Being Peace Seminar Reflection

Starter 19
Write down everything you know (or think you know) about the following topics.  It's okay if you don't know much!  I'm just trying to get a gauge.

1. Apartheid South Africa
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Gandhi
4. British role in India

Seminar Reflection, PART ONE (Analysis)

Choose ONE of the following.  Respond to it in two well-organized paragraphs.

• Connections:  Write a paragraph or two that discuss how the ideas in Being Peace are connected to the ideas in one or two other texts that we’ve read.  You will need to quote both texts to do this!  You could discuss how the ideas support another and/or how the ideas are in conflict.

• Evaluation:  Do you think, if you tried to follow these trainings, that you would be a happier person?  Why/why not?  HINT: you’ll probably need to spend a little time discussing what it means to be happy!

• The Present:  What does it mean to live in the present moment?  Do you live in the present moment?

• Violence:  What types of Galtung's violence would these trainings be most effective against?  Why?

Seminar Reflection, PART TWO (Creativity)

Choose one of following.  

• Poem:  Craft a poem based on Being Peace.  It could be a found poem, or a poem of your own devising.

• Illustration:  Create an illustration of some sort to go with one of the mindfulness trainings, or a particular quote from the text.  Make sure to include the text you are inspired by on the illustration.

• Story:  Write a short story (1 page or so) inspired by Being Peace.

• Your Rules:  Thich Nhat Hanh has laid out, in this document, a list of recommendations for behavior and thought.  Create a list of 4 of your own recommendations that each individual person could do to making the world a better place.  For each recommendation, explain what it means, why it’s needed, and what some of the difficulties might be in putting your recommendation into place.

Seminar Make Up (If ABSENT, or want to raise seminar grade)

1. If you were ABSENT: Choose two of the prompts from Seminar Reflection Part One.  Respond to each prompt with two paragraphs, typed.
2. If you are trying to raise your grade: Choose one additional prompt from Seminar Reflection Part One to respond to.

HOMEWORK

1. Being Peace Seminar Reflection and/or Make Up:  Typed, and printed or emailed to me before the start of class.  DUE: Start of class, Friday.
2. Active Nonviolence:  Read, annotate, 3 questions at the end.  DUE: Start of class, Friday.