When The Levees Broke HW Assignment 11/24/09

Hello, PartInGov:

Here's your HW Assignment for tonight. It is due MONDAY November 29th (the day we get from Thanksgiving Break).

You should consider each question as a "mini-essay." In other words, your responses should be thoughtful statements, of at least one paragraph each. Use the Workbook/Teaching Guide as a means to help you write your answers. Please note that no work will be accepted LATER than 11:59 PM on Monday!

1. Which agency, or part of the gov't is most responsive to the emergency? Why do you think it was effective, and how did it compare to other agencies and response organizations?
2. What point does the film-maker seem to be making about leadership?
3. What is the "Cajun Navy?" Why was it needed?
4. How do you evaluate President Bush's statement "no one anticipated the breach of the levees?"
5. How did you respond to the images of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arriving in New Orleans before the Federal Government?
6. How does the lack of response reflect upon the local, state and federal governments?
7. Do you believe, or are you convinced that that the Federal government had no warning that Katrina would be so destructive?
8. How did President Bush famously praise FEMA director Michael Brown? How does the film-maker communicate his view of this praise?
9. What did President Johnson do when Hurricane Betsy hit New Orlean

TTL - Assignment # 2

Hello, Part. In Gov't people:

Here is the link for the workbook from Teaching the Levees

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BywKkVrh4N0RNTE1MDlhNGYtZGQxMy00MDYxLTgxOTktODU0ZjM0M2VlMzQ5&hl=en

Your assignments are as follows

Group #1 - Complete the questions pertaining to "God's Will" on p. 20 of the viewing guide (the page will say "12) on the bottom of the actual viewing guide; it's 20 in the PDF).

Group #2 - Complete the questions pertaining to "Explosions"

Group #3 - Complete the questions pertaining to "Day One"

Be prepared to share answers in a discussion format on Thursday!

teaching the levees assignment #1

Please answer the Questions by posting below. Please note that the questions that you are responsible for answering, based on your last name.

Group #1: Arroyo, to Desai: You are responsible for questions 1-4.

Group #2: Drakes, to Marks: You are responsible for questions 5-8

Group #3: Martinez, to Taylor: You are responsible for questions 9-12

Please POST your answers. NO CREDIT for ANONYMOUS POSTS!!!

Questions: These questions are based on Act One, Chapter One of "When the Levees Broke" You can find the questions on PAGE 20 of the Viewing Guide

CLICK HERE for the Viewing Guide

Tonight's HW

1. Read and Outline pp. 243-246 in the We The People book.
2. Complete the questions "What do you think?" on p. 246
3. Bring your book with you to class tomorrow.
4. Please turn in your evaluation forms from the project. I cannot give anyone a grade until I have that information.

Thank you

Group Evaluation/Self Evaluation

P.I.G. Students:

Thank you very much for your participation in the debate project. I hope that you found the process interesting and informative.

Now, the hard part. The evaluation. In an effort to create an accurate assessment, I need everyone's assistance in completing the evaluations below.

1. Self Evaluation: Print the file, and answer the questions accordingly.

2. Group Evaluation. Please click here, and print the document. After reading the questions carefully, please honestly answer the questions. It is very important that you are honest in your evaluations of yourself, and your team-mates.