Sophomores
Quiz tomorrow on Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, and "A Modest Proposal."
Seniors
Your paper on Friday concerns the debate over privacy vs. security. In preparation, we have been examining the following:
Do you believe that some loss of privacy is necessary to maintain your security? Is this true of your phone records and internet browser history? How much authority should the U.S. government have to collect and search through your personal communications? Furthermore, do you believe Edward Snowden should have exposed the NSA's surveillance program? In general, are we better off as a result of these leaks? Do you believe Wikleaks was right to release the "Collateral Murder" video, or any other classified information?
Your assignment for Thursday is to investigate and then print out an article on your focus. These are only three components of a very large issue, so you may want to expand your inquiry. For example, if you are more interested in hacking scandals, such as the stealing of personal and financial information from point-of-sale machines (i.e. Target scandal), then find an article concerning that.
If you're interested, here's the documentary I began showing in class: United States of Secrets.
And here's the text of the fourth amendment:
Quiz tomorrow on Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, and "A Modest Proposal."
Seniors
Your paper on Friday concerns the debate over privacy vs. security. In preparation, we have been examining the following:
Do you believe that some loss of privacy is necessary to maintain your security? Is this true of your phone records and internet browser history? How much authority should the U.S. government have to collect and search through your personal communications? Furthermore, do you believe Edward Snowden should have exposed the NSA's surveillance program? In general, are we better off as a result of these leaks? Do you believe Wikleaks was right to release the "Collateral Murder" video, or any other classified information?
Your assignment for Thursday is to investigate and then print out an article on your focus. These are only three components of a very large issue, so you may want to expand your inquiry. For example, if you are more interested in hacking scandals, such as the stealing of personal and financial information from point-of-sale machines (i.e. Target scandal), then find an article concerning that.
If you're interested, here's the documentary I began showing in class: United States of Secrets.
And here's the text of the fourth amendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Fourth Amendment, U.S. Constitution