I shared a big-picture rhetorical question exercise via SMARTboard (and aloud) to frame how we look at historical and contemporary issues. Email me if you were absent and I'll reply with the link to the document. (The extra commentary is that "white guilt," "male guilt," and/or "middle class" guilt are neither necessary nor productive in historical studies nor in addressing our current issues. Rather, recognize that what was done by others in the past is not our personal burden, and what we do in the present should be to challenge ourselves to consider new information, others' perspectives that often have not been on our personal radars...to value becoming aware when the opportunities present themselves.) We finished adding source notes/thoughts/questions to our 3-column notes (Wealth Inequality in America video and Lisa Kudrow video -- email me for the links). Students collaborated to work out Part I (# 1 & 2) on the handout work page -- "Unit-Closure Work Page," and then we discussed as a whole class -- to be finished in class tomorrow.
