https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd en-us 2017-11-17 13:50:44 UTC 2017-11-21 12:15:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png dennisonc https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208095905

Summarize the main argument of your article.

Briefly state the author’s reasoning (be specific).

Finish the starter: I agree/disagree with this because...

]]> 2017-11-17 13:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208095905 https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208694979 From what I have read from the article, it appears to be arguing about whether or not the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" should still be in the curriculum of schools. The author tells the reader to ask what we are teaching when we read the novel, since this novel can be viewed differently by many view points. The author gives examples of viewpoints that can be seen by a particular reader, such as an african-american child's point of view of Tom Robinson, which gives off the notion that black men rapes white women. Another one could be a white girl who lives in poverty, who could get the idea that no one should believe that she was raped or not, such was the case of Mayella Ewell. As whether I agree that the novel should still be in the school curriculum or not, I think that they should in my opinion, mostly because it allows readers to have a different experience when reading it, compared to another reader. ]]> 2017-11-20 13:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208694979 https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208695242 The main idea of this article is that schools should not stop teaching 'To kill a Mockingbird'. The author explains how this book is innocent and harmless and if schools were to ban it, it would be equivelant to killing a mockingbird. One of the authors main points is although history is sometimes tough and tragic, we still must inform and teach others about it in order to prevent the same tragedies from occurring again. I agree with this because the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' does not influence or promote harsh language, it is simply informing us of the past and the hardships that people had to endure .]]> 2017-11-20 13:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208695242 https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208695448 What the author is trying to communicate is that schools should not pull To Kill a Mockingbird from their course because it is an important part of human history and teaches its important message in a way that it would be the only book to be able to convey its message. The author says that pulling it is an erasure of history, and although it makes us uncomfortable, like the Holocaust it is important to remember. It also compares the book itself to be shot at like a mockingbird as it is not harming anyone, and yet it is being shot at for saying its ideas. I agree with this because it is important to remember our mistakes in the past so they are less likely to be repeated.]]> 2017-11-20 13:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208695448 https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208695729 The main idea of article 2 is why it is unfair to  have a innocent black man be convicted and be killed, but when a white man kills someone it was considered justice (Boo Radley killing Bob Ewell). The authors reasoning is that when Robinson is being convicted it was clearly shown that he was innocent yet he still was named guilty. When a white man ]]> 2017-11-20 13:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208695729 https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208696676 The main argument of this article is that despite the harsh language, To Kill a Mockingbird should be taught, but in the correct way and to the appropriate age group. The writer of this article states in paragraph 7, ¨We need to be asking what we are teaching when we teach ´To Kill a Mockingbird,´ and how useful lessons are to 21st century students.¨ The writer feels that there is an important lesson to be taken from this book that seems to be so controversial these days. I agree with the writer of this article because if that many people are taking such offense to it, then it clearly is not being taught right. They clearly do not know the background, nor do they understand the overall moral lesson to be taken from it.]]> 2017-11-20 13:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208696676 https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208697089 In Article 1  ]]> 2017-11-20 13:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dennisonc/6hst00420tqd/wish/208697089