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December 11, 2014 · 7:54 am

Please read this…

Senior Current Issues Blendspace Assignments on Police Brutality are due – link posted to Mr. Wood by 3:00 PM on Friday, December 19.  Please send Mr. Wood a photo of the victim along with the date of the incident involving this individual on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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December 7, 2014 · 10:49 am

Ferguson and Beyond – A Blendspace Production

  • 12/18 (11:59 PM) – Blendspace online (including final PDF)
  • 30 pt total –  Reflection on the death of Michael Bell Jr. – see google classroom. Project grade.
  • 20 pt total – printed and linked information search (binder 12/16) – Project grade.
  • 100 pt total – Final Blendspace (project) grade.
  • Unarmed people of color killed by police 1999 to 2014
  • Go here for a nationwide data bank on police reports.  From Helena.

Please go here for our blog introduction to this Problem with Police Brutality in the United States…  In regard to your binder and print journalism study of the issue, I want you to find EVERYTHING.   Don’t just search for the Blendspace.  I expect you to canvass the entire Internet; past and  present.  Coverage of the issue, from local and national sources  is of the essence.  Find the Police Report; read it.  If there are Facebook sights involved – find them.  Editorials that focus on your issue are significant as well.  And send me an email with a final listing of all video and audio  links that you have accumulated for research on the topic.  You will recieve a pre-Blendspace 50 point grade based on how thorough you are at accumulating information.

Go here for an excellent report about police brutality ten years back in Kenosha, Wisconsin and a fathers search for justice in his son’s death.   If you don’t have a particular issue for study…you might want to give this a try.  Everybody should read it.

  • Tamir Rice / Cleveland – Brieanna Ferguson & Ivy Lewis
  • Jordan Miles / Pittsburgh – Kaitlyn Mclain & Kendall Vogel
  • Santiago Hernandez /NYC –  Paula Shay and Travis Dalum
  • John Wrana Jr / Chicago – Ashley & Melinda
  • Jonathan Ferrell/North Carolina – Anna & Jackie
  • Milton Hall / Michigan – Helena & Tyler
  • Sean Groubert / South Carolina – Maria & Petra
  • Amadou Diallo / NYC – Madeliene Stenholm
  • Keith Vidal / North Carolina – Sara & Sarah
  • Michael Brown / Ferguson, MO – Kaleb Kerkstra & Laura Dinse
  • Eric Garner / NYC – Brock & Jordon
  • Michael Bell / Kenosha, WI – Shelbie & Elisabeth
  • Kahreem Tribble / NYC – Kelton & Shannon
  • Rodney King / LA, CA – Carla & Mariah
  • Rekia Boyd / Chicago – Paula Shay
  • Rumain Brisbon/Phoenix AZ   Atreau & Charlie
  • Kajamie Powell / St Louis – Mr. Wood

Below, find Blendspace guidelines for your Assignment in regard to the issue above.

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November 17, 2014 · 7:02 am

College Talk #2 – The Bill…How to pay for it ALL

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE – Tuesday November 25.

For all things college – go to our website – building a better world.net.  Please go here for extra credit assignment in discussing this material with mom and dad.  Go here for College Talk Review – “Podcasts and Websites”

It isn’t just about deciding to go to college.  It’s about choosing the right one and planning for the cost.  A two or four year collegiate degree can be expensive.  If you aren’t smart about the process you can be saddled with debt that will last long into your adult life.  The key then, becomes, figuring out how to navigate the mind field of college costs; and making it to the finish line without mortgaging your future.

The most serious mistake you can make in this entire college challenge is to sign on every dotted line and take out every loan that comes across your plate.  The second biggest mistake is to fear debt so much that you don’t go to college.  The key is to go eyes wide open, to learn all that you can learn, and to make wise decisions.  That and apply for as many loans and financial aid as you can get your hands out.

You can do this if you are smart about it.   Good luck:)

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November 8, 2014 · 6:00 am

Focus #2 (GOV) – Origins of American Government

Go here for Focus Question #2 Origins of American Government.  This assignment is due Thursday November 13 at the beginning of class is worth 50 points. 

We are going to dig into the roots of the creation of  American government.  In that process we will look particularly close at the  principles that base the Declaration of Independence.  The Declaration is our founding document.  It’s an inspiring piece of literature.  If we measure our current government to the promises incorporated in that document you’ll find in many ways we continue to come up short;  mostly because of a lack of inspiration on the part of “We the People.”  So lets study the reasons for our separation from England and our written justification for that break…and as always think about how the 14th Amendment will eventually be incorporated into this founding.  Finally weigh the relationship between today’s challenges and the past.  There is much to compare.

The-foundation

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October 30, 2014 · 6:22 am

College Talk 2 – Survey Reflection

Thank you for your honesty in filling out the pre survey on College funding and Costs.  Results are interesting.  I think it will be healthy for us to read through these results regularly throughout the study of this unit.   It’ll put our challenge into perspective.  And I think also, comfort comes from knowing you are not in this thing alone.  Finally, we need to be honest on where we began, if we are going to be effective in making progress into the future.

Please make sure to visit – Building A Better World website for college scholarship information.

Remember the only bad decisions here – are no decisions.  Don’t procrastinate.  Let’s get moving…together.

  • Go here for College Talk Assignment #1 – “To Go or Not to Go”
  • Go here for College Talk Assignment #2 – “How to Pay for it”
  • Go here for College Talk Assignment #3 – “Real World Examples”
  • Go here for College Talk Review – “Podcasts and Websites”
  • Go here for  Data of the Multiple Choice Questions Survey 2014 sem #1.
  • Long Answer Questions
  • Go here for #4 – Stress Level going in
  • Go here for #5 – Five years out where will you be
  • Go here for #27 – One word response to cost  of Higher Education
  • Go here for #28 – What do you want to learn
  • Go here for Assignment – that takes you through survey results.
  • Go here for extra credit NPR podcasts – for unit supplementation.

And below find helpful links to College Costs and You on Blendspace.

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