Values and Ideologies: MIT Ch. 2 and Bundyville

Starter: What was your biggest takeaway or Ah-Ha moment from Island and Whales?
(have your homework out for me to check during the starter, we’ll have time afterwards to go over confusions and fill in any gaps)

Debrief ch. 2 homework

• 3 discussion groups
• Go over vocab terms
• Share out your notes, address confusions/gaps
• Make a t-chart as a group and on one side, write down all the values you think those who support sustainability hold and on the other side, all the values you think those who oppose sustainability hold.
• Send a representative to add to the T-chart on the whiteboard
• Elect a representative to share out ONE quote/assumption/value/ideology-- perhaps the most dialed one in your opinion?
• Discussion Questions (talk about these in your small group)
  • On page 58 the author writes, “this chapter discusses two of these controversies with the understanding that they are merely immediate manifestations of inter-related challenges.”  What are the 2 controversies?
  • What is at the root of the political controversies around sustainability? (page 58)
  • What were the TWO major IPCC findings? (63)
  • On page 75, the author provides an example about two different views of a sustainability policy-- what is the policy, what are the two opposing views and values?
  • Can you think of another example of a policy that might spark similar opposing responses?​

Islands and the Whales Discussion
In two groups, discuss at least 5 (if you have time, talk about more!) of the questions listed above.  Treat this like a mini seminar!  Explore the ideas in depth, give examples, make connections!

Bundyville episode #1
Context on Bundy family Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge from Wikipedia:
On January 2, 2016, armed militants seized and occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, United States and continued to occupy it until law enforcement made a final arrest on February 11, 2016. Their leader was Ammon Bundy, who participated in the 2014 Bundy standoff at his father's Nevada ranch. Other members of the group were loosely affiliated with non-governmental militias and the sovereign citizen movement.
The organizers were seeking an opportunity to advance their view that the United States Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and other agencies are constitutionally required to turn over most of the federal public land they manage to the individual states. In 2015, the militants believed they could do this by protesting the treatment of two area ranchers convicted of federal land arson, even though the men in question, father and son Dwight and Steven Dwight Hammond, did not want their help. The occupation began when Bundy led an armed party to the refuge headquarters following a peaceful public rally in the nearby city of Burns.

Listen to Bundyville episode 1 to at least the trial start or through the first few minutes of the trial to minute 35. As students listen:

• On the backside of ch. 2 homework notes, make T-chart and capture as much as you can about the underlying values reflected in the commentary of characters throughout this episode.

Podcast Discussion

• Do you think the Bundy’s are heroes or villains or something in between?? What about the Federal government?  What does your answer say about your own assumptions, values and ideologies?
• ​Any parallels in the values/ideologies we heard in Islands and Whales?  

HOMEWORK:  ​None!  Enjoy your weekend.  :)