Assignments+for+Moira

ASSIGNMENT DUE THURSDAY 1/19/2012

Hi Guys, I would like you to have the following tasks completed for next Thursday's class (if not before!): > ( @http://www.ted.com/talks/srdja_popovic_how_to_topple_a_dictator.html ) > ( @http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution.html ) You can activate subtitles on the lectures, but, because we're supposed to be learning about rhetorical strategies in English, please stick to English subtitles. You can also access a transcript of the lecture on the right-hand side of the page (it's labeled “interactive transcript”) Thanks in advance for all of your hard work. Please let me know via email if you need any help.
 * 1) **Read** the attached excerpts from Vaclav Havel's essay **“The Power of the Powerless”**
 * 2) **Watch the two ted.com lectures** I have linked to on the wiki
 * 1) **Become a member of the wiki**, and **post a one paragraph response** to how this discussion of democratic revolution/ democratization is relevant to your country. You can do this in the section marked “Reading Responses”.
 * 2) Next week, we will use these materials as the basis of a moderated caucus in class. **Prepare three discussion questions** about the videos or the essay, especially focusing on ideas that could spark disagreement or discussion between the nations you represent.
 * 3) **Print out your discussion questions and response** and bring them to class next Thursday.