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.

Blog Post #7 - Due 11/8 - Honors P6

This assignment is for Honors Civics Period 6.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read the assignments. This week's first reading is Public Agenda's Energy reading and gives a strong overview of energy. The second reading is from Chapter 8 from 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 the reading above. You can use any of the sites I have listed on the right, or more general news sites like nytimes.com. 

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, 11/8, 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 #7 - Due 11/8 - Periods 2 and 3

This assignment is for Civics Periods 2 and 3.

The weekly assignment consists of five parts:

1) Read the assignments. This week's readings is Public Agenda's Energy reading and gives a strong overview of energy.

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 can use any of the sites I have listed on the right, or more general news sites like nytimes.com.

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, 11/8, 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.