If you’d like to revise the test for more points, you can download it here. Please attach your new responses to the originals and return both by Thursday. Make sure that your altanswers are thoughtful and complete.

The final version is due Thursday in class.

These are the questions we will be debating late this week and early next week:alt

  • Do unions hurt American businesses and economic productivity?
  • Should government employees be allowed to be represented by unions?
  • Do unions for teachers harm American education?

Make sure you are prepared to give quality, evidence-based speeches on all three topics before Friday.

Your final quiz for debate class will cover the basic concepts of existentialism and the philosophers we’ve studied in the past week. Make sure that you remember to alt bring a note card and study, as this will be a challenging quiz. Review notes on:

  • basics of existentialism
  • Sartre
  • Camus
  • Malraux
  • Kirkegaard
  • Nietzsche
  1. Identify and defend three of the best arguments in favor of globalization.
  2. Explain and provide at least one example of Edward Said’s theory of globalization.
  3. How has the change in wealth distribution impacted the world’s poor? What has happened to the global rich-poor gap?
  4. Explain how trade and consumption have increased damage to the environment and maldistribution of wealth.
  5. Explain and analyze Homi Bhabba’s theory of hybridity/mimicry and liminal negotiations. Provide one example of each.
  6. How has the legacy of colonialism negatively impacted the developing world?

This is a sample bill for you to follow.