Course Syllabus

This is the schedule for weeks 1-15.

Class Schedule and Reading Schedule:

*Week 1 Begins Tuesday 1/24 Ends Monday 1/30

Syllabus Reading: Read the course syllabus and related documents in the top of screen area of class. You are responsible for knowing and following all the information there.

Textbook: We don’t have one, all readings will be posted in Canvas or available online.

Photo Upload: Upload a head/shoulders photo of yourself via your Canvas profile, upper right corner of class where the blank profile now appears. Canvas also has a function to take and upload a photo. Do not upload a photo of anything or anyone other than yourself. This is how we replicate seeing one another in a traditional class.

Reading: To begin our study of national security and terrorism read the FBI’s main page about it. https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism (bookmark it as we’ll return to it often) At the Terrorism Definitions sections you’ll see two blue links. Click each, they go directly the federal statutes (laws) for the crime. Read and bookmark for later use. NOTE - it's always better to copy/paste all links used this semester into a new browser window instead of clicking directly from class.

Also read the U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security's pages about various terrorism prevention and investigation strategies. Read and bookmark for later use.

https://www.dhs.gov/topic/preventing-terrorism

Discussion: Write a 450-500-word essay in which you discuss your education and career plans and goals, to include CCV, any college you plan to attend after CCV (or that you’ve already attended) and your professional working world plans. Discuss how you see your study of the material in this course assisting in each stage of your education and work. We have the same length answers most weeks unless directions state otherwise. An answer of this length should be two to three correctly written paragraphs. Due by 6 pm Friday VT time. We follow the same schedule every week. Put it in your calendar/phone/device so you know, and set alarms sufficiently in advance to get your work done. Posting earlier than the due time is always preferable.

Replying to classmates and me: every week by 11 pm Saturday VT time post a substantive reply to two classmates' discussion answers and answer any questions I ask.

*Week 2 Begins Tuesday 1/31 Ends Monday 2/6

Read: Return to the page we started at last week. There’s a lot of information linked to this page and we’ll use it for several weeks. Return to and re-read, carefully, taking detailed notes, the federal laws you read last week (At the Terrorism Definitions sections you’ll see two blue links. Click each, they go directly the federal statutes (laws) for the crime.) ALSO read https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/topic_display.cfm?tcid=94 to understand a brief history of terrorism.

Discussion: Write a 450-500-word essay where you identify five (5) misconceptions about terrorism that you had before reading the websites for last and this week. List each misconception, why you had it (where it came from) and how you’ve now learned that something else is more factually correct. For example, your first item might be “I thought that terrorism started with the 9/11 attacks, because xxxxxx, however now I know xxxxx. Use a bold heading for each item and a separate paragraph for each topic.

*Week 3 Begins Tuesday 2/7 Ends Monday 2/13

Read: https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/NCTC-FBI-DHS-HVE-Mobilization-Indicators-Booklet-2019.pdf This link is to the FBI’s booklet about homegrown violent extremist indicators (Mobilization Indicators Booklet) and how to recognize conduct that could potentially be a terrorist advancing towards an attack. Read it and bookmark it for later use.

Discussion: Now go to https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorism to read the FBI Wanted Posters (formal name is identification orders or IOs) for many terrorists, international and domestic. Select any one terrorist and using the background information given when you click the virtual poster open, work with CCV’s Hartness Library librarians to research the crime event(s) the terrorist is wanted for. You must work with the CCV librarians or, if you attend CU or NVU, with your home college’s librarians. If you attend VTC you also use the Hartness Library. Include the librarian’s first and last name in the first line of your answer “I worked with Hartness Library librarian Juan Backbruck on this assignment.” Links to the library are in class, screen left, area of red links. You can contact the library via email, phone, live chat, and IM. Follow the directions at their site and send them this assignment so they know how to assist you. I will not accept work if you don’t follow the directions to work with a librarian.

The focus of your 450-500 word essay will be to explain the crime(s) the person is wanted for, the history of the crime and the FBI’s search for the terrorist, and to mention any rewards the government is offering for the person’s capture or conviction.

*Week 4 Begins Tuesday 2/14 Ends Monday 2/20

Read: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism/joint-terrorism-task-forces ALSO https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/lone-offender-terrorism-report-111319.pdf/view (Lone Offender Terrorism Report) Take careful notes while reading and bookmark the link. Also review from last week https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/NCTC-FBI-DHS-HVE-Mobilization-Indicators-Booklet-2019.pdf

Discussion: In a 450-500 word essay explain, using the methodology of the Mobilization Indicators Booklet and information from the Lone Terrorism Offender Report, what any of us as Vermonters should be aware of and on the lookout for to spot a Lone Offender Terrorist using the indicators from that booklet. Keep in mind our proximity to Canada, our two interstate highways that link us to both Canada and large cities of the eastern seaboard, and the presence of Lake Champlain with it's open border to New York State and Canada.

*Week 5 Begins Tuesday 2/21 Ends Monday 2/27

Read: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/wmd There are three videos at the bottom of the page, watch each one and take notes. This is the FBI’s page about investigating Weapons of Mass Destruction which can be a terrorist’s tool.

Also read https://www.fbi.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/national-security-branch and

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2010-title18/pdf/USCODE-2010-title18-partI-chap113B-sec2332a.pdf and

https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-oklahoma-city-bombing-25-years-later-041520

At the bottom of this page there are two blue links to related sources, an audio download and an FBI Agent’s recollection of investigating the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995.

Discussion: Select any combination of three of the readings, videos, or podcasts from this week and write a mini review of each one. Each review should be 150-165 words so write carefully. This will bring you to a total of almost 500 words. Put each review in the same posting with a clear heading in bold for each one. In your review discuss what you learned from each of the three items of information.

Writing a review means that you assess the strengths and weaknesses, if any, of the reading, video, or podcast that you review. What was the author's (authors') main theme in the work? What goal did the author(s) seem to have in creating this work? Did the author(s) achieve that goal? Why or why not, and in what ways. Give specific examples.

*Week 6 Begins Tuesday 2/28 Ends Monday 3/6

Read: Review this booklet that you first read in week 3. https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/NCTC-FBI-DHS-HVE-Mobilization-Indicators-Booklet-2019.pdf This link is to the FBI’s booklet about Homegrown Violent Extremists Indicators and how to recognize conduct that could potentially be a terrorist advancing towards an attack. Read it and bookmark it for later use.

Discussion: Now go to https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorism to read the FBI Wanted Posters (formal name is identification orders or IOs) for many terrorists, international and domestic. Select any one terrorist that you didn’t select back in week 3 and using the background information given when you click the virtual poster open, work with CCV’s Hartness Library librarians to research the crime event(s) the terrorist is wanted for. You must work with the CCV librarians or, if you attend CU or NVU, with your home college’s librarians. If you attend VTC you also use the Hartness Library. Include the librarian’s first and last name in the first line of your answer “I worked with Hartness Library librarian Juan Backbruck on this assignment.” Links to the library are in class, screen left, area of red links. You can contact the library via email, phone, live chat, and IM. Follow the directions at their site and send them this assignment so they know how to assist you. I will not accept work if you don’t follow the directions to work with a librarian.

The focus of your 450-500 word essay will be to explain the crime(s) the person is wanted for, the history of the crime and the FBI’s search for the terrorist, and to mention any rewards the government is offering for the person’s capture or conviction. To this essay also add what factors from the booklet (above) might have been indicators to people around the terrorist that /she was planning an attack.

*Week 7 Begins Tuesday 3/7 Ends Monday 3/13

Read: https://www.fbi.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/national-security-branch/tsc and also read everything at the FAQs near the bottom of the page. Also read https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory/tedac There are a number of sub-sections to this page as your scroll down. Read them all including the Resources poster/link at the end.

Then go to https://www.fbijobs.gov/ There’s a lot to read here, take it all in. There are many career fields at the FBI as a special agent (FBI Agent) and in a wide array of professional and support roles.

Discussion: In a 450-500-word essay consider if you’d be interested in any of the FBI’s many career paths and if so which one(s), and why? If not (and that’s fine) why not? This is not a recruiting exercise for the FBI, it’s to give you exposure to career paths you otherwise wouldn’t know about.

*Week 8 Begins Tuesday 3/14 Ends Monday 3/20 – conducting a Homeland Security Assessment part 1

Read: https://www.cisa.gov/hometown-security and read https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/rma-risk-management-fundamentals.pdf

Discussion: There are several steps to this week’s and next week’s work. Read all the directions before starting. Questions? Email me so we can decide if your choice of location is appropriate and will work well. This is crucial. Read everything here carefully and then decide on a location for your assessment.

First, review all our learning this week about homeland security. Then think about a homeland security issue in your town or an adjoining town. Locations that work well for this assignment, and those in weeks 9 and 13 are one-building businesses such as a doctor or dentist office, a small store or car repair garage, a small church or other faith meeting place. If your home is outside Vermont think of a similar location in your home state. You may not trespass on private property nor enter any location to which the public doesn’t have free and open access. You must have permission from whomever is in charge of the building before starting the assignment. This applies in weeks 9 and 13 too.

Second, what are the homeland security vulnerabilities of that location? Are they being visibly addressed with appropriate security devices such as interior and exterior surveillance cameras, controlled access to only people with appropriate credentials, metal detectors, uniformed security staff with scanning wands? Are the doors buzzer entry only with a real person verifying the person who’s attempting entry? Are there cameras in the parking lot and other areas where a vehicle could be left? Are there bollards/barriers to keep anyone from parking too close to the building? What else does the building have, or lack, that’s needed for a secure location? Does the building have some unusual feature that creates a particular vulnerability to attack by domestic or transnational terrorists, such as only one street/driveway/curb cut for access and egress from the property, or are there several ways to drive and walk unto and off the property?

Third, what are your recommendations for how this/these vulnerability(ies) can realistically be solved? Make sure you consider anything of a physical nature with the building.

Fourth, take photos of this location and or find **non-copyright protected photos of it online**. Take careful notes when you visit, don’t trust your memory.

Fifth, return to your computer and prepare a 20-25 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you explain the location and its vulnerabilities, and your proposed solutions to solve the problems you identified. Use no more than three (3) points of not more than one sentence each per slide. You can use photos andpoints, or just one or the other on a slide. Include your name and the date on the first which is the title slide, and clearly identify the location by name and address. You must use either a white or pale gray or pale blue background slide with no graphics embedded on the slide. This is not an art class, it’s an assignment to help you prepare to give a professional presentation in your career. Upload this as an attachment to a regular posting as this week’s Discussion assignment.

*Week 9 Begins Tuesday 3/21 Ends Monday 3/27 - conducting a Homeland Security Assessment - you must select a location that is different than what you used in week 8.

Re-Read: https://www.cisa.gov/hometown-security and read https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/rma-risk-management-fundamentals.pdf

Discussion: carefully review the week 8 instructions, they apply for this week also. Complete a homeland security assessment for a different location than you used last week and upload as an attachment to this week's Discussion.

You may not trespass on private property nor enter any location to which the public doesn’t have free and open access.

*Week 10 Begins Tuesday 3/28 Ends Monday 4/3

Read: Review this booklet that you first read in week 3 and reviewed in week 6. https://www.dni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/news_documents/NCTC-FBI-DHS-HVE-Mobilization-Indicators-Booklet-2019.pdf This link is to the FBI’s booklet about Homegrown Violent Extremists Indicators and how to recognize conduct that could potentially be a terrorist advancing towards an attack. Read it and bookmark it for later use.

Discussion: Now go to https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorism to read the FBI Wanted Posters (formal name is identification orders or IOs) for many terrorists, international and domestic. Select any one terrorist that you didn’t select back in week 3 or week 6 and using the background information given when you click the virtual poster open, work with CCV’s Hartness Library librarians to research the crime event(s) the terrorist is wanted for. You must work with the CCV librarians or, if you attend CU or NVU, with your home college’s librarians. If you attend VTC you also use the Hartness Library. Include the librarian’s first and last name in the first line of your answer “I worked with Hartness Library librarian Juan Backbruck on this assignment.” Links to the library are in class, screen left, area of red links. You can contact the library via email, phone, live chat, and IM. Follow the directions at their site and send them this assignment so they know how to assist you. I will not accept work if you don’t follow the directions to work with a librarian.

The focus of your 450-500 word essay will be to explain the crime(s) the person is wanted for, the history of the crime and the FBI’s search for the terrorist, and to mention any rewards the government is offering for the person’s capture or conviction. To this essay also add what factors from the booklet (above) might have been indicators to people around the terrorist that /she was planning an attack.

*Week 11 Begins Tuesday 4/4 Ends Monday 4/10

Discussion: Current Events Week! NOTE – this week’s work and next week’s (week 12) are connected and you’ll want to pay close attention to week 12 when you decide what article to select for week 11.

Here are the steps to follow:

1) Review all discussions and class work to date. Think about news stories you've heard or read since the start of our semester that are about a terrorism event that occurred either in the U. S. or internationally. Decide on a news story from 2022 or 2023 to use for this assignment. Look at the separate page here in week 11 titled "Hartness Library Newspaper Databases -- Search Tips” for detailed directions about how to access the library's newspaper databases. You **must** work with a Hartness Library librarian on this assignment (weeks 11 and 12). Send them this assignment and week's 12 assignment so they know what you need assistance with. You must include the librarian's first and last name in your template of information, below.

1a) You **must** use a newspaper that you found through the Hartness Library (or your home college's library's) databases. You may not use a web search (e.g. Google, etc) nor may you use an internet-based or TV or radio-based news event. While all these news sources might have covered the story you selected, the version you use for class must come from a newspaper you access via the library's databases.

1b) Not sure what this means? Email me at anne.buttimer@ccv.edu to ask for clarification on the particular point(s) you're not sure of.

**Note that it must be one that has had news coverage by both a U. S. based newspaper such as The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, or other leading domestic national-in-coverage papers, and that was also covered by the international press/newspapers. It will work best if you make a list of five to ten appropriate news stories; then contact the Hartness Library reference librarians, or the reference librarians at your home* college, for assistance. (*home college refers to whatever college you attend full time - that could be Vermont Technical College, Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, University of Vermont, or any other college.) Not sure what I mean? Email me and we'll get you on track.

2) Working with a reference librarian will be more than worth the few minutes you put into making that contact. You can do so by phone, by live chat, or by email. All options are available by using the Hartness Library link in our class and at the CCV portal page. Your home college's librarians can similarly assist you. Be sure you communicate with a reference librarian (a highly trained professional) and not anyone at the library's front desk, as many people who work at libraries do valuable work but aren't reference librarians. Ask for a reference librarian when you make contact. It could well be the difference between doing this and next week’s assignments correctly, or not.

3) Again, your goal is to find a news event from 2022 - 2023 that was covered by both the press in the U. S. and the press internationally.

4) Once you have your news story find two articles, one from a U.S. newspaper and one from an international newspaper, that covers the same news event. Don't guess. Really, don't guess. If you're unsure or otherwise stuck, email me well enough in advance for me to help you. I can't stress how important it is for you to do this.

Post the U. S. newspaper story in week 11. Post the international newspaper article in week 12. The goal of this assignment is to analyze and understand how journalists in two different countries reported on the same news event. Note that week 12 has an extra section (see template below) where you'll write your analysis of this.

5) Use objective, fact-based articles only. You may not use an editorial, and Op-Ed, nor a commentary type article. (These are articles which express someone's opinion, view, or analysis of events and don't strictly report facts.) The former is objective, the latter are subjective. Don't use the latter.

The goal of this assignment is for you to learn how different nations often have different perspectives on the same event. When we read, study, and compare two or more reports of the same occurrence we begin to understand how different nations view things through their own lenses often because of their politics, culture, perhaps religion, and world views. Those differing views are often reflected in the newspaper articles published in that country. In other words this assignment is to help you grow in your perspectives of the world. In order to do that you need to find articles that allow you to conduct this analysis. That's why it's important to read both assignments (weeks 11 and 12) before starting to work with a librarian to find articles. Until you fully understand and plan the assignment, and thoughtfully look for articles that let you answer the questions in week 12, you hadn't truly started your work. Not sure if your articles will work? Email me in week 11 with perma-links and your draft week 11 answer and we'll discuss it, and can do a Zoom session if you like.

6) Format to use: (copy this template into your posting and fill it in to include the bolded sections, don't use the non-bolded, they're for your use only)

1) Title and date of article and newspaper it’s from:

1a) First and last name of the librarian you worked with:
2) Link to article: Use this link to capture the permalink of your article: https://hartness.vsc.edu/help/linking/(This is important because otherwise none of us will be able to read your article.
3) Summary of the article:
4) How the article relates to some aspect of our class learning this semester:
5) Full text of the article: (copy and paste the article here)

* Week 12 Begins Tuesday 4/11 Ends Monday 4/17

Discussion: Current Events Week Again! Follow these directions carefully. Current events week 2 - keep the event you selected for last week, and this week using an international newspaper, analyze it per the directions below.

1) Your assignment this week is a comparative analysis of how the two media entities (week 11 and week 12) covered the news event you used in week 11. You must use the same news event for both weeks, otherwise you can't compare the two news articles. Refer to week 11's directions, all of them, to refresh your memory.

2) Using the same news event discussed in your week 11 article, now use the library’s databases with help from the reference librarians, for international newspapers and find a story about the same event you used in week 11. Use the format below for each section of your posting.

3) Your posting this week must analyze and discuss each of these points in full: Was the coverage similar and if yes, how? Was it different and if yes, how? Don’t merely compare what facts were or weren’t included in each story, although that’s one factor to consider. You must also analyze the different perspectives from which each article was written. Were certain perspectives of the story clear in one article and less-so in the other? In what ways? Why might this be the case? Did one article seem to take a view or perspective that the other article differed in, or omitted, or focused differently on? What was it and why might this be the case? Conclude with a discussion of what the differing perspectives of the two articles say about how legitimate news sources can have (often) greatly differing perspectives on an event.

4) You may not use an editorial, and Op-Ed, nor a commentary type article. These are articles which express someone's opinion, view, or analysis of events and don't strictly report facts. The former is objective, the latter are subjective. Don't use the latter.

5) Use the page of directions for accessing the library's databases found in week 11.

6) Need Help? Not sure how to use the databases? If you need any help from the Hartness Librarians go to https://hartness.vsc.edu/about/contact/ Bear in mind that not all library staff are librarians, so if you call, please ask to speak directly to a Reference Librarian.

7) Not sure how to do part of this assignment? Email me at anne.buttimer@ccv.edu with your question(s).

Format to use: (copy this template into your posting and fill it in - bolded sections only. Non-bolded are just directions to you.)

1) Title and date of article and newspaper it’s from:
2) Link to article: https://hartness.vsc.edu/help/linking/ - you must use this to give your classmates and me a readable link to the article.
3) Summary of the article:
4) Analysis of this article in comparison/contrast to week 11 article: (fully discuss each point in section 3) above of the directions).

5) Full text of the article: (copy and paste the article here)

*Week 13 Begins Tuesday 4/18 Ends Monday 4/24 – Conducting another Homeland Security Assessment

Read: https://www.cisa.gov/hometown-security

and read https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/rma-risk-management-fundamentals.pdf

There is a lot of information here, give yourself enough time. It's been a few weeks since you last did a homeland security assessment so take the time to review both readings and continue to use them as references for this week's work.

Discussion: There are several steps to this week’s work. Read all the directions before starting. You must select a different location than the one you used in week 8 or week 9. Questions? Email me so we can decide if your choice of location is appropriate and will work well.

Return to week 8 and re-read all the directions there. You will follow them for this week's assessment.

You may not trespass on private property nor enter any location to which the public doesn’t have free and open access.

*Week 14 Begins Tuesday 4/25 Ends Monday 5/1 - There’s no reading for this week. Note- if you've taken a class with me before that included a TED Talks assignment please do not use Talks from those semesters. Doing so is academic dishonesty. Find new to you Talks to view and write about.

Discussion: Activity for the Week: TED Talks Week! Instead of our usual discussion this week select any four of the Talks below, watch it, take careful notes, save it, and complete the assignment using the format below.

The thesis of a Talk is one-to-two sentence(s) that concisely state what the author seeks to prove in giving the Talk. The summary of Talk is three-to-five sentences that state what the Talk is about. The two are different. Be sure you understand what a thesis statement is and then craft your thesis statement for each Talk. If you need to work with Tutor.com on this please do so.

Use this exact formatting for your four Talks, all made in one posting.

https://www.ted.com/talks/will_potter_the_secret_us_prisons_you_ve_never_heard_of_before

https://www.ted.com/talks/max_rashbrooke_3_ways_to_upgrade_democracy_for_the_21st_century

https://www.ted.com/talks/colombe_cahen_salvador_a_global_movement_to_solve_global_problems

https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_firth_can_we_call_it_a_world_map_if_it_s_missing_a_billion_people

https://www.ted.com/talks/shameran_abed_4_steps_to_ending_extreme_poverty

https://www.ted.com/talks/james_stavridis_a_navy_admiral_s_thoughts_on_global_security

https://www.ted.com/talks/george_takei_why_i_love_a_country_that_once_betrayed_me

https://www.ted.com/talks/erika_gregory_the_world_doesn_t_need_more_nuclear_weapons

https://www.ted.com/talks/stanley_mcchrystal_the_military_case_for_sharing_knowledge

https://www.ted.com/talks/stanley_mcchrystal_listen_learn_then_lead

https://www.ted.com/talks/rodrigo_bijou_governments_don_t_understand_cyber_warfare_we_need_hackers

https://www.ted.com/talks/hasan_elahi_fbi_here_i_am

https://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack

https://www.ted.com/talks/diane_benscoter_how_cults_rewire_the_brain

https://www.ted.com/talks/will_hurd_a_wall_won_t_solve_america_s_border_problems

https://www.ted.com/talks/caleb_barlow_where_is_cybercrime_really_coming_from

https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_mackinnon_we_can_fight_terror_without_sacrificing_our_rights

https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_banta_what_if_our_data_could_be_protected_online

https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_domas_the_1s_and_0s_behind_cyber_warfare

https://www.ted.com/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace

https://www.ted.com/talks/benedetta_berti_the_surprising_way_groups_like_isis_stay_in_power

https://www.ted.com/talks/benedetta_berti_did_the_global_response_to_9_11_make_us_safer (

https://www.ted.com/talks/alastair_gray_how_fake_handbags_fund_terrorism_and_organized_crime

https://www.ted.com/talks/stephanie_busari_how_fake_news_does_real_harm

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_marie_saltman_how_young_people_join_violent_extremist_groups_and_how_to_stop_them

https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future

https://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace

https://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_aaronson_how_this_fbi_strategy_is_actually_creating_us_based_terrorists

https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_ali_the_link_between_unemployment_and_terrorism

https://www.ted.com/talks/gill_hicks_i_survived_a_terrorist_attack_here_s_what_i_learned

https://www.ted.com/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism

https://www.ted.com/talks/maajid_nawaz_a_global_culture_to_fight_extremism

https://www.ted.com/talks/rodrigo_canales_the_deadly_genius_of_drug_cartels

Use this exact formatting for your four Talks, all made in one posting.

My Four TED Talks

#1

Full Title of Talk:

Author’s Name:

Thesis of Talk: Not sure how to do this? http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/composition/thesis.htm Read all of it, and focus on the short paragraph just above the yellow box, and the contents of the yellow box.

Summary of Talk:

How Does This Talk Relate to our Class Readings, Discussion, and Learning? This should include a focused explanation of the chapter(s) and sections/page numbers of relevant information in our book and any additional learning we had such as websites I provided, research sources you found and used in answering questions this semester.

Link to the Talk:

Follow the same format for your Talks 2,3,4.

*Week 15 Begins Tuesday 5/2 Ends Monday 5/8- There’s no reading for this week. Note- if you've taken a class with me before that included a TED Talks assignment please do not use Talks from those semesters. Doing so is academic dishonesty. Find new to you Talks to view and write about.

Discussion: Activity for the Week: TED Talks Week Again! Using the list in week 14 and select any four (4) Talks you didn’t watch last week, view each one, take careful notes, save the link, and complete the assignment using the format below.

The thesis of a Talk is one-to-two sentence(s) that concisely state what the author seeks to prove in giving the Talk. The summary of Talk is three-to-five sentences that state what the Talk is about. The two are different. Be sure you understand what a thesis statement is and then craft your thesis statement for each Talk. If you need to work with Tutor.com on this please do so.

Use this exact formatting for your four Talks, all made in one posting.

My Four TED Talks

#1

Full Title of Talk:

Author’s Name:

Thesis of Talk: Not sure how to do this? http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/composition/thesis.htm Read all of it, and focus on the short paragraph just above the yellow box, and the contents of the yellow box.

Summary of Talk:

How Does This Talk Relate to our Class Readings, Discussion, and Learning? This should include a focused explanation of the chapter(s) and sections/page numbers of relevant information in our book and any additional learning we had such as websites I provided, research sources you found and used in answering questions this semester.

Link to the Talk:

Follow the same format for your Talks 2,3,4.

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