Link to The Week Questions

http://theweek.com/teachers/index/

2010 Washington State Mock Election

Alright kids, it's time to do your civic duty (well, not really considering that your votes don't count....but I hope you get the point.)

Let's get our vote on!

The 2010 Washington State Mock Election

1100 vs. 1105

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=13297413

2010 Mid-Term Election jigsaw

First of all, here's the only link you need. If you'd like to go above and beyond that to do some research on your own- knock yourself out!

Here's the assignment:

We have to cover 1 Senate race, 1 House of Representatives race, and 5 initiatives. All seven of those issues/races will be covered by an individual student group which will then be responsible for researching both sides of the issue and making an official recommendation to the student body on how to vote during the upcoming Washington State Student Election on October 25th.

Here are the initiatives/races:

Initiative Measure 1082
Initiative Measure 1098
Initiative Measure 1100
Initiative Measure 1105
Initiative Measure 1107
U.S. Senator (View all)
U.S. Representative (View all)

Like I mentioned above, each group will have time to research their issue/race using Washington State's Digital Voter's Guide (just follow the link) in order to make a rehearsed, well-organized, and comprehensive presentation on their official recommendation to the student body of RLA.

NOTE: The only writing requirment is that your group submit your official recommendation with supporting reasons. One recommendation per group. That's it.

Any questions? Let's discuss....

Viva Democracy! Viva Civic Engagement! Viva Villa!

Pulaski Tunnel Creative Writing Assignment

Here goes:

By tomorrow morning, each student - regardless of whether or not they actually attended the field trip - will need to have completed a 1,000 word, first-person creative narrative from the perspective of someone involved with the heroic tale of the Pulaski Tunnel.

In simpler terms, what this means is that you need to write a story about the fateful events of August 20th, 1910 from the perspective of someone who was there.

Lastly, you need to include 2 quotes from primary sources (AKA quotes from Pulaski and the survivors themselves.)

Please make sure that your submissions is typed in 12pt Times New Roman font and double-spaced.

The assignment is due tomorrow morning at 8:30.

Good luck, be creative, and have fun!

-Ned-

p.s. Here's a link to get you started. Here's another one.

Bloody Science!

Study the following site:

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0115080/?c=intro_bld&v=printable

Then follow the links and take the blood quiz:
Main > Interactivity > Quizzes

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