Summer Posting…

For those who would like to continue blogging…

Feel free to comment or post links to interesting websites, info about whats happening in the world, or just to say “HI”. I hope you all have a great summer…thank you for a great year!

Mr. H.

CP MODS 2, 3, 7/8, & 9: IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT…Labor and Unions!

Follow the instructions in during the inclass assignment and use the board to keep up with what other groups are doing.

ALL MODS!! – Open Forum For Class Connections…For May 15th

This post will be open to all classes…we may only have one more after this.

 

Posting Options: You are encouraged but not limited to the following suggesstions for topics when posting…

1. Tell us about what you “liked” or “Disliked” about the course (I mean what you learned the most from, or least from…and what was it that you learned???).  

2.  You can reference discussions we have had, reading from the textbook, articles we have discussed, etc.

3. Suggesstions for the class next year…or your hopes for your own experience next year as a senior.

The only requirement is that you make connections to class.

You choose the topics…feel free to post links to online sources for reference.

 

Post thoughtfully and post often…I love it when my phone buzzes, it makes me feel important and everyone around me thinks I’m very busy all the time.

Happy Blogging

Mr H

AP Government Mod 4/5: Your Topics…

Pick a topic of a case discussed in class and complete the following…

1.) Use your comment to extend the class conversation (that is often inhibited by time) by commenting on the argument as you understood it / experienced it during class.

2.) YOU FIND a resource (e.g. article, website, etc.) online and create a link to it by coping and pasting (or hyperlinking a word) for others to visit for a frame of reference to your perspective.

3.) Explain why you chose this source AND What you hope we should learn or better understand by visiting your site.

4.) Comment on at least ONE other post from a classmate.

 

DUE Tuesday 4/14/09 – 8:00pm

Questions?

Mr. H

Government and Economics (Mods 2, 3, 7/8, & 9): What Happened and Who Should we Blame?

After discussing decision making and budgeting as a financially responsible democratic citizen visit Inside the Meltdown and post a comment being sure to complete the following…

1.) Surf the site and find ONE part of the site (e.g. a video clip, interactive timeline, etc.) that has a connection to something we have discussed in class.

2.) Explain what we can learn from it (why it is significant) and how it is connected to class.

3.) Respond to a comment or part of a comment posted by a fellow student.

4.) Include anything else you think we should know, recognize about the site.

DUE Tuesday 4/14/09 – 8:00pm

Questions?

Mr. H

ALL MODS!! Discussion Board Assignment DUE by 8am 3/20/09

Using the links in the Current Events Box to the right visit the three websites…

- www.understandingrace.com

- cornel west (read about him, surf the site a bit, and watch his video remarks from 2/23 at the Black State of the Union)

- http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/19/cornel_west_on_the_election_of

Respond to your experience with these links in ways that make connections to the following…

1.) what we have and are studying in this course.

2.) societal issues and how they are connected to us / what we are learning about

3.) your interpretation(s) of what you believe Dr. West is trying to do and/or say (his message).

4.) what other students have written.

 

Questions?

Mr. H

Mod 2: Discussion Board Posts DUE 2/27

Mod 2 students…remember to respond to the reading assignment AND to previous student comments while making connections to what you are and have learned in the class.

1. read one of the articles in the “LINKS” section to the right and be sure to tell us which one you read!

2. Write your response in a respectful “web” appropriate way (as discussed in class)…

Questions?

Mr. H

Mod 3: Discussion Board Posts DUE 2/27

Mod 3 students…remember to respond to the reading assignment AND to previous student comments while making connections to what you are and have learned in the class.

1. read one of the articles in the “LINKS” section to the right and be sure to tell us which one you read!

2. Write your response in a respectful “web” appropriate way (as discussed in class)…

Questions?

Mr. H

Mod 4/5: Discussion Board Posts…

Mod 4/5 students…remember to respond to the reading assignment AND to previous student comments while making connections to what you are and have learned in the class.

1. read two of the articles in the “LINKS” section to the right (ONE must be the AP GOV link!!!) and be sure to tell us which one of the others you read!

2. Write your response in a respectful “web” appropriate way (as discussed in class)…

Questions?

Mr. H

Mod 7/8: Discussion Board Posts DUE 2/27

Mod 7/8 students…remember to respond to the reading assignment AND to previous student comments while making connections to what you are and have learned in the class.

1. read one of the articles in the “LINKS” section to the right and be sure to tell us which one you read!

2. Write your response in a respectful “web” appropriate way (as discussed in class)…

Questions?

Mr. H