Discussion Questions
1. What were your initial reactions after reading the text?
1. What were your initial reactions after reading the text?
2. How did your school teach you about the Civil War? Depending on where you grew up, are you swayed towards one side more than the other?
3. Do you think it’s important to say the pledge during school or at sporting events? Is it wrong for students to refuse to say it?
4. How do you feel about having the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why do you think people want to change it now but were ok with it when the pledge was written?
5. At the time, African Americans believed Emancipation Day would be a large national holiday, why do you think it is not celebrated?
6. Why do you think professor Hass had us read the article, “Teddy Bear Patriarchy?” (Keep in mind this week’s theme “Rebirth of the Nation.”)
7. Do you think the flag sill has same meaning as it once did? What does it represent to you?
8. What are some icons or symbols that represent America?
9. Do you think the same ideas represented in Teddy Bear Patriarchy (i.e. the attitudes towards war, masculinity, and nationalism) are present today?
10. How do you connect the ideas of Teddy Bear Patriarchy with To Die For?
11. Do you think that the United States will ever be truly united? Can we overcome cultural differences and inequalities?
4. How do you feel about having the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why do you think people want to change it now but were ok with it when the pledge was written?
5. At the time, African Americans believed Emancipation Day would be a large national holiday, why do you think it is not celebrated?
6. Why do you think professor Hass had us read the article, “Teddy Bear Patriarchy?” (Keep in mind this week’s theme “Rebirth of the Nation.”)
7. Do you think the flag sill has same meaning as it once did? What does it represent to you?
8. What are some icons or symbols that represent America?
9. Do you think the same ideas represented in Teddy Bear Patriarchy (i.e. the attitudes towards war, masculinity, and nationalism) are present today?
10. How do you connect the ideas of Teddy Bear Patriarchy with To Die For?
11. Do you think that the United States will ever be truly united? Can we overcome cultural differences and inequalities?
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