Civics Summer Assignment 2014-2015

Welcome to the old Civics Blog! We have since switched to Schoology, but this post will suffice for the summer assignment.

Your summer homework is the following:

Read six articles, whether from The New York Times or another credible newspaper or news magazine. Read about topics that interest you, not what you think might interest me.

After each text you read, go to this link and complete the questions. Your answers need not be long, but they should be thoughtful.

All responses are due by midnight on the last day of summer break. Again, this assignment will serve as a diagnostic and help me to ensure that you learn the necessary critical reading skills over the course of the semester.

If you have any questions, please email me at t.rochowicz@wheelsnyc.org.

Good luck, and enjoy the summer!

Civics Summer Homework 2013-2014

Welcome to the Civics Blog! Get acquainted, for you will be close friends and sworn enemies before long.

Your summer homework is the following:

Read six articles, whether from The New York Times, another credible newspaper or news magazine, or from any of the hyperlinks in the right-hand column of this blog. Read about topics that interest you, not what you think might interest me.

Then, after each text you read, go to this link and complete the questions. Your answers need not be long, but they should be thoughtful.

All responses are due by midnight on September 8. Again, this assignment will serve as a diagnostic and help me to ensure that you learn the necessary critical reading skills over the course of the semester.

If you have any questions, please email me at t.rochowicz@wheelsnyc.org.

Good luck, and enjoy the summer!

Economics Syllabi

P1 Honors Economics Syllabus

P3 and P6 Economics Syllabus

Economics Diagnostic

Please click here for the economics diagnostic. Remember, this is to see what you know!

Honors Final - Due 1/23

1. Click here to download the PDF.

2. Create two essays, each using two of the philosophies from the chapters we read.

3. In each essay, create your argument using one philosophy to support your reasoning. In your refutation, argue against the perspective of a second philosophy.

4. You do not need sources besides Sandel (if you are quoting or paraphrasing his ideas).

5. The final is due Wednesday by midnight.

Blog Post #11 - Due 1/10 - All Periods

This final assignment is for all Civics periods - P2, P3, and Honors P6.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read "This is Water" by David Foster Wallace.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the reading. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to the reading above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research. Almost any social issue can connect to the theme of the speech.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 1/10, by 12:00am.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.

Blog Post #10 - Due 12/20 - Honors Period 6

This assignment is for Honors Civics Period 6.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read Chapter 39 from We the People and Chapter 10 of Sandel's Justice.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the readings. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to one of the readings above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 12/20, by 12:00am.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.

Blog Post #10 - Due 12/20 - P2 and P3

This assignment is for Civics Periods 2 and 3.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read Chapter 39 from We the People.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the reading. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to the reading above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 12/20, by 12:00am.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.

Blog Post #9 - Due 12/13 - Honors Period 6

This assignment is for Honors Civics Period 6.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read Chapter 34 from We the People and Chapter 10 of Sandel's Justice.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the readings. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to one of the readings above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 12/13, by 5:00pm.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.

Blog Post #9 - Due 12/13 - Periods 2 and 3

This assignment is for Civics Periods 2 and 3.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read Chapter 34 from We the People.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the reading. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to the reading above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 12/13, by 5:00pm.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.

Blog Post #8 - Due 12/6 - Honors Civics P6

This assignment is for Honors Civics Period 6.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read excerpts from Dalton's The Good Citizen, including all of the graphs at the end of the reading. Also, read Chapter 9 of Sandel's Justice.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the readings. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to one of the readings above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 12/6, by 5:00pm.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.

Blog Post #8 - Due 12/6 - Periods 2 and 3

This assignment is for Civics Periods 2 and 3.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read excerpts from Dalton's The Good Citizen, including all of the graphs at the end of the reading.

2) Take Cornell Notes on the reading. I will collect these notes on Friday in class.

3) Find another credible source on the internet that connects to the reading above. You should try to find a source on your policy issue so that it can work for this blog post and contribute to your research.

4) After you read the source that you find, answer the following questions as a blog entry below:

• Write a summary sentence for the text you found.
• How does the text connect to that week’s topic or to the other text you have read?
• What evidence do you have that the text you found is credible?
• Does the author present strong evidence to support his/her argument? Provide an example.
• Create a short synthesis paragraph on the one of the texts and your text.

Keep in mind that everyone else will see what you write below, so please keep it professional. This post is due Thursday, 12/6, by 5:00pm.

5) Come to class on Friday ready to discuss the reading and the text you found!

If you need support or have questions, my office hours are Wednesday and Thursday from 3:15-4:15 in Room 229.