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November 30, 2005
Homework for November 30th
You need to prepare your case for tomorrow's class. At the end of class today, you received your assignment for the debate. The half sheet of paper that you received says that you are either a prosecuting attorney (You will argue that the U.S. was negligent in its dealings with Rwanda.) or a defense attorney (You will argue that the U.S. was NOT negligent in its dealings with Rwanda.). You also received two documents. Everyone received the "genocide fax." Everyone needs to understand this document for tomorrow. You also received an additional document that could act as a piece of evidence in your case or that could give you clues as to what the other side is going to say. You need to read your document and figure out whether or not it supports your side of the debate. Everyone has a different document, so don't worry if you have a document that is different from your neighbor's document.
Once you have read both of the documents, think about the questions on the half sheet of paper. Then, brainstorm ideas that you can use to support your case. I expect a half sheet of notes from each of you tomorrow. These should be your OWN ideas about what your side can do to win the debate.
This is a challenging assignment, but don't be afraid to get into it. Be creative in developing your ideas and think about all of the things that we have studied over the past few days when building your cases.
Posted by kmurr at November 30, 2005 8:27 AM