1. The Civil War Monuments
Fishbowl Discussion

2. Close Reading Requirements
Civil War Monuments: Pro’s and Con’s of Removal
Close Reading Requirements
Write when you read.
You can’t learn deeply from text without writing about what you’re reading. Take notes about the most important points in the text, and why they are important, what they remind you of, how they connect, and what questions they raise in your mind.
Number lines and paragraphs, and highlight/underline important parts that you [lan to speak about in class.
When you’re reading closely, you will constantly have to refer back to certain parts of the text, either in discussion or during an assessment. numbering the paragraphs and lines makes it easier on everyone. You can now say, “But remember what was said back at paragraph 3, in line 6?” Be organized about your notes, so you can read and understand them when you go back to them and so you can write some more about them after you go back to them to wrestle again with the same points, their importance, connections, and what they reveal. The more often you send this information back through your brain, and the more you assemble and disassemble it in your mind and in your writing, the more you will learn.

3. Civil War Monuments: Pro’s and Con’s of Removal
Rules
You don’t need to raise your hand to talk. you should focus on the speaker and wait your turn.
You should respond to each other, using each other’s names.
You should agree or disagree in a courteous, and thoughtful manner. (Plus Rule 6)
Look at the speaker while they’re talking.
Speak voluntarily at least TWO times.
Make clear, accurate statements while also referring to what you’ve read.

4. Some questions to think about while reading: Pro only
Civil War Monuments: Pro’s
Some questions to think about while reading: Pro only
Why were/are monuments created?
How do these monuments represent or fail to represent the people of New Orleans?
Why would we keep an auction block, but not these monuments?
What should we do with the Confederate monuments?

5. Some questions to think about while reading: Con only
Civil War Monuments: Con’s
Some questions to think about while reading: Con only
What are the downsides of monument removal?
When should buildings names be changed?
What do these names and monuments teach us about our American past?
What should we do with the Confederate Monuments?