This document provides an overview for a class unit on advocating for issues. It lists potential topics for students to research and write about, such as discrimination, health issues, and the impact of technology and media. Students are instructed to choose a topic from the lists or current news and begin developing a rough draft advocating for an issue. The next class will involve revising drafts and wrapping up the semester.

1. Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 5 Review
Advocate Issue Examples
Topic Review
Class Work

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 We have seen the “Hero” side of our final paper;
 Now to explore the “Advocate” side.
 Advocate: n. Someone who speaks in support of
something.
 We usually associate the
Word “advocate” in legal issues

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 Chapter 4: 157-8.
 Living Under Circe’s Spell: Perceptions of ability
 Difference Between Pity and Empathy: “Bedside
manner”, patients’ emotional health importance
 If The Genes Fit: LGBT Marriage, Civil Rights
 Black Men and Public Spaces: Trayvon Martin
shooting / other news items
 Discrimination at Large: Public
Transportation, Airlines charging more for bigger
customers

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 Chapter 4 (Cont.)
 Diabesity: Diabetes and obesity: city v country? And
why, if there is a difference? Culture? Economics.
 Bodily Harm: How do we teach girls to avoid this? At
what age? Can we engage advertisers to promote a
healthier “ideal?”
 Six Rules for Eating Wisely: Search about “Con-
Agra”, or “Kraft”; how healthy are our food choices?
Using even the random search bar at Firefox, you can
develop these topics into a more specific search/ idea.

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 Chapter 5 (p 218-9)
 Whole World is Watching: Internet creates accountability;
FB blunders and business awareness/ presence
 Youtube This! The internet is scattershot, and random; if
you control your information well, chances are no one will
remember that mistake we made in our youth.
 When The Patient is a Googler & Is There A Doctor In The
Mouse? : Health and the Internet; when is information
good information? How do regular people use these
resources, in a meaningful way?

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 Why Reality TV is Good For Us & When Reality TV
Gets Too Real: Survivor, The Bachelor, just to name a
few; now we have Hoarders, Intervention, is there a
line we are crossing (or will cross?) in these style
shows?
 Makes Learning Fun & From Learning As Torture to
Learning As Fun: Computers in the classroom:
distraction, or valid learning tool?
 In Groups We Shrink: Group think, and personal
responsibility; the social impact and backlash of being
a “whistle-blower”.

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 Access a News Website and search for any related
topics:
 SITES: FOX http://www.foxnews.com
 TIME http://www.time.com/time/?xid=huffpo-direct
 Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/?CMP=ILC-
refresh
 Media Matters http://mediamatters.org/blog/
 NY Post http://online.wsj.com/home-page

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 BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/us_and_canada/
 CNN http://www.cnn.com/
 Reuters http://www.reuters.com/
 CBS http://www.cbsnews.com/
 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/
 ABC http://abcnews.go.com/
 C-Span http://www.c-span.org/
 PBS Newshour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

9. EN 102—HERO/ADVOCATE UNIT
How many different topics did we uncover with a
single question? Identify an intriguing one, and start
working. By class end (or sometime between now and
then), have a rough draft, based on a topic we have
developed….

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 CLASS WORK: Writing, research, end of year
questions & answers.
 Next Week: LAST CLASS: Conference, Rough Draft
Revision, and any other business…..
….and then we are all done
For the semester/ year!

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I don’t know about you, but I prefer the Storm Trooper kid to this… ! BLEK

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