Unit on Questioning Violence
Big Questions:
1. Why does violence happen?
2. How do people deal with violence?
3. What are some of the major effects of violence?
4. What happens when governments or whole communities are violent?
5. How does forgiveness work?
Reading Assignment:
· Code Talkers by Joseph Bruchag
· Retaliation by Yasmin Shiraz
· The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
Class Reading Assignments:
Poetry:
· “Translation” by Jon Pineda
· “Death of a Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell
· “Landing Under Water, I See Roots” by Annie Finch
Non-fiction:
· “The Memory Project” by Ben Schumaker
· “In the Land of Memory” by Amy Wilenz
· “Navajo Code Talker” by Patricia Newman
· “Revenge in the Hood: A Deadly Game” by Michelle Rodney
· “The Forgiveness Boost” by Olga Khazan
Short Story:
· “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
1. Why does violence happen?
2. How do people deal with violence?
3. What are some of the major effects of violence?
4. What happens when governments or whole communities are violent?
5. How does forgiveness work?
Reading Assignment:
· Code Talkers by Joseph Bruchag
· Retaliation by Yasmin Shiraz
· The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
Class Reading Assignments:
Poetry:
· “Translation” by Jon Pineda
· “Death of a Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell
· “Landing Under Water, I See Roots” by Annie Finch
Non-fiction:
· “The Memory Project” by Ben Schumaker
· “In the Land of Memory” by Amy Wilenz
· “Navajo Code Talker” by Patricia Newman
· “Revenge in the Hood: A Deadly Game” by Michelle Rodney
· “The Forgiveness Boost” by Olga Khazan
Short Story:
· “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien