Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Thursday Dec 7th plan

7th period needs to finish Newtown divided and Evan, click here for the "Evan" link. All classes need to complete the exit ticket, click here for that (10-15 minutes). Please watch the following: "Gunned Down" the power of the NRA. As a part of the 2nd amendment extension in forming a position on gun control v gun rights. Please take notes on how interests groups influence policy. Click here for the video link.

Monday, December 5, 2016

News Quiz Question submissions for the week of December 5th- 9th.

Please submit news quiz questions here. Today in class we are continuing our Bill of Rights unit with the 2nd amendment Gun Control vs Gun Rights. We will be watching two Frontline's. The First will be Raising Adam Lanza a we will use this story to understand context of gun rights vs control. Then an 18 minutes extension off of that will be "Newtown Divided" Notes will be taken over both. Here is a New York Times article on gun violence: Click here Click here for the exit ticket.

Monday, November 28, 2016

News Quiz Question submission for the week of November 28th- December 2nd

Please submit news quiz questions here. Name, period, question and answer. PLEASE PROOFREAD your submission. If the proper formatting and grammar is insufficient your question will not be accepted. News/ Bill of Rights Quiz and Current events # 7 (5) due Friday Dec. 2nd.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

News Quiz Questions (November 14-18)

Post your questions and answers here... Please feel free to read and respond to this article in the comments, click here.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Happy Halloween week! This weeks class information.

Please submit news quiz questions for the week of October 31st- Nov.4th. You may submit up to 3. And you may not submit on a topic that someone has already submitted.
Current events # 5 (5 due) due Friday November 4th.
Please remember the format for submissions. Name, period, question and answer. Shy away from answers that are subjective and have exact numbers. Also questions/answers that are fluid.
From now until the end of the year you must meet all of the requirements for each current event to receive credit. If you do not you will receive a "ZERO". Remember the (5x5 format) 5 sentence minimum for the first paragraph summary, 5 sentence paragraph on the importance/ significance. YOU MUST  include the category and site.

Please be prepared for a REED Report on Friday. NO current events notebook no Reed Report. Your notebook completed is your ticket in!!!

Monday Oct.31 at 2:25 p.m. is the deadline to turn in the VFW essay with the entry, printed essay, and audio... YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN THIS IN AFTER THE DEADLINE. NO EXCEPTIONS.