Zeitoun Unit Project Questions During this unit we’ve looked at the following references: 1. Zeitoun (nonfiction) 2. When the Levees Broke by Spike Lee (documentary) 3. The Genius of Jazz (YouTube lecture/demonstration) 4. Various newspaper articles Choose three (3) of the following questions and complete the Project Graphic Organizer (GO): 1. What does it mean to be an American? 2. What are the strengths/weaknesses of different genres? (non-fiction, documentary, memoir, poems, newspaper articles) 3. For what purpose does the author use different literary techniques? (flashbacks, imagery, metaphor/simile, symbolism, repetition) 4. How can conflict or difficult times bring about something great? 5. How does fear influence behavior? 6. How do we see the difficulty of getting back to regular life after a tragedy? 7. How does media coverage impact the experience of victims? 8. What makes someone an insider or an outsider? 9. What is the difference between following your head and following your heart? 10. How does understanding other cultures affect your world view? 11. How does the government or legal system affect individuals and communities in positive ways? 12. How does the government or legal system affect individuals and communities in negative ways? 13. How do natural disasters change a community? 14. What is a government’s responsibility to its citizens? 15. How do you feel about Abdulrahman given the book and newspaper articles? 16. How do you feel about Kathy given the book and newspaper articles? Complete the Graphic Organizer below. For each of the three (3) questions that you choose, cite evidence from at least two (2) resources we’ve looked at in this unit, including the book. Use at least four (4) different resources in total. See the bottom of this document for citation examples. Question 1 : What does it mean to be an American? Your answer: Your first reason: Supporting evidence including citation(s): In your own words, explain what the evidence means and how it supports your reasoning: Your second reason: Supporting evidence including citation(s): In your own words, explain what the evidence means and how it supports your reasoning: Your third reason: Supporting evidence including citation(s): In your o ...

1. Zeitoun Unit Project Questions
During this unit we’ve looked at the following
references:
1. Zeitoun (nonfiction)
2. When the Levees Broke by Spike Lee
(documentary)
3. The Genius of Jazz (YouTube lecture/demonstration)
4. Various newspaper articles
Choose three (3) of the following questions and
complete the Project Graphic Organizer
(GO):
1. What does it mean to be an American?
2. What are the strengths/weaknesses of different
genres? (non-fiction,
documentary, memoir, poems, newspaper articles)
3. For what purpose does the author use different
literary techniques? (flashbacks,
imagery, metaphor/simile, symbolism, repetition)
4. How can conflict or difficult times bring about
something great?
5. How does fear influence behavior?
6. How do we see the difficulty of getting back to
regular life after a tragedy?
7. How does media coverage impact the experience of

2. victims?
8. What makes someone an insider or an outsider?
9. What is the difference between following your head
and following your heart?
10. How does understanding other cultures affect your
world view?
11. How does the government or legal system affect
individuals and communities in
positive ways?
12. How does the government or legal system affect
individuals and communities in
negative ways?
13. How do natural disasters change a community?
14. What is a government’s responsibility to its
citizens?
15. How do you feel about Abdulrahman given the
book and newspaper articles?
16. How do you feel about Kathy given the book
and newspaper articles?
Complete the Graphic Organizer below. For each of
the three (3) questions that you choose, cite evidence
from at least
two (2) resources we’ve looked at in this unit,
including the book. Use at least four (4) different
resources in total. See the
bottom of this document for citation examples.

3. Question 1 : What does it mean to be an American?
Your answer:
Your first reason:
Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Your second reason:
Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Your third reason:

4. Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Question 2 : How does fear influence behavior?
Your answer:
Your first reason:
Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Your second reason:

5. Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Your third reason:
Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Question 3 : How do natural disasters change a
community?
Your answer:
Your first reason:

6. Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Your second reason:
Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:
Your third reason:
Supporting evidence including citation(s):
In your own words, explain what the evidence means
and how it supports your reasoning:

7. Citation examples:
Book:
Zeitoun (Author page_number)
“Exact quotation from the book” (Eggers 15).
Newspaper article with an author or identified source
like Associated Press; if it is only one page, omit
the page number:
(Author page_number)
“Exact quotation from the article” (Associated Press
2).
“Exact quotation from the article” (Martin 1).
Video or DVD:
(“Title of Video” start_time-stop_time)
Description of what is in the scene (“When the
Levees Broke” 00:15:01-00:15:32).
Newspaper links
Date Headline link
7/30/2013 nola.com-Zeitoun found not guilty on charges he
tried to kill his ex-wife
07302013https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CPqV0OZgJYRLG
mMWegrspjmm6_tkNLLd

8. 7/31/2013 nola.com-Kathy Zeitoun decries ex-husbands
acquittal on charges he tried to kill her
07312013https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FC4wDN7PBTqnU
d-DQveJh3BTKnypaoA_
10/29/2014 nola.com-Zeitoun arrested again as ex-wife pleads
We dont feel like enough is being done
10292014https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FAhWoagzc-
TP9xXTSPJjn3RJ4UajZzRe
11/21/2016 nola.com-Subject of post-Katrina book Zeitoun
sentenced to 4 years for stalking
11212016https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ggMUzAhSGZkcs5
qHZHLK51DsLumdiFH4
9/28/2018 theadvocate.com-Disgraced Katrina literary hero
Abdulrahman Zeitoun ordered deported but released after prison
term
09282018https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xG5nmumwkNIL9
P0j8soTOX4NuGkMlEAW
Additional newspaper links
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1te6KGTPB6BFyFlGsmJmYo
lAlwO7NLCVk
When the Levees Broke
Start End Topic Page #s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12xj1sHvIWA
0 6 intro
6 9 should we leave? 71
9 12 storm coming/evacuation
12 15 why we didn't leave
15 16 superdome
18 23 storm starts 74
23 25 levees breaking
33 49 day after storm 85

9. 1.07 1.1 not letting people out thru fear 119
1.1 1.12 media rumors
1.12 1.17 shooting and looting
1.18 raping babies
Pt. 3 and 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vuQKo_uuKE&list=PLb9P
qjy5BsP0Lzsi67qMhvHNBF7J5ZU_n
0 5 music intro
5 7 hot 8
9.15 11 emotions of displacement
11 13 kanye
16 19 george w, media event, image
19 21 fema 299
33 35 national guard, schools
35 42 culture
42 48 blanchard, shock of coming home
48 50 coming home to nothing
50 54 ptsd 300
59 1.03 2nd line funeral 324
The Genius of Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPshEdJvKj4
skip 27-37
skip 54-56:30