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Participants should review the following traits of good discussions to be used during our online discussions. This chart will not only give suggestions but inform participants on the grading system. (adapted from Mr. Nass.) | Positive Discussion Behaviors (v++) | Negative Discussion Behaviors (v=) | | Supporting your opinion | Repeating | | Making inferences | Introducing unrelated topic | | Giving examples | Personal Attack | | Referring to/Quoting the text | Never speaking 0 pts. | | Making Connections | | | Recognizing contradictions | | | Asking thoughtful questions | | | Building on other’s ideas | | | Affirming other’s viewpoints | | | Asking clarifying questions | | | Combining information (To come up w/ a new idea) | | | Good discussions . . . *do not have obvious or "right" answers. *go beyond the text and make participants in the discussion connect to the text, predict what will happen next, and/or evaluate characters and events. NEVER engage in personal attacks. Ideas are discussed and criticized, not the person. | |
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| The Great Hunger In Ireland, 1845-1850
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| The Great Hunger In Ireland, 1845-1850-Genocide or Catastrophe? |
| The New Renaissance
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| “The New Renaissance”
“The first Renaissance, the one you met in your history textbooks, was understood to be a rebirth of classical awareness and sensibility. It could hardly have been understood to be what it actually was, which was the necessary preface to an entirely new historical era”. - Dr. Daniel Quinn What is the main thesis that Dr. Daniel Quinn is promoting? What evidence does he use to support it? Does he do so succesfully? Do you agree? Why or why not? |
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