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9-6 -20 for not attending or leaving early

TODAY'S GOALS:

CONCERNING EARTHLINGS

[2B] DIGITAL LITERACY: “students will be better able to deal with the technological revolution” by being able to

[2B1] recognize the value of multimedia for access to right brain, the whole person

[2B2] recognize the power of multimedia to change society, prime example Earthlings

[2B3] move from making slide shows to making movies (road map assignment)

[2E] WRITING.

[2E8] To practice the new multimedia writing which appeals to multiple intelligences, the right as well as the left side of the brain.

[2A2] CONCERNING ETHICS

[2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are

[2A2a] To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.

[2A2b] To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented by racism, especially slavery. [2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.

[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty to animals.

[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.

[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.

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TODAY'S TOPICS: the relationship between animals and us

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: feedback, watching the documentary, blogging: Earthlings 2: Put your reactions to the first half of Earthlings here. Your grade will be higher if you include emotional reactions as well as thoughts. You will also earn more points by citing from the screenplay text in your anthology and by adding multimedia. You will earn double points by citing from the definitions or quotations and triple points by citing from Sztybel. All citations must include anthology page nos."

REQUIRED READING:

Blog Instructions

REQUIRED READING: COURSE ANTHOLOGY PAGES 261-305

      • 261-269 Quotations
      • WHAT CAN YOU DO?
      • 270-271 Make your own ethical decisions. One example, the author of Eating Animals
      • 272 Save One at a time: The Starfish Story
      • JOIN WITH OTHERS:
      • 273 Austin Protesters
      • 274-279 Politics/Lawsuits: California
      • INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
        • 280 Universal Declaration of  Animal Welfare
        • 281 Universal Declaration of Animal Rights
      • NONPROFIT: ACTION EXAMPLES, FROM P.E.T.A
        • 282-284 Creating a Group
        • 285-286 Ten Action
        • 287-291Protect Companion Animals
        • 292-296 Protect Laboratory Animals
        • 297-298 Stop School Vivisection
      • 299-305 Trespass?

REVIEW: your experiences of the relationship between animals and us, your relationship to the term "Earthling"

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: your self and the animal kingdom

  • REQUIRED: AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO BLOGS ON EARTHLINGS OR -10.

YOU CAN EARN UP TO 12 POINTS PER BLOG.

After viewing the second half of Earthlings go to courses.utexas.edu  Select our course. Go to "Blackboard Tools" and select "Blogs." Then go to "Earthlings 2," read the instructions, and then select "Create Blog Entry."

"Put your reactions to the second half of Earthlings here. Your grade will be higher if you include emotional reactions as well as thoughts. You will also earn more points by citing from the screenplay text in your anthology and by adding multimedia. You will earn double points by citing from the definitions or quotations and triple points by citing from Sztybel. All citations must include anthology page nos."

 

REVIEW: your experiences of the relationship between animals and us, your relationship to the term "Earthling"

REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: your self and the animal kingdom, your experiences of the relationship between animals and us, your relationship to the term "Earthling"

LOOKING AHEAD: P1 New Age Guided Meditation to Retrieve Your Power Animal is available in Blackboard Course Documents -- need to put aside scepticism and disbelief temporarily and ACT AS IF you are willing to try this approach

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