Essential Question: What is the relationship of the individual to the community? Selected Extension Assignments: Lee Teter, (painting), page 314 Reflections Frederick Hart, (sculpture), page 315 Three Servicemen Conversation: Focus on the to the community, page 317 individual’s responsibility Each of the following texts presents a view of the to the larger human community: individual’s responsibility Bertrand Russel, page 317 The Happy Life Peter Singer, page 319 The Singer Solution to World Poverty, Garret Hardin, page 324 Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor, John Betjeman, page 333 In Westminster Abbey (poetry), After you have read, studied and synthesized these pieces, enter the conversation by responding to one of the prompts on pages 334-335. You must incorporate citations from at least three of the texts to support your thesis/position. This essay is due on or before: Tuesday, January 10, 2017. 3rd 9 Weeks January 17, 2016 March 24, 2016 – – Assigned Novel: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
Essential Question: What is the relationship of the individual to the community? Selected Extension Assignments: Lee Teter, Reflections (painting), page 314 Frederick Hart, Three Servicemen (sculpture), page 315 Conversation: Focus on the individual’s responsibility to the community, page 317 Each of the following texts presents a view of the individual’s responsibility to the larger human community: Bertrand Russel, The Happy Life page 317 Peter Singer, The Singer Solution to World Poverty, page 319 Garret Hardin, Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor, page 324 John Betjeman, In Westminster Abbey (poetry), page 333 After you have read, studied and synthesized these pieces, enter the conversation by responding to one of the prompts on pages 334-335. You must incorporate citations from at least three of the texts to support your thesis/position. This essay is due on or before: Tuesday, January 10, 2017. 3rd 9 Weeks – January 17, 2016 – March 24, 2016 Assigned Novel: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn