31 August 2016

Today students began the thinking work in a pre-assessment unit that involves a set of related texts and that will culminate in a piece of in-class writing. In class, we viewed a clip from Matt Stone and Trey Parker's South Park, "In My Safe Space," then discussed the argument the video advances about the effects of the concept. Students then read and responded to "The Coddling of the American Mind." During our next session, we will discuss Nathan Heller's "The Big Uneasy" and conduct some research in class.