Ogden Middle School
14133 S. Donovan Road . Oregon City, OR 97045
503-785-8300. Fax: 503-657-2508
Congresswoman Darlene Hooley
1130 Longworth H.O.B.
Washington, DC
20515
May 13, 2005
Dear Ms. Hooley,
Enclosed you will find a collection of letters written by my 8th grade Social Studies class at Ogden
Middle School in Oregon City.
As a relative newcomer to the teaching profession I am constantly exploring ways that I can make the
Social Studies curriculum interesting and authentic. I encourage my kids to assign their own meaning t
the topics we discuss and I infuse life lessons into our history, geography, economics, politics and the
generalities of the Social Studies topics. I am frequently reminded of the effectiveness of this approach
when i hear statements like, "This is why I love this class, we learn about life."
In the middle of April we completed our TESA exams, and to decompress I thought we as a class coulc
depart from the usual curriculum to talk about something that had a more obvious application than, sa
Jacksonian Democracy. For many weeks leading up to this decision, my students were practically
begging to discuss the War in Iraq Apart from little bits of information at irregular intervals I planned a
unit to help the kids come to terms with why we are there what has happened, is happening, and will
happen, and what they think about it While the kids' natural curiosity sparked my desire to teach them
about this, the true galvanizing event came when I was drilled about it in the middle of a lesson on the
Mexican War. I obviously did not have the time to go into details at that moment, so I asked them to
write their questions or thoughts on the war on index cards. I was astounded to see the
understanding they have developed through watching little bits of the news, whether regular network,
CNN, or MTV. The best example of this was a question regarding "Saddam Bin Laden", It was at this
point that I realized we needed to address this war.
The culminating project of the unit was an authentic assessment piece that had a twofold objective:
understand and practice your democratic voice, and express your opinion based on facts. The project
was to write a letter expressing their opinion to their congressperson.
As you read these letters, please take note that they have not been edited and that they represent a
wide variety of students. I have kids of a range of abilities and cultures and I think this is a marvelous
cross-section of not only kids, but also of our population.
The kids are hoping to receive personal letters but I told them the best hope would be a typical form
letter about the war. I truly am hoping that they will see the effectiveness of writing to Congress and
feel their efforts are not in vain. If it is at all possible would you mind drafting a personal letter
to our class addressing this project and any thoughts you would like to include on the
divisiveness and seriousness of this war?
Thank you very much for your time. I hope that this is an avenue I can keep open with you and my
future classes.
Sincerly,
Jartes Mardon
Social Studies Teacher
Together we are boldly committed to re5ponsible lifelong learning.
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1130 Longworth, H.O.B.
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April 29-2005
My name is Kyle and I'm a student at Ogden Middle School.
I live in Oregon City, OR. I have some questions about our
current war. Why did we invade fraq instead of a more
dangerous country, like Iran? Was it because of fossil fuels or
perhaps it was because our past with Iraq. Do you think that it
is worth all the soldiers we are losing? I think that 87 per day
are too many. Do you think that President George W. Bush is
doing a good job? I personally don't think that he is, because
we could have waited for support from the U.N.'s support.
Another option is we could have just increased our homeland
security. I think this was a bad idea because we have not found
any W.M.D. although we have found some illegal missals I do
not think it is worth all of our soldiers. Speaking of which why
do we refuse our soldiers armor and translators. As you can
probable tell from the rest of the letter that I am anti war, what
are you anti or pro war?
Sincerely
Kyle Schademan
Oleg Vygovskiy
14133 S Donovan Road
Oregon City, OR 97045
Congresswoman Darlene Hooley
1130 Longworth, H.O.B
Washington, D.C. 20515
April 29, 2005
Dear Mrs. Hooley
My name is Oleg Vygovskiy and I'm a student at Ogden Middle School.
Our class has been studying the war in Iraq. Which is why I'm writing this
letter to you so I could give you my opinion of the war in Iraq. I see both
sides of the war in Iraq, but my opinion on the war is that we shouldn't had
went to war with Iraq but find a better and peaceful way of solving the
problems we have with Iraq. The main reason why I'm against the war is
because it is a war and when there is a war there are people dying and
getting hurt. I hope in the future the war will end and Iraq will be rebuilt.
Thank you Mrs. Hooley for taking your time and reading this letter, I hope
my opinion of a war would someday come true.
Sincerely,
Oleg Vygovskiy
Congresswoman, Darlene Hooley
1130 Longworth, H.O.W.
Washington, D.C. 20515
May 1, 2005
Pear Mrs. Hooley,
How are you today? Good I hope! I'm lea Kinney and I am a
student at Ogden Middle School, in Oregon City. I'm in the 8 grade.
I am writing you this letter for two reasons, one, because I have to
for homework, and also because I wanted to give you my opinion on the
war in Iraq. I support the war totally. I iust don't agree with the way we
went into the war.
I support the war because Sadaum Hussein was and is a very bad
man and he needed to he captured. Also because he was a threat to our
country. innocent people in Iraq were dying because of him and his
ruling. We needed to help them.
The thing I don't agree with was the way we went into the war. I
think that we should have waited a little longer for other countries
support on this. We probably should have waited for the tJ.N. to inspect
Iraq before we declared war.
Other than that I support the war 99.9%. And I think George W.
Bush made good decision going into this war.
Thank you for reading this, and keep up the good work!
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Pear Mrs. Hooley,
How are you today? Good I hope! I'm lea Kinney and I am a
student at Ogden Middle School, in Oregon City. I'm in the S grade.
I am writing you this letter for two reasons, one, because I have to
for homework, and also because I wanted to give you my opinion on the
war in Iraq. I support the war totally. I rust don't agree with the way we
went into the war.
I support the war because Sadaum Husseine was and is a very bad
man and he needed to he captured. Also because he was a threat to our
country. Inisint people in Iraq were dieing because of him and his ruling.
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Congresswomen Darlene Hooley
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5-1-05
Dear Mrs. Hooley,
My name is Hannah Groshong and I go to Ogden Middle School in
Oregon City. We have been analyzing the war in Iraq and looking at
arguments for and against the invasion. Clearly there are many people
against this war, especially here in Oregon, but I for one am glad we are in
Iraq. Yes, I am glad we are there to ensure that there aren't weapons of mass
destruction, but I am also glad we are there for a reason our media fails to
bring to our attention.
During WWII so many Jews were killed. Many survivors are asked
now why they never fought back against the Nazis and they reply with the
fact that they were faithful the outside world would come in and help, but no
help ever came. We stayed out of the war until Pearl Harbor and that was
near the end of the war! Until recently so many Iraqis were being killed
because of Saddam Hussein. In 1988 the Anfals, where military people
would just go into a village and kill the Kurds (mostly battle age men), killed
50,000 Kurds. In just one year 50,000 people were killed! We needed to get
in there and stop Saddam Hussein. He was a dictator and for all we know
another world war could have resulted from the genocide toward the Kurds.
I understand many people disagree with my point of view, but what I
don't understand the reasons why they disagree. Many people are anti-war
because Bush went in under false pretenses. There are no weapons of mass
destruction as we found out and people can't get over that. Yes, Bush made
a mistake but there isn't anything we can do about it now! I believe that
people need to get over their hatred for Bush and start supporting all the
good things that are going on in Iraq. Unfortunately that may be a little
difficult, which brings me to my next point, media. The media is pathetic.
The only thing we see in the news or read about in the paper is about car
bombings, suicide bombers, and how many people are getting killed because
of Bush's mistake! Yes all of those things are happening but what the media
fails to capture is all the good things that are going on in Iraq. Kids are going
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to safe, clean schoois Clean water is being supplied to homes and homes are
getting more electricity. So many people have a genuinely better life now
that Saddam is gone. But we never hear about all of that! People just can't
get over the fact that Bush made a mistake and people are dying for it. We
can't change anything now, so why do we continue to look at the past!
Yes, many people are dying and that is another reason people dislike
the war, mostly families and friends of military soldiers. I can understand it
must be very hard wondering if your husband, son, mother, or daughter are
going to make it home from Iraq, but I hate to break it to you, but when you
enlist in any form of military you have to realize that you may die for your
country and your families have to accept that fact as well. The argument
against that however is that we are not fighting for our country, we are
fighting for Iraq. We are fighting for our country! George Bush is the head
of our country and if he believes we need to be in Iraq, we then need to
support his decision and help Iraq. We are also fighting for our countries
safety as well. It Iraq did have weapons of mass destruction there is no
evidence to say they wouldn't use them on us.
Another thing many anti-war people claim is that they are anti-war but
for getting rid of Saddam. Well, is it really possible for us to go in, get rid of
Saddam, and get out? Iraq would be in more chaos then it is now! Someone
has to help Iraq get back on its feet, help achieve a democracy, and be
united. We got rid of Saddam, so the least we can do is help Iraq be a better
place.
Well thank you, I appreciate your time and I hope you enjoyed
reading a junior higher's opinion on the war. I appreciate all the time and
hard work you put in for our country and I am glad to see a female
representing our state!
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May 2, 2005
Dear Rep. Hooley,
Fm a 8th grade student at Ogden Middle School in Oregon City. Fm
writing to you so I can finally voice my opinion about the war in Iraq.
First of all, our economy is a disater. Many people blame our bad economy
on obesity rates as they try and sell you a Bowloflex machine. They majority
of our bad economy is base upon the war. If we stopped fighting right now our
economy would probably recover quite sufficiently, but since we are still
continuing to fight we will still continue to be crippled by the double edged
sword.
Second of all, is our great soldiers of America. Our loyal soldiers that risk
their lives to help all of us to stay safe here. All of these soldiers are caught
up in a political war we can't win. I mean even if we rebuild Iraq, and we
bring our soldiers home the terrorists will still be there and everywhere.
If you can try and bring our soldiers home and bring our economy back up
in Oregon the State with the worst economy.
Sincerely,
Tom Grant
Kimmie Kurm
May 3, 2005
14984 S. TurLie Bay Dr.
Oregon City, OR
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Congresswoman Darlene Hooley
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Mrs. Hooley,
My name is Kimmie Kurin and I am in eighth grade. My social
studies class is studying about Iraq and I have learned much but
gained lIttle. Although I don't know everything about the conflict,
what I do know doesn't seem to possess a bright ending. I have
faith in President Bush but because of what I've been taught about
it, it doesn't seem we have the economic strength to handle this
expensive war. Also, I believe that too many lives have become a
statistic. Not just innocent Iraqis, but that our hoops are fighting
for something that seems to be endless.
I understand that we began to fight in Iraq to put Saddam Hussein
out of authority. Also, that there was suspicion that Iraqi land
might be hiding weapons of mass destruction but so far we haven't
uncovered any. But of course, every story has two sides to it. The
only thing I can say in defense of pro-war is simply a simile. It's
like taking medicine: if you only take the medicine without the full
length of time, how do you expect to get better? All in all, this is
my opinion. War has mustied its open doors on the U.S. and now
we must deal with it. How do you suppose how?
Thank you for your time,
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Congresswoman Darlene Hooley
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April 30, 2005
Dear Mrs. Hooley,
My name is Kelsey and I'm a student at Ogden Middle School. Our class has been
studying Iraq and I have some thoughts that I'd like to share with you.
I think the war is good and bad. It is good because were taking action from them
bombing us. It is bad because they really didn't bomb us first, we bombed them first.
Also do you realize we are loosing hundreds of men and women over there? I think this
because of Suddam Hussien maybe had WMD. I know just my opinion might not have
effect on the war but I bet that there are many other kids and adults that probably feel the
same way I do. In the future I really hope we still are not in war and we have to make a
draft. I really don't want to have the draft because you are just forcing people against
their will to do something.
Thank you sow much for taking time to read my letter that I wrote.
Sincerely,
Kelsey Sether
Thank you!
Dear Congress,
First of all my name is Kaitlin Beneville and I go to Ogden Middle School in
Oregon City. I'd like to share some thoughts that I've had while my class has been
learning about the war in Iraq. You could call me a flip flopper because I have strong
opinions both against and for the war.
First the arguments against, I don't like that President Bush said that we were
going to Iraq to find Weapons of Mass Destruction but we are still there having our US
soldiers being killed after we haven't found any. Not only are US soldiers being killed,
but innocent Iraqi lives are being ended. I understand that we are there trying to help
rebuild Iraq but I think that we've been over there long enough. Pretty soon the United
States is going to run out of money -even more than we already have- and other countries
won't look at us as one of the strongest nations any more. I also hate to think that by the
time I'm 18, the war still could be going on in the Middle East. I would hate to see my
family and friends being drafted off to the Middle East. It kills me to think that all this
could have never started if we would have waited until we had support from the UN or
until the UN did a weapon inspection. I also don't understand why, starting March 20,
2003 through April 9, 2003, we nearly bombed Baghdad to death. I think we killed too
many innocent lives, both US and Iraqi. I just don't understand that. We've lost way too
many lives in this war.
Now the reasons why I think we should have gone to war, I like that even after
all the bombing and attacking we've done, we still send supplies and health packs for the
Iraqi people. I also think that if we wouldn't have gone to war we could have faced more
and more terrorist attacks or maybe even a war on our own land. It's good that we took
control and made sure that Iraq didn't have Weapons of Mass Destruction. Iraq could
have been planning to attack other countries using Weapons of Mass Destruction. I mean
we definitely didn't want to look weak in the eyes of other countries. Plus we got rid of a
ruthless, murderous dictator, Saddam Hussein. Not only was he a dictator to his own
people but he also supported terrorist networks from around the world.
In the end, I think it was good that we went to war. I just think that we could have
waited a little longer and gotten more support and we could have done it in a way that
wouldn't have killed as many innocent Iraqi and US lives. I hope you understand my
point of view on this war and understand how it's affecting our nation's youth.
Sincerely,
Kaitlin Beneville
19783 Castleberry Loop
Oregon City, OR 97045
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April 29, 2005
My name is Con Ronnander, and I'm a student at Ogden middle school. I
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that George W. Bush is doing an o.k. job.
The reason I support the war is that that some of the Iraqi people are trying to
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have hurt anybody anyway.
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turned on the news to see the twin towers going up in
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April 28, 2005
Dear Mrs. Hooley
My name is Tyler and I'm a student at Ogden Middle School. Our
class has been going over the war in Iraq and I have some questions
that I'd like to ask you. I don't entirely agree with this war but here are
the questions I have for you. Why are we in this war in the first place?
I have heard many things but I can't figure out which one it really is. I
have heard that we are there because of Osama, I have heard we are
there because of weapons of mass destruction (might I add that we
never found any), I have heard we are there because of Sadam, I have
heard that we are there to free the Iraqis, and I have heard that we are
there because Bush wants the oil fields. I would like to know which
one we are really there for, or is it for all of them? Next, what is the
exit strategy? I have heard nothing about any exit strategy from Bush,
or anybody else for that fact. Also what are you going to do if the
elections fail? Are you going to try again, or just give up and let the
Iraqis deal with it? Another thing I would like to know is what you are
going to do about all the suicide bombings. Are you going to try to
stop them, or leave them be? Next, what are you going to do about
how the other nations around the world feel about us, because most of
them feel we shouldn't have gone to war alone. Another thing is, how
is Bush going to mend relations with the U.S. citizens? A lot of
citizens think we should have never gone to war in the first place. Well
that's about it, thank you for your time and please take my questions
into consideration.
Sincerely,
Tyler
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Dear Mrs. Hooley
My name is Tye Hickman, a student at Ogden Middle School Oregon City,
Oregon. I'm writing this letter to address my concerns on this war on terror. I feel that
we went to war for reasons of looking tuff, not for the reason of how many lives where at
sake, or economic reasons, or for the negative image that we would be giving to other
nations might have for us. Though I'm not saying that going to war was all bad, we
captured Saddam Hussein, and made democratic government for Iraq. But by moving
our troops to Iraq we caused bombings and death tolls, but if we pull out now we will be
setting off even more conflict. You have a lot of work to do, soT end my letter with deep
respect for all of you in the government. And hope that you make good decisions for our
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My name is Reed Winner. I go to school at Ogden Middle School and am in the 8th
grade. I am writing to you because in my Social Studies class we have been studying the
Iraq War. We studied the events leading up to the war and what has occurred after the
war.
I agree with the decision to go to war in the first place if Iraq would have had weapons
of mass destruction like our intelligence told us they did. From what I understand
Saddam Hussein used weapons of mass destruction on his own people and that's not
good.
Now that we know that he probably didn't have any weapons of mass destruction I
don't think we should have invaded Iraq. What did he really ever do to us? They didn't
attack us. Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction that we could find. All that we did
was destroy a country that was ok. Sure they couldn't vote but neither can the Iranians.
Now that the United States has invaded and destroyed we have to rebuild the country.
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bear Mrs. Hooley,
My name is Rosie Newton and I am an eighth grade student at
Ogden Middle School in Oregon City, Oregon. Recently in our Social
Studies class we started talking about Iraq, the war, and all the
things that go on over there. After learning all this stuff I decided
that I would like to share my thoughts with you. I don't think that we
should be in Iraq right now because so many people are dying over
there, American and Iraqi. We were trying to make things better for
their people but we are taking a step backwards and making their lives
harder. We are killing their loved ones, making it harder to get food,
bombing their houses, their schools, making it harder to get jobs, and
devastating all of them more as each day passes and more people die.
One of our reasons for going over there was the possibility of them in
possession of weapons of mass destruction. Still we have not found
anything of the sort, only a little evidence of them being made. United
States also has weapons of mass destruction so what makes that
okay? I mean who gave United States the power to make the decision,
of whether or not to have weapons of mass destruction for other
countries. We have them so what makes that fair? If we tell other
countries that they should not have weapons of mass destruction then
we should not be able to have them either. This war is also turning
Iraqi people against Iraqi people not just Iraqi people against the
American's. The United States is causing more trouble then necessary
and we are turning other countries against us, which is going to lead us
into more problems then we could handle. Well that's pretty much my
entire opinion on the war that is going on over in Iraq. I want to thank
you for your time and for reading my letter. It is much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Rosie Newton
Dear Darlene Hooley,
My name is Rachel Wong. I am an eighth grade student at Ogden
Middle School. We had an opportunity to study about the war in Iraq.
While studying, I became very disturbed by the amount of people that have
been killed or badly injured. I personally have not lost any one, but know of
many people that have.
One day my social studies teacher asked us, "How many of you know
someone that is presently in, or has been in Iraq?" I was surprised to see that
more than 75% of my classmates raised their hands along with me.
I have heard the large number of people that die ever day and year. Also I
have heard things like Saddarn has weapons of mass destruction; he has used
biological weapons on Kurds. Saddam has oppressed the Iraqi people. He
has violated his treaty signed after the Gulf War. He supported terrorist
networks. He tried to kill George W. Bush Senior and has made the
American people feel threatened. The government spends so much money
on the war in Iraq but doesn't spend enough money at home on things like
education. I know there are a lot of poor Americans that could use help and
education but there is no money for them.
What I want to know is, do people like President Bush ever stop to think
about how many people have died? Or how many wives, husbands, kids,
parents, and friends cry themselves to sleep every night because they have
lost a loved one? Their family lost the member that supported the family's
financial needs. I personally don't have a family member in Iraq, but my
hula teacher's son was in Iraq. I know how hard it was for my hula teacher
to know her son was in Iraq. My neighbors have a daughter and a son in
Iraq. I just hope that people realize how many lives could have become
something, or invented something. Maybe he or she was the person that was
going to go back to school to become a doctor and discover the cure for
Leukemia. Now that won't happen. Now look and see how many lives have
been affected or changed because one more person has died.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.
Sincerely,
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Po Box 466
Bea ciciik OR 97004
Congresswomen Darlene Hooley
1130 Longworth H.O.B
Washington, D.C. 20515
May 1,2005
Dear Mrs. Hooley,
My name is Michelle and I am a student at Ogden Middle School. Our
class has been studying the war in Iraq for the past couple of weeks and
I have some thoughts that I'd like to share with you. For starters I'd like
to say that I am pro-war and I agree with our country's decision to go to
war. In our class we were equally divided half were pro and half were
anti-war. Now after we talked about why we were there and how we
have come so far. I started to think if it was a good idea or not. After I
thought I decided that it was a good idea to go to war. After all the
people of Iraq needed us to help them. Innocent people were dicing
everyday for no reason. So we went in and got rid of Saddam Hussein.
So then we had to get them a new ruler and that's why we are siill there
right? I hope we get our solders out soon so no more get hurt. I know a
lot of family members and friend are missed. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Michelle Pr
Dear Mrs. Hooley,
I don't know if you remember me. I met you once at the
last democratic campaign party. My mom & I helped with your
campaign. I helped around the office by making phone calls,
entering data into the computer, making posters, counting
tickets, ect. My mom made lots of phone calls until she offered
to do canvassing for your campaign.
Yesterday, in my social studies class, I found out that my
social studies teacher, Mr. Mardon, wanted us to write a letter
to you. I thought how perfect that was I've been meaning to
write you for a long time. I just haven't found the time so now
I get to do it for points & I get to write to my favorite
congresswoman.
I'm writing to tell you where I stand with the war in Iraq.
& what I would do if I were in "President" George W. Bush's
shoes.
In some ways I agree with the war in others I don't. I agree that
Sadam was an evil person & shouldn't be able to rule a
country. I also think that we could have done it with out killing
so many innocent people. Our soldiers are smart they could
have figured out a way to do something like his with out
killing as much.
I personally think that we should have gone in got Sadam
Hussein trying to not kill every thing that moved, get him out&
in prison. Then offer them money & help for the rebuilding of
their country if they pay us back with help in wars & if we get
stuck in a frnical fix.
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