Tuesday, March 4, 2025

 Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Vocab: Semi-autobiographical, moral vs. moral, morality vs. ethics

Reading: “Think before you speak, read before you think” -- Fran Liebowitz

Circle: What's a piece of (school-appropriate) advice you've been given that sticks with you?

Essential Question: What should we understand before we go to war?

Write: List as many reasons as you can think of that countries go to war.  Pair-Share. 

Read about the 7 Principles of a Just War.  Translate them to your own language. 

Brainstorming: Write 5 lines about reasons you would support a war. What would make it “just”?

Write another 5 lines about what would be a war you couldn’t support.  What would make it unjust?

Share with your table and report out to the class  

As a table, do so brief research about where there are current armed conflicts in the world. Which ones fit your definition of “just”? Which fit your definition of “unjust”? Why do countries go to war?

Appeasement: Read a brief article (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/appeasement-and-peace-our-time). Choose 3 quotes which connect to your own perceptions of what make a just or unjust war.

Share your quotes with your table then choose 2 from your whole group to report to the whole class.

Writing: Write at least 10 lines summarizing your ideas about just and unjust wars and what you would be willing to compromise about to avoid war.

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