Thursday, December 15, 2011
Blog 16: Final Brain Storming
To prepare for the final, brainstorm on 3 things we could do to make the U.S. a better place. You may research your ideas online. By the end of the hour, turn in 3 problems in the U.S., 3 ideas you have to correct them, & how an individual would participate in correcting them. Write them down on a sheet of paper and turn them in before you leave.
Blog 15: FDR & the Second Bill of Rights
Write your answers on a sheet of paper & turn it in at the end of the hour.
Go to the following link & read Franklin D. Roosevelt's 2nd Bill of Rights:
http://www.fdrheritage.org/bill_of_rights.htm
After reading the speech, answer the following questions:
1. Describe FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights Speech.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the ideas in the speech? Why or why not? Explain you answer.
3. How do you think he would have implemented these ideas? How would he have done it? Paid for it? Got support for it? etc.
Go to the following link & read Franklin D. Roosevelt's 2nd Bill of Rights:
http://www.fdrheritage.org/bill_of_rights.htm
After reading the speech, answer the following questions:
1. Describe FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights Speech.
2. Do you agree or disagree with the ideas in the speech? Why or why not? Explain you answer.
3. How do you think he would have implemented these ideas? How would he have done it? Paid for it? Got support for it? etc.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Recent History Final
The final in Recent History will be a 5 paragraph essay. Students will create 3 ideas that the U.S. could do to make the country better. Each body paragraph should include a different idea and explanation of how to do it. Each should include how an individual person could be a part of the change.
Example:
Problem= Poverty
Solution= Education
Free College for students with 3.5 or higher, and free preschool for all kids payed through higher taxes on annual incomes over 250,000
Explanation: Students who couldn't afford college would be given the opportunity to go based on their effort in high school. Also, if students started school earlier, they could learn to read & count earlier and be on grade level by elementary school.
An individual could call & write to their congressman. Pay attention to what representatives vote for education and vote for them. Also run for congress and get the issue discussed at a national level.
Due: December 19th, 2011
Example:
Problem= Poverty
Solution= Education
Free College for students with 3.5 or higher, and free preschool for all kids payed through higher taxes on annual incomes over 250,000
Explanation: Students who couldn't afford college would be given the opportunity to go based on their effort in high school. Also, if students started school earlier, they could learn to read & count earlier and be on grade level by elementary school.
An individual could call & write to their congressman. Pay attention to what representatives vote for education and vote for them. Also run for congress and get the issue discussed at a national level.
Due: December 19th, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
World Conflict: U.S. Intervention
Get into groups of 2 and develop a 12 font typed, single spaced, half page explanation of when the United States should intervene in issues or problems facing another nation. Who should decide if and who the U.S. helps? What should be the protocol for sending financial, diplomatic, or military aid? What kind of aid should we send? When should we send it? How should it be distributed? How should the U.S. pay for it? etc. Explain your reasoning. If you need help, look up arguments online for and against U.S. intervention. Email it to me in an attachment titled, U.S. Intervention in the World, with both of your names on it. We will discuss our thoughts towards the end of the hour.
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