Friday, April 30, 2010

Has Pay-Rod gone too far?


OK so after reading a FOX Sports article on Alex Rodriguez, a Baseball player for the New York Yankees, about all of his desrespect to the game. so read the article and let me know what you guys think.


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Thursday Debate



Here's the proposition:

Arizona Senate Bill 1070 is an appropriate and legal response to the illegal immigration issue along the Mexican border.

Here are some resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_SB1070

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/topics/view/meme/Immigration-Reform-452/

You have 30 minutes to research: Debate @ 8:45 n Chris' room.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Citing Sources / In-Text Parenthetical References

In addition to in-text parenthetical references, please include an MLA bibliography/works cited page.


http://www.noodletools.com/helpdesk/index.php?article=53&action=kb

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?start=&reqstyleid=1#

Example Essay (Correctly Formatted!)

http://www.telecollege.dcccd.edu/library/Module5/Sample.htm

Monday, April 26, 2010

Example Essays and Support Materials: MUST READ

Sophomores/Freshman:

http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/CBAs/HighSchool/HSHistory-CulturalInteractions-SampleMaterials.pdf
http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/CBAs/HighSchool/HSHistory-CulturalInteractions-SupportMaterials.pdf

Juniors:

http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/CBAs/HighSchool/HSHistory-CausesofConflict-SampleResponses.pdf
http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/CBAs/HighSchool/HSHistory-CausesofConflict-SupportMaterials.pdf

Seniors:

http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/CBAs/HighSchool/HSEcon-GovtRevandResponsibility-SampleResponses.pdf
http://www.k12.wa.us/SocialStudies/CBAs/HighSchool/HSEcon-GovtRevandResponsibility-SupportMaterials.pdf

Friday, April 23, 2010

CBA Links for Sophmores

CBA Links for Sophomores working on the "Cultural Interactions" of Mexican Americans

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/beyondtheborder/immigration.html
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico704/
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico/
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2009/09/california_the.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration
http://cis.org/zogbypoll-effectsofamnesty
http://article.nationalreview.com/278412/fix-mexico/jonah-goldberg
http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2006/04/12/first_things_first_fix_mexico
http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?ID=208
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States

*Note* Please use the REFERENCES section at the the bottom of the Wikipedia article....it's full of research and CBA gold!

New! Better! Links!

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico/
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/mexico/links.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/31/MNGJ66TO9J1.DTL

CBA Links fo Juniors

"Causes of Conflict" Links for Those Studying the Ugandan Civil War/Lord's Resistance Army

Primary Sources

Use the "References" and "External Links" at the bottom of the following Wikipedia Articles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/about/history/
http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/northern-uganda/contents.php


Secondary Sources


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda
http://www.invisiblechildren.com/about/history/

CBA Links For Seniors

For Seniors Working on The "Government Revenue and Responsibility" CBA

Primary Sources

http://www.sdc.wa.gov/issues/budget/visualizing/

Very Clear Breakdown of the Governor's Plan!!!!

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget/default.asp
http://www.ofm.wa.gov/budget10/highlights/default.asp
http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/
http://senaterepublicans.wa.gov/
http://www.sdc.wa.gov/
http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/
http://www.governor.wa.gov/priorities/budget/default.asp


http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4598474607840034104

Secondary Sources

http://www.spokesman.com/tags/2010-washington-legislature/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011680454_apwataxes.html?prmid=related_stories_section
http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=news&sub=2&topic=19
http://www.wsrp.org/


State Rep Links:

Democrats
http://www.sdc.wa.gov/senators/brown/
http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/members/ormsby/index.asp

Republicans
http://senaterepublicans.wa.gov/mccaslin/index.htm
http://hrc.leg.wa.gov/members/larry-crouse/