President Obama’s Address to Students Across America September 8, 2009

DRUDGE ^ | 9/1/2009 | PDF

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

From what I read a couple of days ago....a letter was sent to all principals nationwide.

[444Flyer]

This is Chilling.

[444Flyer]

Rolphe comes to mind.

[lsucat]

Most days I’m thankful for homeschooling. Things like this make me even more thankful.

[Lucky9teen]

Yes she did answer, she said she hadn’t heard of the speech viewing being done school wide and said if it was something her class would be involved in (Kindergarten), she would view the speech first to see if it fit into her curriculum and would be sending home permission slips child before allowing my child to view it.

That answers it for me...

Also, I am not getting that it would be an entire day dedicated to this...it would seem it would be half day at most. And if a permission slip is included, I’ll not be giving permission for this crap. And if I find out it was done anyway, without my permission (and I will find out, my child tells me everything they do)...there will be hell to pay. At least the teacher now knows where I stand.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Outrageous, highly-coordinated attack on our children. Sinister and pompous at the same time, like Hitler.

[LurkedLongEnough]

bttt

[steve0]

Lets answer the questions for the kids as the administration might be too dumb to provide an accurate answer key. ANSWERS ACCORDING TO THE BIRTHERS PreK-6 Menu of Classroom Activities: President Obama’s Address to Students Across America Produced by Teaching Ambassador Fellows, U.S. Department of Education September 8, 2009 Before the Speech: • Teachers can build background knowledge about the President of the United States and his speech by reading books about presidents and Barack Obama and motivate students by asking the following questions: Who is the President of the United States? 1. A PERSON THAT IS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, for example a natural born citizen. What do you think it takes to be President? 2. DECEIT, lying to the public, fawning media To whom do you think the President is going to be speaking? 3. Crickets. Why do you think he wants to speak to you? 4. Poll numbers are down What do you think he will say to you? 5. Anything he can so people buy his BS • Teachers can ask students to imagine being the President delivering a speech to all of the students in the United States. What would you tell students? When you want to sell something unpopular piggyback on issues everyone agrees with. What can students do to help in our schools? Teachers can chart ideas about what they would say. • Why is it important that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important? During the Speech: • As the President speaks(genuflect), teachers can ask students to write down key ideas or phrases that are important or personally meaningful. Students could use a note-taking graphic organizer such as a Cluster Web, or students could record their thoughts on sticky notes. Younger children can draw pictures and write as appropriate. As students listen to the speech, they could think about the following: What is the President trying to tell me? What is the President asking me to do? What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about? • Students can record important parts of the speech where the President is asking them to do something. Students might think about: What specific job is he asking me to do? Is he asking anything of anyone else? Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people? • Students can record any questions they have while he is speaking and then discuss them after the speech. Younger children may need to dictate their questions. After the Speech: • Teachers could ask students to share the ideas they recorded, exchange sticky notes or stick notes on a butcher paper poster in the classroom to discuss main ideas from the speech, i.e. citizenship, personal responsibility, civic duty. • Students could discuss their responses to the following questions: What do you think the President wants us to do? Does the speech make you want to do anything? Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us? What would you like to tell the President? • Teachers could encourage students to participate in the Department of Education’s “I Am What I Learn” video contest. On September 8th the Department will invite K-12 students to submit a video no longer than 2 min, explaining why education is important and how their education will help them achieve their dreams. Teachers are welcome to incorporate the same or a similar video project into an assignment. More details will be released via www.ed.gov. Extension of the Speech: Teachers can extend learning by having students • Create posters of their goals. Posters could be formatted in quadrants or puzzle pieces or trails marked with the labels: personal, academic, community, country. Each area could be labeled with three steps for achieving goals in those areas. It might make sense to focus on personal and academic so community and country goals come more readily. • Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals. • Write goals on colored index cards or precut designs to post around the classroom. • Interview and share about their goals with one another to create a supportive community. • Participate in School wide incentive programs or contests for students who achieve their goals. • Write about their goals in a variety of genres, i.e. poems, songs, personal essays. • Create artistic projects based on the themes of their goals. • Graph student progress toward goals.

[AmericanVictory]

Comparative Political Systems 101, the part on totalitarianism: first crush the loyalty of children to their family.

[luckystarmom]

I hope my kids’ private school ignores the whole thing.

[counterpunch]

Let’s start a “Turn Your Back on 0bama” campaign.
Post banners and fliers around all the schools in your area the night before inviting students to turn their chairs and desks around to protest indoctrination.

[HollyB]

Write about their goals in a variety of genres, i.e.

poems, songs, personal essays.

These are goals on how to help the president and be held accountable to these goals. The conceit of this administration is unmeasureable.

[omega4179]

Our beloved chairman will speak today...

[dervish]

David Hedrick had it right - stay away from my kids!!!

[steve0]

We opted out of those type of worries too.

[mojitojoe]

OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NewHampshireDuo]

LOL. George Mitchell deserved it.

[whtabtbill]

I would be honored if you did — thank you.

[pillut48]

The ad I saw said 8 am—so that’s the time when the kids do the pledge, listen to announcements, etc. at my daughter’s school...I figure if they participate (which I hope they WON’T since this is one of the most conservative counties in Texas!) that’s when the kids will be exposed to this drek.

[Moose Burger]

Somehow a vision of the Zero (not the One, mind you) telling students that goat sacrifice is a valid problem solving strategy. Don’t know why. Perhaps I need vacations...

[DesertConservative]

I just checked with my son’s principal. They received a mailing from the school superintendent. The school is going to allow the teachers to decide if they wish to show the address as part of the curriculum.

I just contacted his teacher. If she goes with including the address into the day (or week’s) coursework, I’m pulling my son for a nice day at the local historical museum.