PSA Work Day

Today we continued working on our PSA. As you create your PSA, keep in mind the following criteria on which your PSA will be evaluated:

Content:

Facts, quotes, specific details, evidence of having read the articles, etc.

Persuasive:

Directly addresses the subtopic of prevention, treatment or enforcement, has a clear message, is powerful.

Creativity:

Originality, new and unexpected approach to the topic, attention-grabbing

Outside Reading and Opioid Check-in

PSA's and Outside Reading Check-in

You are supposed to be finished with 1/3 of your outside reading book by today. Here is a brief survey about your reading so far.
First Outside Reading Check-in

Next, we'll continue work on our Public Service Announcements.  In the document below, please add your name and people in your group (if you are working with others). When finished, please add a link to your video to your name.

Opioid PSA Groups and Links

Opioid PSA

Today we will being working on our assessment for this unit.

Opioid PSA

Drug Testing

After the presentations, we will examine some 4th Amendment students' rights cases that have made it to the Supreme Court. 

Drug Testing Case Law Worksheet

Presentations

To begin, you will read and take notes on the article you were assigned on Monday. 


Once you have completed the article, you'll work with your group to present the responses you read about in your articles.

You'll need to make a google slide presentation, Prezi or other formatted electronic visual to help describe what you read.  Each presentation should contain:

1. An original title
2. Context for the issue (what is the problem? why is there a need for solutions? what's been happening in the country that makes this a crisis?)
3. Identification and definition of the response to the crisis presented in your article.
4. Description of the effectiveness of your response.
5. Description of the drawbacks or warnings to your response.
6. The best argument in favor of your response.
7. Visuals and/or animations to make your presentation engaging and interesting.

*Note, everyone must participate in the planning, making and presenting of the information.
**Please share your presentation with me as soon as you're done.  Indicate which group and all of your group members names when you share.

Opioid Epidemic History and Solutions

We'll start by looking at and discussing this video: Heroin and the War on Drugs

Then we'll begin to explore other articles about addiction, prevention and treatment.

1.  An E.R. Kicks the Habit of Opioids for Pain
2. Seattle’s Potential Solution for Heroin Epidemic: Places for Legal Drug Use
3. Can You Get Over an Addiction?
4. Vancouver Prescriptions for Addicts Gain Attention as Heroin and Opioid Use Rises
5. In School Nurse’s Room: Tylenol, Bandages and an Antidote to Heroin
6. At the Frontline of the Opioid Epidemic, but Unable to Help

In groups, students will read their assigned article. Each group will be responsible for preparing a presentation that summarizes the article and shares the solutions (as well as their associated effects and risks) described in the articles.

Group #1 Brett Katie Ethan Zach	Group #2 Kelley Kristen Josie	Group #3 Megan Joe Sophie	Group #4 Myles Dylan Kyle	Group #5 Justin Freddy Emma
Group #6 Eric Annabel Julian

More Stories of the Opioid Crisis

More Stories

Then we'll return to the stories of people effected by the crisis. Students will get assigned to one of the following states listed in this article:

Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: A Look at America's Opioid Crisis.

• Massachusetts
• Iowa
• California
• Washington
• Arizona
• Utah
• Wisconsin

As you read your section, establish the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. 

Next, you will then interview each other in order to share. Compare the stories, looking for differences, similarities, generalizations and conclusions that you can make.

If you are not interviewing someone, scroll through these responses to the question: Has Opioid Abuse Effected You?

Researching the Opioid Crisis

Work in your assigned groups to complete the following document: Researching the Opioid Crisis
Make a copy and type your answers to the questions.

The Opioid Crisis

Today we began trying to understand the Opioid Crisis in the United States today.

We started with the Frontline Documentary "Chasing Heroin"

Last day of work time

Today is the last day of in-class work time. Paper should be thorough, edited, and uploaded to turnitin by the start of class on Wednesday.

Work Day

Today is a work day on your essay, which is due at the start of class on Wed.

Resources for the Free Speech Essay

Today was a work day on your essay.

Resources that might be helpful to you in writing your essay:

• First Principles of the First Amendment
• First Amendment Case Studies
•  Pledge History and Arguments
• Morse v. Frederick
• Texas v. Johnson Notes and Activities
•  Tinker v. Des Moines School District 
• The FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) website and read their mission statement
•  "What are Speech Codes?" article so that you understand how FIRE is defining them.
• The Free Speech Hate Speech Trade-Off: Bareck-Gold/Chin-Kalafatic
• A Chilling Study Shows How Hostile College Students are to Free Speech: Heyman-Reynolds/Korytny-Parker
• Congress Finds Consensus on Free Speech: Siegel-Zlatnikov/Randall-Smith
•  Hate Speech on College Campuses
• Richard Spencer and hate speech.

Body paragraph structure should look like this:

• Topic sentence=Assertion
• Introduce Evidence 1 from source 1.
• Explanation and interpretation of evidence 1.
• Connection of evidence to your case/argument.
• Introduce Evidence 2 from source 2
• Explanation and interpretation of evidence 2.
• Connection of evidence 2 to your case/argument.
• Additional evidence as needed.

What Are Students Free To Express

Today in class, we will meet in groups to discuss the articles you read about Hate Speech on Campus.

Then we will go over the assignment that will end the unit on free speech:
What are Students Free to Express?

It is due to be submitted to turnitin.com by the start of class on Wednesday, November 8.

I also encourage you to take a look at the sample paper. Different scenario but similar assignment.
Sample Essay

Here is an organizer you may use to help construct your paper:
Speech Argument Organizer

For homework tonight, read the following two articles:

• It Didn’t Happen at School But…
• Legal Analysis: How Far Can Schools Go in Limiting Speech Online