SUSIE’S CURRENT EVENTS April 23, 2013 THE BASICS Topic The Answer to Terrorism: “Look for the Helpers”
Articles “A Look at Boston Marathon Bombing, Investigation” http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/boston-marathon-bombing-investigation19012922#.UXV4NoI5tfY “Boston Marathon bombing heroes: Running to help” http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/boston-heroes/index.html
Questions to Consider • When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” What did Mr. Rogers mean when he said, “Look for the helpers”? • Is security possible without giving up liberty? How? • Does a tragedy bring out the best in people? Why or why not? • How do you think the Boston bombing affect athletic and other public events in the future? • How do we decide when and how to help people in an emergency?
THE EXTRAS
Pre-teaching, Extensions & Further Reading • Heroes http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/16/17773869-the-man-in-the-hat-at-bostonmarathon-finish-line-carlos-arredondo-didnt-set-out-to-be-hero?lite • The Pursuit of Liberty is a Marathon http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/04/15/pursuit-liberty-ismarathon/?cmpid=GoogleNewsEditorsPicks&google_editors_picks=true • Helping Children Deal with Tragic Events in the News http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/services/disasterpreparedness/MisterRogersFINAL.pd f • Classroom Activities with Altruism http://www.ehow.com/list_7668408_classroom-activities-altruism.html#ixzz2QlSaIg6p • Why and How Do we Help? http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201009/why-and-how-do-wehelp
What’s the connection? Constitution • Preamble “We the people, of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Which of these aspirations relate most directly to the response to the Boston bombing? How do the words “domestic tranquility” and “promote the general welfare” resonate with the events on April 15, 2013? • Clapper v. Amnesty International USA http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/10/politics/scotus.cases/index.html
Oregon State Social Science Standards/CCSS 6-8.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. 9-10.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. 11-12.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
