Pressing Social Issues moving forward as a Society
1st Topic MEDIA
Process for all videos and articles Create 2 Socratic seminar style questions for each topic and find an article/video source that relates to the topic.
Society, Technology and human behavior http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together
Example question These days, those phones in our pockets are changing our minds and hearts because they offer us three gratifying fantasies. One, that we can put our attention wherever we want it to be; two, that we will always be heard; and three, that we will never have to be alone. How is media, specifically social media impacting the way we interact within our society and what are the concerns moving forward?
Topic 2 Crime and Punishment
Solitary confinement https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/solitary- nation/ Only watch video to minute 21
Topic 3 -DNA and Pre-Crime https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/the-coming- wave-of-murders-solved-by-genealogy/560750/ https://apnews.com/7bdbcfdbe5bf4f83945e803298503212 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter- thiel-cia-data-crime-police
Topic 4- What if its all a lie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYAG9dAfy8U&t=51s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlVFzl_BJs