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Concept Formation: Advancement or Oppression

Concept Formation: Advancement or Oppression. Advancement?. Jonas Salk develops the polio vaccine in the 1950s, but a small minority of people get infected with the disease anyway. New York Giants win the Super Bowl in 2012.

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Concept Formation: Advancement or Oppression

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  1. Concept Formation:Advancement or Oppression

  2. Advancement? • Jonas Salk develops the polio vaccine in the 1950s, but a small minority of people get infected with the disease anyway.

  3. New York Giants win the Super Bowl in 2012.

  4. Johnny received a grade of 87% on his first test. He decided to study a little more for the second test and received a grade of 87%.

  5. At the time of its completion, the Empire State Building in NYC was the tallest building in the world.

  6. New SMART Boards are purchased for each classroom in the school, but funding is cut for music and art programs.

  7. The district buys IPad tablets for every student in the school, but forces students to buy the textbook and other classroom apps.

  8. Oppression? • As the head of the Communist Party in China from 1949-1976, Mao Zedong used violence and terror to redistribute land among the people.

  9. Mr. McLaughlin gives a pop-quiz tomorrow and does not let you use your notes.

  10. The police officer puts the criminal in handcuffs.

  11. Mr. Krabsforced Spongebob and Squidward to work the graveyard shift for no extra pay, but Spongebob was excited to work for the KrustyKrab “at night” anyway.

  12. Despite Squidwards best efforts to run an organized strike against the KrustyKrab, Spongbob gets carried away and ends up destroying the restaurant.

  13. The district institutes a new dress code policy forcing everyone to wear school uniforms.

  14. The price of the school dance is raised to $7 (roughly the cost of a Chipotle burrito).

  15. Advancement or Oppression? • Lance Armstrong wins a record 7 Tour de France cycling awards, but tests positive for “doping,” or using banned drugs.

  16. Oskar Schindler was an active member of the Nazi Party in Germany, but he saved the lives of every Jewish employee working in his factory.

  17. There is an incredible break-through in cancer research that helps save thousands of lives, but scientists illegally tested the medicine on animals before administering it to humans.

  18. Definition: Advancement • progression to a higher stage of development • improvement

  19. Definition: Oppression • Unjust, excessive, or cruel use of power or authority

  20. What does the phrase “gray area” mean? • In what ways is there a “gray area” between the concepts of advancement and oppression? • What will we have to do when apply the concepts of advancement and oppression to Ancient Egypt?

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