September 1, 2009 3:26 PM
Obama public school indoctrination September 8 - part 4
See also Boycott Obama public school grab September 8.
This should be horrifying to any free-thinking American. What if Obama decides to do this on a regular basis? Every day, a new encroachment on our liberty. . . .
Call or write your school district, your school board, and your representatives. We can also opt out by keeping our children home that day.
Grades 7-12 Menu of Classroom Activities: President Obama's Address to Students Across America Produced by Teaching Ambassador Fellows, U.S. Department of Education September 8, 2009Before the Speech:
• Quick Write or Think/Pair/Share (Students spend a few minutes Thinking and writing about the question; Paired with another student to discuss, then Sharing their ideas with the class as a whole). What do we associate with the words responsibility, persistence, and goals? How would we define each term? A teacher might create a web of student ideas for each of the words.• Quick Write or Brainstorm: What are your strengths? At what are you successful as a person/student? What makes you successful at these efforts? List at least three things you are successful at and why you feel successful with these tasks.
• Short readings. Notable quotes excerpted (and posted in large print on board) from President Obama's speeches about education. Teacher might ask students to think alone, compare ideas with a partner, and share their collaborations with the class (Think/Pair/Share) about the following: What are our interpretations of these excerpts? Based on these excerpts, what can we infer the President believes is important to be successful educationally? [Why not any other leaders' ideas on the importance of education? Is Obama really the first president to speak on this issue? He is the first to demand access to our children. . . ]
• Brainstorm or Concept Web: Why does President Obama want to speak with us today? How will he inspire us? How will he challenge us? What might he say?• Brainstorm or Concept Web: What other historic moments do you remember when the President spoke to the nation? What was the impact? Students could create a Cause/Effect graphic organizer. ["What other historic moments. . ."? So, we are saying that this is an historic moment - when our Glorious Leader first obtains access to personally molding our children's minds.]
During the Speech:
• Listening with a purpose: personal responsibility, goals, persistence. Teachers might ask pairs of students to create a word bank from the web of any one of the terms (personal responsibility, goals, or persistence) at the top of a double-column style notes page. On the right-hand side, students could take notes while President Obama talks about personal responsibility, or goals, or persistence, trying to capture direct quotations. At the end of the speech, students could then write the corresponding terms from the word bank in the left hand column, to increase retention and deepen their understanding of an important aspect of the speech.• Listening with a purpose: Inspiration and Challenges. Using a similar double-column style notes page as the one above, the teacher could focus students on quotations that either propose a specific challenge to them or inspire them in some meaningful way. Students could do this individually, in pairs or groups.
Transition/Quick Review: Teachers could ask students to look over the notes and collaborate in pairs or small groups. What more could we add to our notes? Teachers might circulate and ask students questions such as: What are the most important words in the speech? What title would you give it? What's the thesis?
After the Speech:
Guided Discussion:
• What resonated with you from President Obama's speech? What lines/phrases do you remember?• Who is President Obama addressing? How do you know? Describe his audience.
• We heard President Obama mention the importance of personal responsibility. In your life, who exemplifies this kind of personal responsibility? How? Give examples.
• How are we as individuals and as a class similar? Different?
• Suppose President Obama were to give another speech about being educationally successful. Who could he speak to next? Who should be his next audience? Why? What would he say?
• What are the three most important words in the speech? Rank them. What title would you give this speech? What's the thesis?
• What is President Obama inspiring you to do? What is he challenging you to do?
• What do you believe are the challenges of your generation?
• How can you be a part of addressing these challenges?
There's more. Read it at the official government site.
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Comments
Barbara,
Thanks so much. This is really sickening. Seems like a daily onslought of indoctrination, usurping of our constitution, and power-grabbing. I'm adding this to my "Why we homeschool file."
Susan
Posted by: Susan Franklin | September 1, 2009 7:00 PM
Our children will all be out of school for an inservice and I'm glad. I can't believe he'll take educational time to give his speech to children. Talk to the parents about education....he's not a teacher...he may think he knows it all, but don't take away our valuable teaching time for Math, English, Reading, spelling, Science, and History for children to listen to him.......this is really a show of how pompous he really is....Does he really think little kids are going to even listen to him? We don't need another "administrator" in our systems. Politics in the classroom isn't needed. Giving off his ideas to our children without our consent is not needed and not wanted. How many children will miss school that day because their parents didn't vote for Obama. Does he really think he has the majority of the people's vote. This is just making him even more unpopular and people will listen even less to him.....Big Mistake!
Posted by: M. Halstead | September 1, 2009 10:35 PM
I'm very glad I homeschool but just the idea of trying to "talk" to my children without my consent as to subject content is very disturbing.
I am very disturbed by all of this.
Posted by: dirtdartwife | September 2, 2009 4:05 PM
The topic of government education has been heavily on my mind lately (and consequently on my blog ;-)...I can't help but ask...
You said, "We can also opt out by keeping our children home that day."
While I think that is very wise advice, may I suggest that children of Christian parents are being indoctrinated EVERY day under a system that explicitly hates God and Christianity.
We are commanded to "not walk in the counsel of the ungodly" (read: "anyone who is against God"), but the public school system, its founders and many advocates openly admit their agenda to "destroy Christianity" and to "usher in a new religion of humanism".
As Christians, shouldn't we be sure that our children are being educated/mentored/counseled from a Godly perspective?
Does not Scripture clearly lay out principles to guide our educational choices? No insult intended...just heart-wrenching, honest questions.
[Kelly, I understand your concerns and appreciate that you are not sitting in judgment. Some of us are CALLED to have our kids in public school. For such a time as this - or many others.
And actually, my kids have been educated/mentored/counseled from a Godly perspective even while in public school. They know how to defend their faith and their principles. They may actually be stronger than many who've led more sheltered lives. ]
Posted by: Kelly | September 2, 2009 4:54 PM
I think this is ridiculous, but I don't think that we can be mad at the educators. It all boils down to the government and the small handful of anti-Christians that are ruling over all of us. My husband is very much a God-fearing, born-again believer...and also a school administrator. His hope is that he was placed in his position "for such a time as this." Even if he ministers to 1 person on that day about his beliefs...it's worth it. If my children were older, I would leave them in school for this talk, knowing that I have raised them in the way of God. Unfortunately, they are young and impressionable. We will watch this talk at home and talk about it paralleling with what the bible says.
Posted by: Alissa | September 3, 2009 3:45 PM
