"Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs." 

- LEO TOLSTOY

* Most articles borrowed with much gratitude from Kelly Gallagher.

Response Options for AoW

1. Choose one key passage and respond to it. Consider agreeing, disagreeing, challenging, or supporting issues, arguments, or ideas. 
2. Choose one craft move made by the writer. Why is it impactful? How can you borrow this move in your own writing?
3. Respond to the article as a whole. What confirmed or challenged your thinking? What connections do you make to your experiences, observations, or studies?​

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November, 27

• "Thanksgiving for Native Americans: Four Voices on a Complicated Holiday" By JULIE TURKEWITZNOV. 23, 2017

November, 13 - English 11

• from "Up, Simba!" by David Foster Wallace in Rolling Stone Magazine 2000

November, 6

• "How to Help Someone with an Opioid Addiction" Chicago Sun Times

October, 23

• "Why To Kill a Mockingbird Belongs in the Classroom" by Phillip H. Devoe for The National Review 

October, 16 

• “Harvard Rescinds Acceptances for At Least Ten Students for Obscene Memes,” by Hannah Natanson for The Crimson. (pdf)

October, 2 

• "What Every American Needs to Know about Puerto Rico's Hurricane Disaster"by Brian Resnick and Eliza Barclay for Vox.com

September, 25

• Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning By Alix Spiegel for NPR, 11-12-12

September, 18

• "Trump Prepares to End DACA" by Priscilla Alvarez (an excerpt) for The Atlantic