Ok everyone, I created our final blog for our project (I like having all information separate for each project). The URL is http://heroesandsoldiers.blogspot.com/
I will be posting all information for our new project there. Thanks!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Good ol' Powerpoint work
I spent time tonight putting together my portion of the powerpoint. I spent a lot of time on it and did a lot of research to look behind the framing of the cartoon. I searched out the facts that the editorials are based on and found it is mostly based on truth or sarcasm of the truth. Pretty interesting stuff! I am now working on the editorial cartoon that we are turning in for the project...hoping it turns out well!!!
Braden
Braden
Housekeeping things!
Alright boys, don't forget that tomorrow we are meeting in library room 145 at 2:00 to present to Dr. Cooper.
Also- don't forget to print out peer evaluations and have them ready to be turned in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Finally, please make sure everything you want to be on the blog is there. Meaning, all forms of journal entries so Dr. Cooper knows who has worked on the project and how much, etc. So if it isn't there, please update the blog for your information. We've all done a great job of sharing the weight and I want everyone's grade to reflect that.
-Laura
Also- don't forget to print out peer evaluations and have them ready to be turned in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Finally, please make sure everything you want to be on the blog is there. Meaning, all forms of journal entries so Dr. Cooper knows who has worked on the project and how much, etc. So if it isn't there, please update the blog for your information. We've all done a great job of sharing the weight and I want everyone's grade to reflect that.
-Laura
Bishop Eddie Long final
So I worked for over 3 hours on my part of the power point which deals with Bishop Eddie Long. I started by getting pictures of him which I found on google images. Then I decided I wanted to have some background information on him just so everyone knew who he was. I found this on his Biography section of www.newbirth.org (the church website) I then search for articles about the scandal, and found three really good ones that I used as the basis of my presentation. The articles can be found at:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/22/Bishop.long.sex.lawsuit/index.html?iref=obinsite
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/28/bishop.long/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130370393
These articles then led me to video clips found on youtube and cnn.com- all of which you will see in the presentation. My section might be a little long but I was finding some really good information that dealt with the theme we chose to go with (same-sex marriage in the Christian church)
I found this really good clip, that Steve might even be able to use, although I did add it at the end of my presentation as well. CNN interviews a black pastor who changed his stance on same-sex marriage. He used to be opposed to it (because that is what the church said) and is now for same-sex marriage. He talks about the struggles he has faced and the beliefs behind the Black Church's stance on only homosexual marriage. You can find the clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl-Hpro8-8s
Those are just a few of the clips, and news articles I used. I sent my project to Steve so he can put them all together for our presentation tomorrow.
Braden and I both have time tomorrow before the presentation so we are going to meet to go over any last details that need to be discussed. Steve- if you have time, we are meeting at 1 in the library. If not, then we will see you at 2 in room 145 to present to Dr. Cooper.
Nice work on all of this guys!
Laura
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/22/Bishop.long.sex.lawsuit/index.html?iref=obinsite
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/28/bishop.long/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130370393
These articles then led me to video clips found on youtube and cnn.com- all of which you will see in the presentation. My section might be a little long but I was finding some really good information that dealt with the theme we chose to go with (same-sex marriage in the Christian church)
I found this really good clip, that Steve might even be able to use, although I did add it at the end of my presentation as well. CNN interviews a black pastor who changed his stance on same-sex marriage. He used to be opposed to it (because that is what the church said) and is now for same-sex marriage. He talks about the struggles he has faced and the beliefs behind the Black Church's stance on only homosexual marriage. You can find the clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl-Hpro8-8s
Those are just a few of the clips, and news articles I used. I sent my project to Steve so he can put them all together for our presentation tomorrow.
Braden and I both have time tomorrow before the presentation so we are going to meet to go over any last details that need to be discussed. Steve- if you have time, we are meeting at 1 in the library. If not, then we will see you at 2 in room 145 to present to Dr. Cooper.
Nice work on all of this guys!
Laura
Group Meeting 10/28/2010
Steve, Braden and I met Thursday in library room 143 from 4:30-6:00 to discuss our project. We started out by going over the coding sheets I had done prior to the group meeting, just to make sure everyone agreed. We then told Steve about our idea for our editorial cartoon and Braden showed us a sketch he had done for it. We talked about what we liked and what to change and ended up with what we think will be a great cartoon. Finally, we discussed the way we are going to do the powerpoint project. Each of us is going to take the cartoons I had assigned earlier in the week, research them and do the slides for them. We then are going to email our slides to Steve and he is going to make sure everything looks good and put the pieces together to make the final slide show.
Laura
Laura
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Editorial cartoon background research...
The 3rd cartoon is a satirical take on the recent comments made by Mormon Apostle President Packer. In the most recent General Conference the LDS church holds twice a year, President Packer was quoted saying, "Some suppose that they were preset and cannot overcome what they feel are inborn temptations toward the impure and unnatural. Not so! Paul promised that “God … will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”14 You can, if you will, break the habits and conquer an addiction and come away from that which is not worthy of any member of the Church...There are those today who not only tolerate but advocate voting to change laws that would legalize immorality, as if a vote would somehow alter the designs of God’s laws and nature. A law against nature would be impossible to enforce."
The cartoon is playing off the comments made and by illustrating it with a political "Obama-like" advertisement thinking by using this type of marketing might help those disagreeing with President Packer's words to change, agree, or simplistically understand the message. The LDS church believes those with homosexual tendencies have the ability and capacity to "change." But do they? That has been the argument that many, even within the LDS church, have been fighting over for the past while. Contention and frustrations have built up within churches and many Christians are turning against other Christians in the fight to understand if homosexuality and gay marriage truly is something to overcome or something to be embraced.
The 4th cartoon is poking the California ruling of gay marriage. As we all know the issue of gay marriage in California has been quite the hot button issue for the past couple of years. It was once accepted, then voted against, and now has the possibility of being overturned. The LA Times reported on August 5th 2010, "A federal judge declared California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that "moral disapproval" was not enough to save the voter-passed Proposition 8....The jurist, a Republican appointee, cited extensive evidence from the trial to support his finding that there was not a rational basis for excluding gays and lesbians from marriage." Many believe gay marriage is immoral. Many believe that it underminds what has 'always been done.' There are many who believe that by accepting/allowing same sex marriage it might threaten or take away the sanctity of the institution of marriage. Whatever the argument is, it is alive and kicking. And this article takes a humorous stab at some of the arguments.
www.lds.org/
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/05/local/la-me-gay-marriage-california-20100805
http://www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm
-BRADEN
The cartoon is playing off the comments made and by illustrating it with a political "Obama-like" advertisement thinking by using this type of marketing might help those disagreeing with President Packer's words to change, agree, or simplistically understand the message. The LDS church believes those with homosexual tendencies have the ability and capacity to "change." But do they? That has been the argument that many, even within the LDS church, have been fighting over for the past while. Contention and frustrations have built up within churches and many Christians are turning against other Christians in the fight to understand if homosexuality and gay marriage truly is something to overcome or something to be embraced.
The 4th cartoon is poking the California ruling of gay marriage. As we all know the issue of gay marriage in California has been quite the hot button issue for the past couple of years. It was once accepted, then voted against, and now has the possibility of being overturned. The LA Times reported on August 5th 2010, "A federal judge declared California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional Wednesday, saying that no legitimate state interest justified treating gay and lesbian couples differently from others and that "moral disapproval" was not enough to save the voter-passed Proposition 8....The jurist, a Republican appointee, cited extensive evidence from the trial to support his finding that there was not a rational basis for excluding gays and lesbians from marriage." Many believe gay marriage is immoral. Many believe that it underminds what has 'always been done.' There are many who believe that by accepting/allowing same sex marriage it might threaten or take away the sanctity of the institution of marriage. Whatever the argument is, it is alive and kicking. And this article takes a humorous stab at some of the arguments.
www.lds.org/
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/05/local/la-me-gay-marriage-california-20100805
http://www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm
-BRADEN
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
"Gay weddings take forever"
The cartoon which says "Gay weddings take forever" is talking about how long it is taking for the legalization of gay marriage. In 2004, George W. Bush spoke to Congress and argued for an amendment to the constitution to say the only legal marriages were between a man and woman (http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Articles/FO3020640010/) which started a series of debates to determine whether or not same-sex marriages should be allowed and whether or not the government can have a say in the matter. Six years later, only 5 states allow same-sex marriage.
-Laura
-Laura
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