Everyday by David Levithan
11th grade written paper for an advanced student

Chapter 1: Terrorism: First Impressions
1. Learning Objectives:
1. To explain an overview of extremism and terrorism.
2. To understand the concept of terrorism at first glance.
3. To describe the sources of extremism and terrorism.
2. Student Instructions:
a. Read: Understanding Terrorism – Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, Chapter 1, pages 1 – 20.
b. Submit answers to the discussion and web exercise questions below. (Ensure you write the question, your answer, and the page number of where you found your answer or the cited reference):
3. Discussion Questions:
1. Are deliberate attacks against civilian’s legitimate acts of war?
2. Were deliberate attacks on civilians during the Second World War acts of terrorism?
3. If these attacks were acts of terrorism, were some attacks justifiable acts of terrorism?
4. Is there such a thing as justifiable terrorism? Is terrorism malum in se or malum prohibitum?
5. Is the practice of total war by individuals or small and poorly armed groups different from its practice by nations and standing armies? How so or how not?
4. Web Exercise: Using this chapter’s recommended websites (page 20), conduct an online investigation of organizations that monitor extremist sentiment and terrorist behavior. Compare and contrast these organizations.
1. What are the primary agendas of these organizations?
2. How would you describe the differences between research, government, and social activist organizations?
3. In your opinion, are any of these organizations more comprehensive than other organizations? Less comprehensive?