talking about gun contol and this also helps me with my question about the 2nd amendment.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnjHJF8wYZY
Good job Aldo, It's great to get both sides of the argument. Be careful that your resources are credible. Alex Jones is a right wing radio talk show host. So he has to say the most outrageous things to sell his show. Watch out for people that want to use fear as a way to garner ratings. See if you can find anything that tells us the opposite of what these guys are saying and then find a solution to the problem.
DeleteThis article was written by former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifford who was a victim of a shooting at a grocery store in Arizona. This is a would help someone who is working on gun rights or gun control. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/07/01/gabrielle-giffords-gun-rights-column/2480751/
ReplyDeleteThis video is about human rights and shows how privacy is big issue in schools. And I like what that kid did for the girl.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNyhR1MGVk
What made you choose this video to show? Will you use this or other forms of evidence to back up what you're arguing? How does the little boy doing that for the little girl change your perspective or POV on things?
DeleteThis video talks about better background checks and how the government plays a important role.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZchYIB4YRlE#
ReplyDeleteIs there an update on this dicussion? What ended up happening? Was there a vote and gun control push? What do you think about background checks?
Deletethis video is about abortion and about how religion takes part of it and its problems that go with it.
ReplyDeleteCheck out this video It could make you think and probably help you out http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hym1BW7Ep2A
DeleteThis video is about how is Mexico and the mexicans try to defense themselves call them autodefense force
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3nIfE0AUys#t=399
Is this video about the "autodefense" force only in Michoacán? I think you should add more information about what is going on in different areas of the country because let me tell that these video is only about what is happening in Michoacán in able to have a good information only if this is your topic, you should provide information from other places
DeleteThis video shows how why Kansas senator is pushing for medical marijuana to be legalized
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Medical-marijuana-proposal--238528211.html
This video show a discussion between Leon Panetta and Mr. Sessions about becoming the World Police and what are will going to be the benefits while the armed forces are protecting the nations like Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and some countries in Africa and also from where Mr. Panetta is asking permission for to do such a dangerous actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8y8pmjQ30
ReplyDeleteThis video talks about expanding background checks
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ekqfTOqXo
Great video and gives good explanation!
DeleteI am going to create a video describing privacy rights and how technology is slowly taking that away by cell phones, computers, and microchips.
ReplyDeletei would love to see your video, that's a huge issue right now with many apps such as Facebook and cell phones, are starting to invade to much of what we once consider private in our life's!!
DeleteThis video shows a debate between two parties on the U.S. and the sanctions it has on Iran http://youtu.be/zaaGzG8247Y
ReplyDeleteThis video is about why marijuana is illegal, it just makes you think more than anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fa4gV06pg
ReplyDeleteWhat would become of society if divorce and infidelity were deemed unlawful? how harsh should punishments be?
ReplyDeleteYou'd get the beginning of time to 19th centuries.
DeleteHave you seen The Other Boleyn? Perfect example of infidelity and divorce when it WAS deemed unlawful.
Naja is correct. Make sure to restructure to a how or why question so that it can't be answered so quickly.
DeleteWhat is the perfect balance of liberty and national security when it comes to NSA spying on U.S citizens?
ReplyDeleteGood question, you should look into Edward Snowden and Julian Assange as they are huge figures when it comes to the topic of Big Brother.
DeleteThanks Ramses for the great suggestions. Adriel, your question needs to be narrowed down a bit. "perfect balance" is very difficult to justify.
DeleteWould saying a reasonable balance be better to justify?
DeleteIs it a good idea for the USA to get involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and risk another world war?
ReplyDeleteReworded:
DeleteHow would the USA and UN be affected by interfering in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
I think this is good and is precise enough as a qualified question.
DeleteYou should bring up how we handled other incidents with russia, like the 2008 war
DeleteIf you say "affected" that can mean a whole lot of things. Narrow down that word and you should be good.
DeleteBrigitte Gabriel answers an irrelevant question asked by a Muslim woman of why Muslims are portrayed as bad. Her answer is awesome! She knows her facts and is a great speaker with good points. Not all Muslims are bad only 15-25% are, but the bad ones are the only ones that matter. It only took 19 terrorist to kill 2,996 people. That's why the US keeps a close eye on them. It's stereotypical, but is it true? We do have to look out for our country don't we? My opinion yes.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/Ry3NzkAOo3s
Lesha, as discussed in class you should narrow down your question and use "How or why" to make sure that it isn't easy to answer. Focus on how the media singles out anyone that may be a "terrorist".
DeleteWhy are politicians in the US scientifically illiterate?How would the US be different if our politicians were scientifically literate?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great question, but a bit broad. Is there anyway you can focus on a select commitee or politician in your question to show how they are making decisions about science without the proper knowledge.
DeleteAlcohol:
ReplyDeleteShould the U.S. lower the legal drinking age or raise it to 25? Is it true that 21 year old are still to young to make proper decisions?
Great question Denise. I found a web page that is very interesting www.chooseresponsibility.org I think this could be a great article to implement in your research.
DeleteWhy does the age of 18 consider a person an adult and could be trailed as one also? So is it logical to really raise the age for drinking?
Delete"Should" questions are easy to answer. Make sure you create an arguement using a how or why question. I like the idea but it can use some clarity.
DeleteHow is minimum wage affecting our living condition? Can a household manage to survive off minimum wage earnings? Should minimum wage be raised so everyone who lives off minimum wage, have a better opportunity for basic life necessities?
ReplyDeleteHow would raising the minimum wage affect other jobs? Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers. Would it change the Cost of Living? Would it change how much we get taxed?
DeleteCool response Ray. Janett is there anyway we cna combine these ideas into one solid question so that you can investigate this concept? "Affecting" may be to broad of a concept as well as "living condition". What organizations can you look to for some clarity?
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ReplyDeleteHow can teachers protect and defend their students from an individual or a group of people that have infiltrated school grounds to cause harm or death?
http://www.schoolsecurity.org/ this website might help in your research.
DeleteWoah!!! Slow down here... This sounds to me like more of a conspiracy theory than anything else. Have you done research to see if schools are being "infiltrated"? Make sure to focus on an idea such as arming teachers to prevent school shootings or security guards for schools. There is controversy in both these ideas that you can consider.
DeleteWith President Obama currently granting executive orders delivering amnesty to incoming illegal immigrants; the question remains, will this result lead to the destruction of our nations already fragile economy? Giving the circumstance that all citizens are entitled to reap our nations benefits such as healthcare and welfare, is our nations economy going to be victimized and taken advantage by these individuals?
ReplyDeleteWow!!! First of all, Obama has done no such thing. All of this is just rumors. Second, Fragile economy? Do some research on the affects of immigration and welfare to see how this would work out IF immigrants are allow to stay even if they are not permanent residents. This may help with understanding the financial aspect of the economy.
DeleteJose, some may feel that they do. Try to narrow down the "news" stations and choose a "morally wrong subject to look at closer. This way you can focus on what happened with that issue.
ReplyDeleteHow is the government involved in the modern food system that promotes quantity and profit over health and wellness?
ReplyDeleteOk, it looks like you have ideas of what you want to argue. You may want to narrow down your idea to just one "quantiy" or "profit". "Modern food system" may be to broad. Focus on a certain part of the food system like beef or corn.
DeleteFamily Cap on Government Assistance: Does the family cap actually work?
ReplyDeleteA family cap on government assistance means a denial of additional cash benefits to children conceived while the mother is receiving public assistance.
I cant find my first post so ill post my question again;
ReplyDeleteWhy does law enforcement in small urban communities such as Ferguson,MI find it necessary to have a militarized police force?
Let me know what you guys think and where i can find some good research materiel.
Why is congress taking a break to campaign while there are two major problems at hand, like ISIS and immigration?
ReplyDeleteShould guns ever be allowed to be taken away from the American citizens who don’t have any negative medical evaluations or any criminal background?
ReplyDeleteShould the government be taking away the weapons that help the American people defend their homes, but also help the criminals destroy them? Taking into consideration that no matter how hard the government works to keep these weapons that they aren't letting the american people buy are falling into the hands of the criminals that walk Americas Streets.
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