Class: MLS Humanities
Teacher: Nate Feldman
Class Objective: Reading and analyzing the text about Hannah Arendt
Pre-Reading Vocabulary:
1. Doomed to failure = something that
will never work
2. Engagement = being involved with
someone or something
3. Superficial = something fake
4. Neglect = to not pay attention to
something or someone
5. Restructure = recreate
6. Paranoia = an irrational feeling that
bad things will happen
7. Burden = to make something difficult
for someone
8. Thorny issues = difficult and complex
issues
9. To align with = to agree or be on the
same level as someone or something else
10. Distinguish = recognize the
difference between different things
11. Sphere = in this case area (i.e.
political sphere)
12. Bombarded with = to be given
something (negative) repeatedly and endlessly
i.e. We are bombarded with schoolwork by the teacher.
13. Bulwark: something that protects
people from something else
Read the
passage on P.8-9. Do you think that
students should be burdened with the issues of the world?
How do you
think you can create a love of the world as Hannah Arendt wanted in the
classroom?
Extra Words and Questions:
Filled with fright = scared
Dark spirit = an evil ghost
Floating around = suspended in the air/on top of water
Capturing = taking control
*When are you filled with fright?
*Do you believe in dark spirits? Do you think they float around?
*What is something that has captured your attention
here?
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