1. Read the articles found at http://teachingtechnology.suite101.com/article.cfm/fair_cell_phone_use_in_schools and at http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20081020/NEWS02/810200317/1001/. Where do you weigh in on the cell phones in school debate? Support your view.

2. Read the article “The Psychology of Political Ads” at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/22/health/webmd/main4538995.shtml. What message do you take away from the article? Discuss why you agree or disagree with this message.

3. After reading Night, read the review at http://bestsellers.about.com/od/nonfictionreviews/gr/Night_r.htm. What would our world be today if the Holocaust had never occurred?

4. Read the articles and view the video about Jane Elliot’s controversial experiment exploring the nature of racism at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/. After her experiment, Elliot was both vilified and worshipped as a hero. Where would you place her on the hero to villain continuum? Discuss your rationale.

5. Please read the article “Brave New World of Digital Intimacy” at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html. Ms. Matheson doesn’t understand the Facebook addiction from which many people appear to suffer. What can she take away from the article to help her understand this new form of connection better?

6. Please read the article “The Truth About Teen Girls” at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1840556,00.html. What message do you take away from the article? Discuss why you agree or disagree with this message.