---
title: "12.17.07"
date: 2007-12-17
url: https://learningischange.com/2007/12/17/121707/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 12.17.07

Core 1:

- Write-on: How does a debate influence the fate of a nation?
- Watch presidential debates from the past forty years.

- What has changed and what hasn’t?
- Why debates?
- Is persuasion the same in every debate?
- What can we learn from the candidates in order to become more persuasive in our argumentation.

- Extensions: Reflect on debate or prepare for debate. Core 2:

- What is the one object that you think would represent your social action plan, your cause? Why?
- View trailer for [Paper Clips](http://www.paperclipsmovie.com/trailer.php) and read [backstory.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Clips_Project)

- How is their social action plan different from yours?
- What can we learn from what they have done?
- What did this story/SAP do to the culture of the school?

- Extensions:
- Continue collecting data and determining your actions.

Core 3:

- Write-on: Is it possible to save yourself, or does someone have to save you? Why?
- Explore Chapter 3:

- What is Vladek’s most desperate point?
- How does Art seem to deal with the weight of his past?
- How much artistic license is Art allowed to take with the holocaust?
- What do you think is missing from Art’s depiction of the camps and the rail cars?

- Extension:
- Finish the book for tomorrow.

Core 4:

- Prepare-on:

- Arrange desks
- Talk about uStream
- Do any last minute preparation

- Host the debate, stream the Debate, flow the debate.
- Judge’s Decision
- Extensions: Reflect on debate or prepare for debate. Powered by [ScribeFire](http://scribefire.com/).