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Friday, August 19, 2011

Do people deserve a second chance? Would I grant them such?




-Access Class BLOG and open WORD--

Vocabulary -Research and define REDEMPTION

- Follow the links and read about NFL player Michael Vick

--The Question is -- 1)Do people deserve a Second Chance?? -- like Mr. G who started teaching severely handicapped students before any of you were born. 2) Does he deserve to attempt this again, or can some challenges be too difficult? 3) Should some people not deserve a Second Chance, because of choices they made ?

Juveniles in California

Michael Vick - Wiki

Michael Vick Redemtion

3- Read posts on CollegeNET Forum

4- Create your own post to comments as response to EQ-this should be substantive and insightful for others to gain knowledge

5- When comment is posted—respond to 3 other’s comments --also more than yes/no

6- You may also read comments of original Mr. G Blog on June 8, 2011

Thursday, July 28, 2011

How do juries decide?



-- access class BLOG and use listed Web Sites

- Collaborative activity --Jury Steps (procedures) and write a short summary--

Present to Class

Then the following when complete

2- When do you not qualify for jury duty? include all related reasons

Write on a WORD document and paste to comments.

WEB SITE

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

How do juries decide?




-What are other Mass transit systems in US and the World?--

What are the commonly used names(What they call them there) of any 5 of the the following Mass Transit Systems?


Chicago,New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Morgantown, Washington D.C., Boston, Moscow Russia, Paris France

Use the research to also find cost$$ for travel

Set up a table in Word 5 rows(Cities) 3 columns( city/transit name/cost$$)

Web Sites

Rapid Transit Wiki

Links

GOOGLE

Post cities, names, and costs$$ to Comments

Thursday, July 7, 2011

How does the US court system process a trial?

1-Select from the below list one famous Trial.
Mike Vick

Lindsey Lohan --OJ Simpson-- Shoeless Joe Jackson --Scottsboro Boys

Sam Sheppard-- Chicago 7-- Lenny Bruce-- Leornard Peltier

Squeaky Fromme --Michael Jackson --John Hinckly --Timothy McVey

Chris Brown-- Kobe Bryant-- Hurricane Rubin Carter-- John Brown

LAPD (Rodney King Beating)-- Martha Stewart--


2-COPY Trial Project off Flash Drive

3-Paste to WORD document

4-Fill in research data and save to Flash drive for class presentation( you may collect pictures here)


Web Sites

Famous Trials

Trials

GOOGLE

Wikipedia


Friday, July 1, 2011

Who are 2 of my WV House of Delegate members?


Research the WV House of Delegates listed at Web site.
Pick 2 House of Delegates members .


Prepare a (3 paragraph)letter in WORD to one delegates .
1-Who am I and where do I live
2-What is important for my county to be a better place to live
3-What can you do for my county, to help with my suggestion
--Copy and paste letter to comments on your class blog----
Web sites



Wednesday, June 29, 2011

What countries do not have 4th July independence?




Access Class Blog
Student will use Web sites to respond in essay form to questions
Write on WORD then copy to COMMENTS
Writing Prompts Pick a restrictive country
1-Describe where the country is (continent, 2 border counties)?
2- Who is in charge, and what abuses of human rights?
3-What rights do they not have, compared to the US Bill of Rights?


Use GOOGLE to Search the country, and Leader for information.

When Complete

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Where is my local government? Who is involved?




Use the following WEB Sites to find your Local Government
City -- click on WV Cities

1- Mayor (Executive Branch) include Police chief/Fire Chief/ Water Dept.? Recreation Dept.
2) City Council Members
3) Municipal Court Judges

Post you findings to comments