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Let’s Get Ethical!
Instructions: Read the following article about anti-Semitism and complete the double-entry
journal assignment. The left side of the table should contain five quotes from the article with
their page number. The right side of the table should include your commentary on the quote that
you have chosen.

When you are reading the article and choosing quotes, you should attempt to answer the
following questions:

•   How did this quote make you feel?

•   What does this quote/passage make you think about or remember?
•   Do you disagree with the author? Why?
•   Do you have any similar experiences in your life? Explain.
•   Does any of this surprise you?
•   Does this remind you of anything in Jane Eyre?

Your commentary on the right side of the table should be as detailed as possible. The purpose of
this reading is to help you further understand the theme of morality and ethics, or what we think
is right and what we think is wrong and why we think that way. Remember, morality and ethics
is one of the themes in Jane Eyre and the final paper on Jane is going to be on the themes of the
novel. This analysis can help inform your final paper!
Page Number Quote Commentary
 Sample Double Entry Diary
Page Number Quote
“One New York Post article was
2 critical of Eisenhower's late action.
The writer said, "Perhaps the country
might have been spared much of this
present nightmare if he had been able
to find his voice — and his FBI
reports — when the explosions began
many months ago."
2
“In a tweet Sunday, Trump directed
criticism at the media. "The Fake
News is doing everything in their
power to blame Republicans,
Conservatives and me for the division
and hatred that has been going on for
so long in our Country," he tweeted.
"Actually, it is their Fake &
Dishonest reporting which is causing
problems far greater than they
understand!"
Commentary
This seems awfully familiar. While I
understand that as President, you
have to be careful with any public
statement you have to make, it seems
like publicly decrying acts of
violence and anti-Semitism would be
an easy and obvious action. It makes
me wonder why it did take him so
long, like if he had a legitimate
reason.
This makes me sad because instead
of banding together to fight hate, we
are just arguing and spreading more
hate. Our President should be a leader
in his actions and these actions do not
show someone who is trying to help
others because he is just playing the
blame game.
3 “In 1862, Union General Ulysses S.
Grant ordered the removal of all Jews
from Kentucky, Tennessee and
Mississippi. People incorrectly
thought Jews were responsible for the
black market cotton trade. Lincoln
immediately revoked the order. "I do
not like to hear a class or nationality
condemned on account of a few
sinners," he said.”
I love this Lincoln quote, as president
a big part of your job is unifying our
country. A part of that is condemning
hatred and anything that pits
American’s against each other. It
should be a model what we consider
“Presidential” behavior.

3 “For example, in a 1943 meeting, a

French general in Morocco, a country
in northern Africa, complained about
Jews with Roosevelt. Instead of
rejecting these beliefs, Roosevelt
sympathized. He proposed that Jews'
participation in professions such as This is absolutely shocking because
law and medicine should be when we learn about the Holocaust
"definitely limited" to "further and WWII, we see it from a removed
eliminate the specific and point of view where it seems like
understandable complaints which the obviously no one could agree with
Germans bore towards the Jews in German anti-Semitic views.
Germany."” However, the president admits to
understanding their point of view,
3 The letter said Trump is not welcome and not only that said that Jewish
in Pittsburgh until he condemns white participation in certain fields should
nationalism and stops "targeting" be limited. One would not expect this
minorities. kind of response out of FDR, a
president thought of as a helper of the
American people.

I hope he takes this gesture to heart,

but it feels like he will just use this an
excuse to pit more people against
each other, like he might tell his
followers, “everyone is against me,
and you have to fight them,” instead.
 Rubric
4 3 2 1
Exceeds Meets Partially Meets Does Not Meet
Expectations Expectations Expectations Expectations
Quality of Quote choice Quote choice Quote choice Quotes are
Response reflects a and commentary shows some chosen seemingly
thorough reading reflect sufficient understanding of at random,
and commentary reading and the article, commentary is
reflects a analysis. commentary only restating the
thoughtful and contains a lack article or not fully
skillful analysis. of depth or there at all.
insight or did
5 points 4 points not fully explain
student’s
thoughts.

3 points 2 points
Quantity of Includes five or Includes five Includes four Includes less
Responses more relevant relevant relevant than four
passages from the passages from passages from relevant
article plus five the article with the article, or passages, some
thorough five appropriate includes five passages do not
responses on the responses in the relevant passages include
right column. commentary from the article, commentary,
section. but not all commentary is
5 points commentary is merely a
4 points thorough or reiteration of
there. facts with no
analysis.
3 points 2 points
Grammar Grammar, Grammar, Grammar, Poor grammar,
spelling, and spelling, and spelling, and spelling, and
sentence formation sentence sentence sentences
are clearly formation are formation is formation.
demonstrated demonstrated, inconsistent, Commentary is
properly. with few to no commentary is difficult to
grammatical not full understand.
5 points errors in sentences.
commentary.

4 points 3 points 2 points

Format All passages and Most passages Some passages Passages not
quotes are copied and quotes are are copied down copied down
down carefully, copied down, incorrectly, correctly,
page numbers are page numbers analysis is not quotation marks
included, and are included, and next to correct are missing, page
 analysis directly analysis directly quote, page numbers are not
follows in the right follows in the numbers are there.
column right next right column. missing.
to the correct
corresponding
quote.
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points

Final Score: /20 points