Mid-term Election 2010 & Ch 26/1 Quiz

The election is almost here. We'll be reading this editorial in class Friday & Monday and voting.

1. Study for the quiz.

2. Take your Ch 26, section 1 quiz (click). Enter the password given to you in class and follow the instructions. The quiz is timed and you must show your score to me in class.

3. Use the posts below to finish your Election 2010 table in your notebook (if you need to).

4. Then, we'll be voting online here. Enter the password given to you in class. Happy voting!


5. Read Ch 26/2 and do the main idea questions a & b in your notebook. (finish as homework)

If you still have time, practice your Ch 25 terms or your Ch 26 terms. We'll be having a test on both chapters shortly.


10/29 & 11/1

1920s & 30s Fashions

20s & 30s Day is just around the corner: Wednesday, October 27th. You’ve read the handout, now check out some era fashions on the web.

You can use the search terms that we came up with in class. If you find good sites you can post them for us in comment section or let me know in class.

A good site that I found was Fashion Era



These sites are also good as well:
(The first two are actually pages of links to lots of sites. Especially check out the “Chicago Exhibition” listed under history on the 20s site.)
http://www.wtps.org/WTHS/imc/Teacher_Assignment/social_studies/mcfadden%20the%2020s.htm

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/Print/printindex.html

There's also some fun cultural items here:
http://www.crazyfads.com/20s.htm

This activity is from last year so if there are any broken links or new ones that I should use, let me know.

U.S. Senate Race: Mark Kirk & Alexi Giannoulias

We'll be looking at the heated Senate race in Illinois.

Mark Kirk's website


Alexi Giannoulias' website

RCP Polls
Check out the poll numbers. Have they changed since well looked at them?

Also, if you have time, take a look at PolitiFact to check the candidates statements. Kirk & Giannoulias. How'd they do?

Election 2010: Governor Race

We'll be discussing the Governor's race in class. One article we'll use is http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/ct-met-governor-race-social-issues-20101015,0,2322534.story

We'll also check out Pat Quinn's and Bill Brady's websites.

We might check out some political ads and sights like these:

Quinn's youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/QuinnForIllinois

Brady's youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bradyforillinois

Anti-Brady and Attack Ads
http://www.bradyforillinois.com/ and the "puppy-killer" ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nvBtioirsg&feature=player_embedded

Not sure if it's fact, opinion or somewhere inbetween? Check out PolitiFact to check the candidates statements.

Lastly, don't forget the poll numbers.

Mid-term Election 2010

In class we'll be concentrating on the Governor & US Senate races. In the meantime here's some interesting data from msnbc. It doesn't claim to predict the election outcome but has some useful data nevertheless. You can see CNN's take here.

Election 2010

Go to http://www.elections.il.gov/ and click on “District/Official Search by address.” Enter you address and it will tell you your current representatives (but not who’s running against them).

Then, check out http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/voterprofile/Pages/default.aspx

You can see the offices that are up for election, which include:

· U.S. Senator

· U.S. Representatives

· Governor

· Lieutenant Governor

· Attorney General

· Secretary of State

· State Comptroller

· State Treasurer

· State Senators (not up for re-election this year)

· State Representatives (not up for re-election this year)

· Cook County Board President

· Cook County Commissioners

· Cook County Assessor

· Cook County Clerk

· Cook County Treasurer

· Cook County Sheriff

They’ll be two US Senate elections. We may discuss this in class but you can read more about it here: http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/2010elections/Pages/SpecialSenateElectionNov22010.aspx

You can google the politicians by name to check out their websites. I’m still looking for a sample ballot and will keep you posted when I find one. If you find one, let me know.

You can also check out http://www.ilvote.gov/ILVote/Welcome.aspx

More info will be discussed in class and can be found through your own searches. Can wait to hear what you find out.