Jackie Xue’s Blog 3/21/19

At the beginning of the class, we had to take a vocab quiz. After that, we had a DO NOW which was to silently stare at 3 different classmates and write down what we thought they were thinking. Most of the people that shared their thoughts got their points deducted, but the people that said
something related to the government received points. This was because in Soviet Russia, everybody had thoughts on the corrupt government.

After the DO NOW, we had a class discussion on the topic of “thought crime.”  Thought crime is an instance of unorthodox thinking and is considered as socially unacceptable.

Group work: Analyze the party’s mottos: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
Create three mottos for Staten Island, some mottos - potholes are smooth, crowded is empty, peace is chaos, unity is isolation, Hylan boulevard is safe