Due Thursday before boarding the bus...
What Martin Luther King Actually Thought About Car Commercials
Based on our post-Super Bowl discussion. It might look the same, but it doesn't sound the same.
What's Behind This Legislation?
Continue reading and annotating Chapter 11. In the meantime, please analyze this text of ancient laws, and theorize WHY it was written with such specificity. What values did the people of Babylon hold dear? What must have been the historical context of such laws? There are only guesses possible, for the most part. Try to put forth a reasonable rationale for class tomorrow. This assignment is a prelude to our examination of the Virginia slave code, and an exclusive bUSH project TBA...
The State of the Union
Tonight at 8:00 pm. Here is a link to an annotated transcript.
Worksheet (below) due Thursday (this week). Reading: Brinkley, Chapter 11 due Tuesday (of next week).