Journal for the Day

All sections:

Think about a loving relationship you have now or have had in the past. What do you think love is about?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

What does it mean to be FREE? Is it about doing whatever you want or is there something else?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

What will we sacrifice for social stability? (What are we willing to give up to live comfortably?)

Journal for the Day

All sections:

"Young black men pretending to be men by killing each other." What does it mean to be a man?

Final Essay for Crips & Bloods

Final Essay on

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Due Friday, May 14, 2010

Graphic Organizer: 10 points

1^st Draft with revision: 10 points

Final Draft: 40 points

Total: 60 points

For this assignment, you will write a 5 paragraph essay. (If you write an 8 paragraph essay, you will receive +6 extra credit on this assignment.)

Choose one of the topics below:

1. 
   
   How are the Crips and Bloods “made in America”? Use details from the film to describe how gangs were shaped by historical events. Then discuss how you are “made” by your environment.
2. 
   
   Think about the quote: “Part of the mechanics of oppressing people is to pervert them to the extent they become the instruments of their own oppression.” (Kumasi) In what ways do you experience this in your community or in your personal relationships with others?
3. 
   
   Compare and contrast gang & club and riot & guerrilla. How does language influence the way we think about things? What do you notice about the words you choose to use?

Due on May 14: All of your materials, including the graphic organizer, your first draft, and your typed final draft, are due.

Journal for the Day

All sections:

How can you become more aware of the impact you have on others? (How do you treat other people?)

Journal for the Day

Section 10-3

How do you feel when the good you do is ignored or belittled?

Sections 10-1, 2, and 4

What is the difference between fear and respect?

Journal for the Day

10-1 and 10-2

How do you feel when the good you do is ignored or belittled?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

What does it feel like to be underestimated (treated as less than you are)?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

How do you influence the people around you?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Do we usually ignore what is right in favor of our desires? Why or why not?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Have you ever been rewarded when you didn't deserve it? What is that like?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

What does "if you love it, set it free" mean? Do you think it is true? Why or why not?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

How do you know when you are blinded by love?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Have you ever acted wrongly to protect someone you love?

Journal for the Day

Sections 10-1, 10-3 & 10-4:

Freewrite!

Section 10-2:

What do you need to sacrifice in order to be righteous?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Why do we ignore the truth? Why don't we like to face the truth when we know we're wrong?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

What does it feel like to be rejected by someone you love?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Write about a time when you felt abandoned. What was it like?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

What is spiritual fulfillment to you? How can it be achieved?