Research

I would like you to use tomorrow (NO CLASS: use this time for independent research!) and this weekend to research the murder of Trayvon Martin so that you are prepared for class discussion Monday. You should look at and listen to the links supplied in this blog and search for additional material to inform your perspective. What is your take? What happened? Why? How could it happen? What does it mean? Make sure that you have established your potential course of action in the city of Omelas (http://iweb.tntech.edu/jcbaker/The%20Ones%20Who%20Walked%20Away%20from%20Omelas.pdf). After seeing the child, what would you do? Would you go back to life as usual? Would you leave the city? Would you leave the child in the cellar, or would you intervene? As a citizen of the town, what decision would you really make, and why? What similarities are there for you between the story of Omelas and this murder? Be ready to share and explain your opinion. Back it with material you feel supports your stance.

Audiobook version of Frankenstein

http://librivox.org/frankenstein-or-modern-prometheus-by-mary-w-shelley/

Book for 1302

Additional text for this course, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84

Please copy and paste the following links for articles regarding your weekend research project: http://gma.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-killing-friend-phone-teen-death-recounts-063243901--abc-news.html http://www.thegrio.com/specials/trayvon-martin/trayvon-martin-15-facts-you-need-to-know-about-teen-shot-in-sanford-florida.php http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/20/10775671-trayvon-martin-case-to-go-to-grand-jury-fla-state-attorney-announces http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/20/10774247-trayvon-martins-final-phone-call-he-said-this-man-was-watching-him http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/68871920/News/George-Zimmerman-911-call-reporting-Trayvon-Martin http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-19/news/os-trayvon-martin-shooting-george-zimmerman-911-20120319_1_neighborhood-county-sheriff-s-office-report Please also do additional research on this issue.

Taxidermy

Read this article in The New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/alas_mickey_dUZgbjeWD6tl7HmJ8p3BeM about the growing trend of creating vignettes using taxidermied mice and other animals.

What are your thoughts about the trend?