1. September 9, 2016 PigLit Mr. Cabat

2. DO NOW
With a partner, read the article I sent you by Susan Sontag that appeared a couple of weeks after the 9/11 attacks and write a response in your journals.

3. ***SCHEDULE NOTES*** turnitin.com: Course # is 13450488
Password: sapereaude

4. TERRORIST!

5. How Would You Define the Word Terrorism?

6. America in the Eyes of the World
What is it about America that made people angry enough to perpetrate the 9/11 attacks and those that have come after?
In the 15 years since that horrible day, how has our position in the world changed?

7. American Exceptionalism
The Newsroom (HBO)
The Daily Show (ComCentral)

8. “Terror and Freedom”
These words, and many others like them, are often used by politicians to make points and to persuade the public.
What is the problem with words like these?
I’ll tell you EXACTLY what the problem with words like these is!

9. Homework Due Monday, September 12
Read and annotate George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language” and address the Essential Question on our turnitin discussion board.