Government, Politics, the Media and Economics

Informed Citizen rubric

Ms. Sued — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:05:26 +0000

Here’s the rubric…

Voter Identification Quiz

Ms. Sued — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:23:50 +0000

http://typology.people-press.org/typology/

Print your results and bring them in tomorrow

Dream Act

Ms. Sued — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:16:31 +0000

http://m.yahoo.com/news?.ybx=hero#/stories/article?id=nm/us_usa_immigration_senate&cat=top-stories

Class Sizes Growing in NYC

Ms. Sued — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:11:49 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/nyregion/18class.html?_r=1&hp

HW: Read the article. Then, react in 4+ sentences.

An agenda or not?

Ms. Sued — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:31:38 +0000

http://nyti.ms/aroKAz

HW #4: Read. 4 sentence reaction.

Writers anonymous…

Ms. Sued — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:59:21 +0000

Please DO NOT put your last names on your comments. This is to protect your identity! Last initial only.

Who reps you?

Ms. Sued — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:35:47 +0000

Find out which political district you reside in. Then, find out which politicians represent you. Make sure you get the representatives, the senators, etc. Lastly, find the addresses and phone numbers to their political offices. Due Wednesday.

Exam Friday!

Ms. Sued — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:27:09 +0000

Incredible opportunity!

Ms. Sued — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:11:44 +0000

Are you interested in applying to the High School Law Institute at NYU and Columbia University?

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn about law in great law schools while in High School.

Don’t worry about your grades or if you have no law experience, all they want is that you have great attendance.

Classes are every Saturday from October 2 to April 9th. Application is due Monday at 5pm. I highly recommend you apply.

Here is the application link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDVPRjdBRUZUY0VGRzhCNHdTTlJ2LXc6MA

The application must be received by 5pm on Monday, September 20, 2010.

Current Events

Ms. Sued — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:31:38 +0000

Choose a current events article of your choice. Then, write 5 sentences summarizing the article and giving your reaction.

Make sure you include the source of your article!

“Name of Article.” Newspaper Name. Author. Date. [URL].