Agenda March 2

Twin Towers vs. Pearl HarborDiscussion

“War is Humanity at its Most Human”

Read the handout on Just War What is Just War? Answer the final question on the sheet Using the criteria listed for a Just war and

Just fighting list as many wars as you can think of that can be considered Just

From what you know about WWII was it a just war?

Consider the statement in the heading of this slide. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Why?

Blue Card/Red Card

If you have a Blue Card please take out a piece of paper and something write with and stand in the back of the room

You may not use the desks for the following activity

You must remain standing throughout the following activity

Twin Towers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rKtvTBQ7uY What do you remember about this day? How would you describe the national atmosphere or mood

immediately around you? What scared you the most about being attacked? How did things change for Arab Americans (or people who

looked Arab American)? Why? The USA Patriot Act stands for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 It gives the FBI the power to conduct searches of your personal items

including your home, your email, your medical records and your phone calls without your permission

It also give the government the right to detain or deport immigrants indefinitely

Why was this act created? Was it justified?

Pearl harbor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJ7TDqHrmo&feature=fvw

What do you know about this day? What was the national atmosphere or mood on this day? What do you think scared people the most? What changed for Japanese Americans? Read Executive Order 9066 and answer the following

questions Why was this order issued? Was it justified?

Read The overview of Japanese Internment. Think about the questions imbedded in the text

War is Humanity at its most Human

1. Why might Roosevelt have chosen internment? Was there another options?

2. What options do we have today?3. How is the Patriot Act and Japanese Internment a suspension

of Habeas Corpus?4. How might the Patriot Act and Japanese internment prove the

statement that “war is humanity at its most human”? How might they prove it to be false?

5. What do you think the Red Card stood for? What do you think the Blue Card stood for?

6. Because I am the teacher did students in the blue section feel that it was better to just go along with my instructions or to protest against them? Why?

7. How did my actions make students in the blue section feel? How did my actions make students in the red section feel?

8. Did students in the red section feel at all inconvenienced by what happened to students in the blue section?

9. In light of the Atomic Bomb and Japanese Internment can WWII be a Just War?