Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Blagojevich the Fanatic

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Over at the on-again-off-again-but-always-funny The Daley Show Blog (a play on words: The Daily Show + Mayor Richard M. Daley) they’re hav...

Politician Postcard WebQuest

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Activity I: Politicians in the news Turn to the Government Officials page (73) in the back of your blue constitution workbook. Choose one of...

Sudan

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We are going to be writing postcards to politicians soon and to highlight one of the many issues that we might write about we are watching ...
Sunday, April 15, 2007

U.S. Constitution WebQuest

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First, take a look at the Declaration of Independence by clicking here , then the Constitution by clicking here (same site), and the Bill...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Chapter 32 WebQuest

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1) The Presidential Election of 2000 First we will read about the 2000 election in your textbook. Then, take a look at these two sites about...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Iraq & Vietnam

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We are discussing Ch 30 on Vietnam in school now and comparing the War to the current war in Iraq. WEBQUEST Find websites that chronicle wha...
Thursday, January 18, 2007

Genocide In Darfur

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As we have discussed in class, Genocide is not confined to the history books. It's happening right now in Darfur, a region of Sudan in A...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist Campaign

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After spending time in class talking about Nazis, fascist and the murder and hate that they bring, I think that it’s time for action. As I r...
Sunday, January 07, 2007

2006 Year in Review with Political Cartoons

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We've talked about political cartoons throughout the year. I often use Daryl Cagle's MSNBC site. He's posted an interesting, alt...

Top News Stories of 2006

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It seems like a lot of the top stories of the year happened over the winter break this year and even into early January. If the poll went up...