Discuss the constitutionality of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban.
How did women’s lives change during World War II?
September 8, 2019Discuss how ideology influences politics and political institutions.
September 8, 2019Discuss the constitutionality of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban.
Question Description
#1. The context is the legal battle over the constitutionality of the Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban. If you did not follow the case please read this summary first
Extra Credit: Comparing Perspectives on Hawaii v Trump (up to 5 points)
Please read TWO of the following four articles and write a ROBUST paragraph comparing the perspective presented by the source. Then offer an analysis as to not just how but WHY the same story is told differently in the two articles.
Article 1: The ACLU Perspective (Links to an external site.)
Article 2: Asian Weekly Perspective (Links to an external site.)
#2. This week we are dealing a major discrepancy–the American rhetoric in World War II, “the good war,” fighting for freedom and democracy against fascism. Yet in addition to the glaring hypocrisy of having a fully segregated military and large group of Americans deprived of basic civil and political rights, we need to come to terms with the horror of the Japanese-American internment camps.
For up to two points extra credit–click on the following link and look at the photos depicting the reality behind Executive Order 9066. Choose ONE photo. Describe the photo physically and then write a paragraph explaining why you chose that particular photo and what you think the photographer was trying to express by capturing it. Please do not choose the second or fourth photos as they are already in the PowerPoint this week.
