Weeks+15-16+Argument+and+Persuasion+Part+Deux

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Required Reading


 * [|Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address]
 * [|John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address]
 * [|Barack Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address]
 * [|Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address]
 * [|Anna Quindlen "Era of Good Speaking"]
 * [|Maya Angelou Inaugural Poem "On the Pulse of the Morning"]
 * [|Martin Luther King, Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail"]

Supplemental Reading:

 * [|Great Speeches]
 * [|Top 100 American Speeches]
 * [|25 Speeches That Changed the World]
 * [|Great American Speeches Rhetoric Interactive Quiz]
 * [|How to Detect Propaganda]
 * [|Writing a Speech--Theme]
 * [|Speech Tips]
 * [|eSpeeches]
 * [|Resources for Writing Argument]
 * [|Complaint Box (Pet Peeves)]
 * [|Complaint Box (Pet Peeves)]

Supplemental Viewing:

 * = Movie Speeches Page < This is a link =
 * [|Boston Legal Euthanasia and Alzheimer's]
 * [|Boston Legal on America]
 * [|The West Wing Biblical Quotes] (logos, using opponents logic and words against them)
 * Graduation Speeches (of the famous and not so famous)
 * [|"] Dave Letterman [|Farewell Tribute to Great Moments in Presidential Speeches]

Block 3 Presentation Speeches [|Pericles' Funeral Oration] [|Ronald Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall" (aka "The Brandenburg Gate Address")]

Block 4 Presentation Speeches [|Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Address] [|Bill Clinton "I Have Sinned"] [|George W. Bush September 11th Address to the Nation] [|Martin Luther King Jr. - Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence] [|We Shall Overcome Speech] by Lyndon B. Johnson [|We Shall Overcome (Lyndon B. Johnson) Audio] [|"Quit India" Resolution by Mohandas Gandhi]

=Defend/Challenge Prompts= 1. [|Nanotechnology]: Will technology create everything or dissolve the Universe in Grey goo. 2. [|Surveillance Nation]: Will the improvement and declining cost of surveillance technology change the notions of privacy and our relationship with government? 3. [|My twin, myself]: How will various types of cloning impact our sense of human nature and value. 4. [|Robots for All:] Will robots and other mechanical devices take care of everything? 5. [|Drugs for the mind]: Will we able to take drugs to make us smarter, more ethical, more fun? 6. [|Custom Kids]: What will the impact of genetic testing and IVF have on the evolution of the human race? 7. [|Peak Oil]: What do we do when we run out of oil? 8. [|Bioterrorism]: As it becomes easier and easier to make viruses, how do we protect ourselves? 9. [|Vinge's School]: What will school look like in the future? 10. [|Info War]: Will cyberattacks be they next frontier of war? 11. [|Identity at Risk]: How will they know you are you? 12. Downloading Personality: Could you store everything that is meaningfully you with 1s and 0s? 13. [|Artificial Intelligence]: When will my computer be smarter than me? Has it already happened? 14. [|Replacement Parts]: Can I get a better arm, leg, pituitary gland… 15. [|Global Warming]: What happens when the greenhouse really kicks in? 16. [|No H2O]: How do we make sure that the water will flow? 17. [|Overpopulation]: Is there a such thing as too many people? 18. [|Extended life]: What would happen if people live to be 200? 19. [|Where’s the Beef]?: Could our food system collapse? How will we eat in 100 years? 20. [|Take Me to you Leader]: Are we ever going to get out of this solar system? 21. [|Supervirus!]: Killer Flu sweept through the world. 22. [|World of Superheroes]: Nanotechnology and genetic advancs create a world of posthumans. 23. [|Handmaid's Tale]: Reproduction becomes controlled by the State. 24. [|Beam Me Up, Scotty]: Instantaneous transportation becomes feasible. 25. [|XX]: Women take over; Men aren't needed. 26. [|Jurassic Park]: We bring back Wooly Mammoths and Friends! 27. [|Hadron Collide]r: Black holes for everyone! 28. [|No more trees]: What will we do for O and CO2? 29. [|Time Machine]: Will we hurt our own grandmother's grandmother? 30. [|(insert your future here)]: Surprise us. 31. [|Children of Men]: We can't reproduce. Havok ensues. 32. [|Zombies!] They like brains, just like you!

Resources:

 * [|Directory of Science Magazines] NEW!
 * [|Edge's Annual Question: What will change Everything?]
 * [|Wired's List of Top Science Breakthrough]s
 * [|Science Blogs]
 * [|The Frontal Cortex]
 * Seed Magazine
 * [|Kurzweil News Feed]
 * [|Edge]
 * [|Kurzweil Science News Service],
 * [|Kurzweil Science News Service],