Respect+Life


 * Respect Life All Stages (abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, ageism, all stages of life dignity of work and its value / vocation) **


 * Jenn, John, Charlie **

=Pro-Life= [This is not the video I'm "sold" on...I am talking with the Family Resources Center to obtain at least 20+ copies of a video that I will show...it is a music video with a "vague" message until you are informed it's a pro-life video...you wouldn't necessarily connect the two.] =Video:= =Watch the video & get reactions about what topic the video is trying to get across.=

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=__Discussion:__= =1. From whose point-of-view is the story being told?= =2. What is the effect of the narrator being the child?= =3. What effect does the language choice of Pro-Life vs. Anti-Abortion or Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Abortion have?=

[Discussion questions to follow as soon as I have a copy of the video]

=__Project:__= =Create a poster in your Advisory that displays a Pro-Life message. Your creation does not have to be for a Pro-Life audience.= =The poster:= =1. must have stenciled letters.= =2. must have something we can learn.= =3. must be readable from a distance.= =4. must have something (picture(s) or words) that is eye catching .= =5. must have your Advisory name on the front of the poster.=

=These posters will be displayed throughout the school building to show our commitment to respecting the dignity of every human life.=

=Click on the following links for some ideas, slogans, quotes, and statistics:= = = =[|Pro-Life Bumper Stickers]=

=[|Pro-Life Slogans 1]=

=[|Pro-Life Slogans 2]=

=[|Pro-Life Quotes]=

=[|Central Illinois Right to Life]=

=[|Abortion Statistics 1]=

=[|Abortion Statistics 2]=

=Capital Punishment=

could show a clip from Dead Man Walking, or have students read an excerpt from it read an excerpt on capital punishment from Corman McCarthy's I'd Rather Teach Peace think there was an Oprah episode some years ago about all the men in Illinois who were released from Death Row after it turned out they were not guilty - believe Northwestern Law was responsible for that vaguely recall George Ryan giving an interesting reflection on his reason for issuing the moratorium on the death penalty when that happened relevant comments from Catholic Church, UCCSB, etc. poll results on capital punishment over the years present some numbers on cost of keeping someone on Death Row versus in prison for life

Possible Discussion Questions

1. What purpose, if any, does Capital Punishment serve? If we could suggest that some of the reason for prison in general include punishing the offender, removing her or him from society, rehabilitating the offender, or deterring future crime, which of those would capital punishment satisfy, if any? 2. Should the desire of the victim or victim's family be considered? 3. Is it OK to execute someone who is 14? 16? 18? mentally disabled? 4. How do you think race factors into capital punishment?

=Dignity of Work/Vocation=

could have the children read a few brief excerpts from Studs Terkel's Working show the clip from Office Space where Peter describes his job ("Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.") - think it demonstrates rather well the difference between a job and a vocation