Monday Dec 14th (Rise of Isis)

Please click here for the link to the Rise of Isis. Please take one page of notes.

News Quiz will be Monday 12/14

Please post news questions on here in this particular format: Name: Period: Question: Answer: You may post up to three news questions. If someone else has already posted about the subject then you may not do a question about it regardless of a different period. Please shy away for names and numbers. Think/ develop your question before you post it. You want to make it answerable for your peers. Also, look down and study the questions! It is a resource for you in this game of democratic education!

Monday 12/7

Today (Monday Dec 7th) you are going to watch Big Sky, Big Money. The sub will give you the worksheet to use for the video.

Current Event News Quiz for 12/4

Please post you news quiz in this format. Please no duplicates. Name Period Question Answer You may submit a max of 3 for bonus. Remember each period will have your own unique news quiz. Stay safe my friends.

CWP in Library for October 28th- 30th. Here is your task...

Today you should turn in both a copy of your VFW essay and the audio which has to be 3-5 minutes long via a thumbdrive or CD. (20 points Presentation/ Project grade) All or nothing. No lates! Next we are going to be participating in the Secretary of State Student mock election. But first you will be analyzing the ballot. You are going to open a word or google doc. For the initiatives and advisory votes you will have to list the pro's and cons of each and in two sentences you must justify why you are voting the way that you are voting. Reed will give you one ballot. DO NOT LOSE! You will only get one. Please click here to view the S.O.S. ballot guide. Click here to vote in the student mock election.

Today October 26th and 27th. "My vision for America."

You will have one day to work on the VFW scholarship essay. Click here for the official VFW website. Also if you would like to print off another official worksheet click here. Remember I need the essay and the thumb drive or a burned CD. (Needs to be 3-5 minutes of audio) This is due for 1st & 2nd period on Wednesday at the beginning of class. For 5th it's due Thursday. Both of these will be 20 points in the project category. Click here for the past winner video. Skip to 2:32 for the start. 1st and 2nd period the essay and the audio is due Wednesday at the beginning of class. 5th period the essay and the audio is due Thursday at the beginning of class.

Gun Rights vs Gun Control

We started Newtown Divided on Thursday, please click here. Then we watched raising Adam Lanza, please click here for the link.

Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA

Please click here for today's link on Gunned Down, The Power of the NRA. Students should take notes (1 page) specifically on the NRA and its role on gun rights vs gun control.

Your task to be done today in the library 9/23

Everyone should have a Political Parties worksheet. If you don't have one or you weren't here aka absent Click here to access and print. Please follow the directions that I have laid out!

Please take the political typology quiz one. Click here

*make sure to fill out the information that is needed

Please take the political typology quiz two. Click here

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school. Be sure to check here for updates, the calendar at the bottom to stay on track, or any notes missed. It is your responsibility to make up the work. There is no excuse! Let's have a good year!

Extra in the library today... Follow the instructions.

1. Read the following link: Click here.
2. Open a word document or a google doc. Make sure that your name and date is on it.
3. Write a paragraph reaction to the article.
4. Read the 2nd article, click here.
5. Write another paragraph reaction to the document.
6. If you have time research companies that you would invest in. Explain what stock you would invest in and give me an explanation why. Also, please put down what the current trading price is on the document.

CWP plan for the week

Quick update on my son: Kenton had a pretty good day but playing with brother and resting. This evening has been harder because he has been in more pain and is really frustrated with being in the hospital. We are trying to get him on oral narcotics but he wasn't happy about it. When we asked him what it tastes like he said "butt!" We really had to do some convincing to get in it. We moved out of the ICU and onto the regular pediatric floor. We haven't been told how long we will be in the hospital. He's on iv antibiotics and has to be able to take in enough to eat. Here are some pictures that I loved from yesterday. He is on the mend. He is still him. He still is tired which is understandable but he is doing as well as he possibly could...Thank you all for being so positive and supporting my family. I'l keep you updated on my little hero! 

I have linked up the link at the top of the page.  For the United States of Secrets.

Or if you should like here is the hyperlink: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/united-states-of-secrets/

(Tell the students that I am sorry about the context in which it “flows” in class however this is something that is a CWP issue.

*Please have the students take a page of notes on how the government came to spy on millions of Americans.  Just keep track of where each class leaves off. Thank you.

Sub plan for March 2nd 2015

Sorry I am out today with a sick kid. Please watch the news and a Frontline program.

Step 1- Click here for News (You will have a News quiz on Friday)
If the first link isn't working click here for CBS nightly news- Click here for "other news" aka Plan B
After you watch the news...
Step 2- Click here for Frontline- Separate and Unequal    Please take one page of notes.

* Please make sure that all students keep their phones away.

1^st period- 5^th period are all CWP- Please go to my blog at:

http://cwpreed.blogspot.com/

I have linked up two links at the top of the page. One that says “news link” and the other that says “Separate and Unequal”

Please play the news first, tell them to pay attention as they have new quiz this Friday. Then have them take a page of notes on the Frontline: “Separate and Unequal”. They may not finish in class. So if that happens please write down the time that you left off for each class and tell them to hold on to their notes.

Times where they left off for “Separate and Unequal”

1^st -

4^th –

5^th –

Derel Glashower, MPH | Epidemiologist Clark County Public Health

Attached you will find the STI data that you requested.  A couple of things:

1)      Gonorrhea is currently trending up here in Clark, but this is a statewide trend, and Multnomah County has seen an uptick as well.

2)      Herpes Simplex cases jump up in 2013.  This is most likely due to better/more testing, not an outbreak.

3)      In 2012-2013 there was an outbreak of Syphilis, similar to Multnomah County (Portland).  This is reflected in the incidence.  Here is an article with some of the details http://www.pqmonthly.com/multnomah-county-sees-dramatic-increase-in-syphilis-infections/12516

4)      HIV/AIDS data can be found on the Washington Department of Health Annual Communicable Disease Report.  I don’t have the 2014 data yet.

5)      I didn’t break down the age groups for Syphilis and Herpes because the Syphilis numbers are small overall, and Herpes had some consistently small numbers in specific age groups.    

PLEASE look on the left side of the page for the STI- Data that Derel provided.

Derel Glashower, MPH | Epidemiologist
Clark County Public Health 1601 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Bldg. 17, 3^rd Floor

P.O. Box 9825, Vancouver, WA 98666-8825

Last Work Day for the STD Project!

Be ready to present on Monday! If you don't finish in class make sure to work on it over the weekend! PRACTICE!!!! 4-5 MINUTES! Make sure it has flow and you know what you are talking about and could answer questions about your topic after your presentation. See all documents for the project off to the left side of the site...

* When I hear from the Clark County Health Dept. I will post up on the site as well... He just e-mailed me and won't have the data until 5pm.
I will post on here when I receive it.
In the meantime, here is a site that he recommended from Washington State. Click here.

STD Clark County website

Hey guys. STD's are a serious thing. Please check out the local numbers of our county. Click here.
CDC- site
Planned Parenthood
Health and Human Services

January 14th- Secret State of North Korea

Today we watched the Secret State of North Korea, Please click here for the link.

Be prepared for the 2nd part of the Politics and Nominations/ Campaigning QUIZ on Monday 01/12/15.

Be prepared for the 2nd part of the Politics and Nominations/ Campaigning QUIZ on Monday 01/12/15.