Warrior+Tales

=Warrior Tales - White 3=

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=Ancient Warrior vs. Modern-Day Soldiers Unit=

Reading Logs for Radio segment, Oral History
Read 25 pages (college prep) or 50 pages (honors) in your selected oral history collection. Use the link below to record your journal entry. Honors students to complete two journal entries from two different parts of the reading.

HOMEWORK for 1/10: Follow this link to the Radio segment "Strangers in a Strange Land" from This American Life (32 minutes).
[|This American Life] Listen to the story (hit the arrow shape below the picture). Then complete one (two for honors) journal entries on specific details from the segment. (You can read a transcript of the whole show - the part you're listening to is the second half, so scroll down) at this link: [|"Strangers in a Strange Land" transcript]

Notes from in class prep for writing essay:
“A true warrior successfully straddles the line between brutality and civility”

What is a true warrior? Define When is killing “right”? In what situations are brutality and civility necessary? What are the successes or pitfalls caused by brutality or civility? How do warriors deal when confronted with temptations? How warriors deal with emotions, controlling anger, sadness, revenge (coping mechanisms)? PTSD? What happens when they come home What is taught through training and conditioning (Reflexive fire) Civilian to Soldier and back - different rules for different conditions What motivates the warrior and his actions? When does it become personal rather then for the greater good? When does killing cross over to murder? Is there justification for ones actions by just following orders? Is it possible to create peace through violence? What happens when we try to ask soldiers to forget about what they have done?

Requirements Use 2 Ancient Sources 2 Modern Sources Gawain Karl Marlantes Iliad Logic of Suicide Terrorism Paradise Now Obama’s Speech Soldiers of Conscience Why Do Warriors Need a Code

Beowulf reading guide


Earlier presentation with student sample for writing about Warrior Codes

Brief presentation about how to write a synthesis essay

Works Cited citations - copy and paste only what you actually cited in your work. Double-space and indent the second and subsequent line of any individual citation. You may add to the end of an existing page rather than starting an additional clean page for these.

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