1. Preparatory readings for module.

   • The Tragic Stories of War

2. Discussion questions.

   1. What do these stories say to us, and how do we relate these narratives to a sociological understanding of war?
   2. What do the other headlines, such as Saddam Hussein as a threat to us - what aspecto f sociology to they relate to? Macrosociological.
   3. How are the two aspects of studying the war related? They are interdependent. The personal is political. and the stories of harm add to our fear of what war means. That fear plays a role in the resolve of any nation to fight.
   4. More soon. . . . jeanne, early afternoon, October 11.

3. Experiential activities related to module.

4. Self-test questions related to module.

   True or False? And explain briefly why it's true or false. (25 words or less)

5. Conceptual linking we had in mind as we prepared the module.