Name: ______Do Now

March 3 , 2006 History - ______

Do Now #17

Objective:

8. I will be able to analyze the current genocide taking place in Sudan and argue for what the US should do to help end that genocide.

Essential Question: “If you make a terrible mistake, will you make it again?”

Are you MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE?

Earn your class the points they deserve!

1. This week we have been working on a letter that will go to the e______of a major paper.

2. Your letter will go to the R______R______Daily Herald, the R______News & Observer, or the N______Y______T______.

3. We are writing these letters to help put a stop to the g______that is taking place in D______.

4. This region is in the country of S______with is on the continent of ______.

5. Two other genocides that have taken place are the H______and the genocide in ______.

6. Here, while N______killed ______and while H______killed ______, very few people stood up and tried to stop it.

Today’s Vocabulary Practice: We will say these aloud with our hand signals.

Genocide Janjaweed Darfur

Above and Beyond: What kinds of things will make your letter New York Times quality?
Name: ______Do Now

March 3 , 2006 History - ______

Classwork #17:

Editing Checklist

Directions: Find each item from the checklist in your draft. If you are missing a section, ADD IT! Circle each section in your draft. Write the corresponding number next to that part of your draft. Be thorough!

Paragraph #1:

1. A gripping first sentence: _____

2. Explain who the Janjaweed are: _____

3. Explain what the Janjaweed are doing: _____

4. Explain what Sudan’s government says about the Janjaweed: _____

Paragraph #2:

5. A gripping first sentence: _____

6. An event from the Holocaust and a rationalization used by Germans. _____

7. A second event from the Holocaust and a rationalization used by the Germans. _____

8. An event from the Rwandan genocide and a rationalization used by the US. _____

Paragraph #3:

9. A gripping first sentence. _____

10. A first fact about someone who did take a stand against the Nazis. _____

11. A first fact about someone who did take a stand against the Nazis. _____

12. A first fact about someone who did take a stand against the Nazis. _____

Paragraph #4:

13. An explanation of what the US government should do and WHY. _____

14. The address to which they should send their letter. _____

15. Remind them one more time why it is important to write this person. _____

Conclusion:

16. End with something that will make your reader remember your writing. _____

When you are finished, begin publishing your letter.