Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Section 4

1.) Read to page 197
2.) Respond to best outsider prompt from previous post

Outsider Questions

Other groups: post your questions here as a comment.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Section 3

1) Read to page 174
2) Complete all previous sections.
3) In a paragraph, write an evaluation of the book so far. This response can be fairly open-ended.

Section 2b

Consider the Korean tradition of how, historically, "Koreans have mesaured their success in life by their proximity to power- part of a long Asian tradition of striving to get off the farm and close to the imperial palace" (36). What effect could Kim Il'sung's authoritarian system have on such ideology?

2.) Post an HOT question
3.) Respond to all HOT questions, along with above question from 2ac

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Section 2a

1) Read to page 159
2) Each group member must choose one of the following (a-f) and submit their work, in formal paragraph form, as a comment to "section 2a"

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Group Responsibilities

Jeff K.- Author biography and picture
Jon B.- 3 pictures and captions
Justin G.- 3-2-1 + blog manager
All- H.O.T. question construction, completion, and comment; complete 3-2-1; read to pg. 90, ch. 6

Higher Order Thinking Topic

Good and evil is relative, and it differs from each perspective that a person holds. South Koreans and Americans would typically agree that the North Korean government is "evil" because of the awful things that they have done to their people. Consider an alternative point of view from Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung's perspectives. Compare and contrast your beliefs with those of Kim Il- Sung's and Kim Jong-Il's. Provide evidence from the text to support your claims.

3-2-1

3- unfamiliar vocabulary words and definitions
2- aspects of North Korea that are related to 1984
1- comment about the reading so far