Three Articles Used with DOS:
1) "Death of the Salesmen" (256-259) from chapter four "The Great Sorting Out" and chapter six "The Untouchables" (278-307) from The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
2) "Rethinking Home Ownership" : http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2013684,00.html
3) The Case for Working with Your Hands: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html
I used these in discussions AND to teach summary, paraphrase, and quoting from a source. (See attached files)
Some activities View Shift Happens video (see materials page <http://huffenglish.wikispaces.com/Death+of+a+Salesman> ) and answer accompanying guiding questions. Watch excerpt from "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" episode of The Simpsons and answer accompanying guiding questions. Watch "The Other Side of Outsourcing" Thomas Friedman/Discovery Times show and answer accompanying guiding questions. Read "Death of the Salesmen" (256-259) from chapter four "The Great Sorting Out" and chapter six "The Untouchables" (278-307) from The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman and answer accompanying guiding questions. Synthesize notes from 5-8 and brainstorm:
How can outsourcing possibly produce more Willy Lomans?
What do Americans need to do in the 21st century to avoid the fate of Willy Loman?
What sort of shift do you think will happen in the concept of the American Dream?
Create a handbook for recent graduates (high school or college) designed to help them navigate a world in which the playing field has been leveled. Consider:
What will the graduates need to do to ensure they always have a job?
What will they need to do to compete in a global economy? What skills will they need?
What do you recommend they do to stand out, to become "untouchable"?
How is Death of a Salesman a cautionary tale in a flat world? -- Draw a parallel betweeen the fate of Willy Loman and the possible fate of many other American workers today. What can readers of your handbook do to avoid his fate?
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1) "Death of the Salesmen" (256-259) from chapter four "The Great Sorting Out" and chapter six "The Untouchables" (278-307) from The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
2) "Rethinking Home Ownership" : http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2013684,00.html
3) The Case for Working with Your Hands: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html
I used these in discussions AND to teach summary, paraphrase, and quoting from a source. (See attached files)
4.0 Shift Happens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8
Some activities
View Shift Happens video (see materials page <http://huffenglish.wikispaces.com/Death+of+a+Salesman> ) and answer accompanying guiding questions.
Watch excerpt from "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" episode of The Simpsons and answer accompanying guiding questions.
Watch "The Other Side of Outsourcing" Thomas Friedman/Discovery Times show and answer accompanying guiding questions.
Read "Death of the Salesmen" (256-259) from chapter four "The Great Sorting Out" and chapter six "The Untouchables" (278-307) from The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman and answer accompanying guiding questions.
Synthesize notes from 5-8 and brainstorm:
- How can outsourcing possibly produce more Willy Lomans?
- What do Americans need to do in the 21st century to avoid the fate of Willy Loman?
- What sort of shift do you think will happen in the concept of the American Dream?
Create a handbook for recent graduates (high school or college) designed to help them navigate a world in which the playing field has been leveled. Consider: