Article from 04/26/2012 Power point by Hyuga Noda
• Are you good at … •Learning English? •Playing video games? •Singing J-pop songs? •Dancing Hip-hop? •Playing the guitar? •Fighting against people? •Speaking in front of many people?
1.What do you think of America? 2.In your opinion, is America an interesting country? 3.In your opinion, is America a free country? 4.In your opinion, is America a successful country? 5.If you could go to America, what state would you like to visit?
• What is this story about? • Who is your favorite American celebrity? • What is your favorite American movie? • Would you like to see the statue of liberty? Why? • In your opinion, what is the reason for America’s success?
1. What do you think of capitalism? 2. What do you think of the American style of government? 3. In your opinion how has capitalism influenced the American people? 4. What do you think of Christianity? 5. Has Christianity influenced America in anyway?
Article from 04/26/2012 Power point by Hyuga Noda
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Is it important to be free? What are the good points of freedom? Should countries try to control their people? Do you think we should pay higher taxes? To save the Japanese economy? Why? • If America fails as a country—what other ways should we try to create democracies? • Is there any other system that is better than capitalism? Which one is it?
• What do you think of Obama? • Do you think he is helping America? • Do you think he is helping the world?
What do you think of this government system?
• Would you like to work under these conditions? • Do you think socialism is a better model than capitalism? • Should Japan become a freer country? • Should we have less taxes, or more taxes? Why? • Debate: Socialism versus Capitalism.