Unit Info
This is the holiday that will eliminate one day from this unit.
MLK Jr. Day
PBS NewsHour typically takes this position on controversial topics.
Neutral
When Steph Curry uses his name and credibility with basketball to endorse Under Armour. What appeal is used?
Ethos Appeal
This is what ALA stands for.
American Library Association
To cause someone to do something through reasoning and argumentation.
Persuasion
The # of points your assessment will be.
50 points
These 2 groups of kids often get suspended and expelled at disproportionate rates when SROs are present.
Kids of color & kids with disabilities
A depressing song began playing during the adopt a pet ad. I bought a dog the next day. What appeal is used?
Pathos Appeal
Book bans affect the Young Adult, Adult, or Middle Grade books the most?
Young Adult / YA
Logos, Pathos, and Ethos are all referred to as this phrase.
Rhetorical Appeals
The # of weeks this unit will be.
5 weeks
The school boards in these two CA cities ended their contracts with police departments following in Minneapolis' footsteps.
Oakland & San Francisco
A cardiologist of 20 years tells their patient they have 6 years until heart failure according to testing. The patient believes them. What appeals are used?
Ethos & Logos Appeals
Teachers in certain states who violate book ban legislations can have this revoked.
Teaching Certification / License
A deceptive argument that seems stronger than it is due to psychological persuasion.
Logical Fallacy
The three topics of this unit will focus on book banning, cops on campus, and __________.
Cell Phones in Schools / Banning Phones on Campus
Student activists often push for "c_____, not c______"
"counselors, not cops"
The news coverage of the LA fires showing percentage of fires contained, firsthand accounts from victims, and images of the aftermath uses these types of appeals.
Logos & Ethos & Pathos Appeals
"Unsuited to any age group," offensive language, and __ __ __ are the top reasons why books are challenged according to the ProCon article.
Sexually Explicit Content / Sexual Content
The fallacy where you begin to think or do something because so many others are thinking or doing said thing.
Bandwagon Fallacy
This is what this unit's assessment will be.
Opinion-Editorial Article / Newspaper Article
The term for the policies and practices that push the nation’s schoolchildren, especially the most at-risk children, out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
School-to-Prison Pipeline
I can trust my local candidate running for office because of their experience in politics and their empowering speeches. What appeals are used?
Ethos & Pathos Appeals
Book bans were most prevalent in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah, and what other state in the 22-23 school year?
South Carolina
The suppression or prohibition of parts or whole books, film, media, etc for being obscene, politically unacceptable, or a security threat.
Censorship