YEAR 13 LESSON FOURTEEN [25th Oct 13]: Homework.

The aim of this lesson was to prepare for the work that needs to be completed over the half-term. It is OBVIOUS that the big area of written work that needs to improve is the ability of students to support their argument with specific textual reference. This requires independent research. We have discussed this work in some detail therefore student work needs to reflect the substantial amount of time we have invested in considering content for this task.

HOMEWORK:

1. WHAT ARE THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE PUBLICATION BY THE GUARDIAN/NEW YORK TIMES OF THE SNOWDEN DOCUMENTS?

This response demands that students construct three paragraphs. An argument FOR, an argument AGAINST, and a paragraph within which students offer their own opinion.

The arguments AGAINST The Guardian's publication need to consider the resources below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24490942
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24454596
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24402520
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24537254
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24668286
After our lesson, our Prime Minister made these comments. As reported by the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24668861
Students also need to refer to THE DAILY MAIL editorial comment that is critical of The Guardian.
Students need to use these resources to construct a coherent, intelligent, informed, and detailed argument.

The arguments FOR The Guardian's publication need to consider the resources below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24402520
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24665554
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23242404
The most significant resources are the sheets I gave you in class. This relates to the democracy argument and the argument that The Guardian publishing the documents IS in the national interest and that the role of a newspaper should be to uncover any abuse of power. Show me you were listening. There has been some excellent comments by students throughout the last three sessions.

Personal opinion:
Students need to use resources to reinforce their opinion. The aim of this task is for students to construct a convincing argument so please avoid general comments that lack specific detail. Use your research to construct a convincing critical argument.






WE DISCUSSED TRUST THIS MORNING...here are some resources: 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9841689/Senior-Met-Police-detective-jailed-for-15-months-over-corrupt-payments.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/former-met-police-officer-paul-flattley-jailed-for-selling-information-about-kate-middleton-and-john-terry-to-t
http://watergate.info/ 
http://blogs.channel4.com/michael-crick-on-politics/plebgate-police-officers-face-mps-live/3434
If we could trust the powerful institutions that are created to protect the public, perhaps this debate would be irrelevant....however.... TRUST is a big issue. Is it acceptable for the American Security Services to be monitoring the mobile phone conversations of Angela Merkel?

   2. IS REGULATION OF NATIONAL MEDIA POSSIBLE IN A GLOBAL DIGITAL WORLD?

Resources to assist the construction of this question:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20553416
http://www.channel4.com/news/leveson-had-a-reason-for-dodging-internet-regulation
This was the meeting of world leaders that I have been referring to in recent lessons. This meeting was intended to discuss global internet regulation:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20575844
Students need to think about recent news events that have demonstrated the inability of nation states to inhibit news. Reference could be made to the events in Iran after the 2009 election or the events in Egypt during the Arab Spring. If THE GUARDIAN was banned from publishing Snowden's documents, would it really matter? I am very interested to see how students approach this question. Research will be required. Your argument needs to be precise, detailed and coherent.
Here are the links to the recent lessons. These links are packed with resources:
http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/year-13-lesson-thirteen-22nd-oct-13.html 
http://fishymediaresources.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/year-13-friday-18th.html 

Good Luck Folks. This is an important piece of work. I look forward to your response.