Current World Issues

08/24/15	What we do in class	Due Today
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Wednesday	Syllabus
Thursday	Getting to know you activity	Due: Folder and Notebook
Friday	Current Events: Share article and opinion	Bring a current events article/summarize orally for class and then tell us your opinion and THREE REASONS WHY

08/31/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	"When Values Collide" Sheet Look at Values of Nation
Tuesday	Discuss: Is Football too violent? Read pro and con article
Wednesday	Intro to Cloning Unit-"What is a human?"-List characteristics
Thursday	Video clip on Test Tube Babies Jurassic Park/Frankenstein
Friday	Channel 1 Octomom Reading /Video	Due: Define Vocabulary in your own words

09/7/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	NO SCHOOL
Tuesday	Finish Octomom Reading /Video Read/Discuss Various Cloning Articles
Wednesday	Baby is Conceived for Bone Marrow Baby is Conceived Video Update on Computer/Discuss Asia's Missing Girls
Thursday	Speaker-stem cell research Dr. Jason Petersen	Knee-Jerk Cloning Ban Article Due
Friday	Channel 1 Upfront Magazine Word Find

09/14/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Finish Articles/Report Work on Cloning Packet-Highlight events in cloning
Tuesday	Assign parts for Congressional Trial
Wednesday	Preparation for Congressional Trial in Computer Lab
Thursday	Congressional Trial	Dress the part! 10 questions for simulation due
Friday	Finish the Trial Discuss	Transgenic Fish/Eugenics Articles Quiz Study for Test on Tuesday

09/21/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday
Tuesday		Work on Review
Wednesday	Start "The Island"
Thursday	Watch "The Island"
Friday	Watch "The Island"

09/28/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Test over Cloning Women in the Military article in Upfront Magazine	Wrongful Birth Questions Due TEST TODAY! Review Due (Optional)
Tuesday	Watch Surviving the Cut "Marine Recon"/Take Notes
Wednesday	Women in the Military
Thursday	Women in Military-2 Rangers Stories
Friday	HOMECOMING DAY!

10/5/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Women in Military Pro and Con from people who were there... Write your opinion... Take Pre- D.P. Quiz
Tuesday	Draw for Death Penalty Cases Discuss Capital Punishment Do Student Handout 2 Watch Video-fill out Handout 3	If not finished in class, Women in Combat writing...yes or no and 3 pieces of evidence to support your side
Wednesday	Finish Video/ Packet/Discuss
Thursday	Current Events Search	Do Poll over the Weekend!
Friday	NO SCHOOL-INSERVICE

10/12/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Go over Poll Handout 5 Handout 4 Case Study	Poll Handout 5 Due
Tuesday	Notes on Death Penalty Methods	D.P. Packets due if not done in class/Death Penalty Case Posters due
Wednesday	Notes on Death Penalty Methods Explain Posters	If you missed class, get notes here: Death Penalty Power Point
Thursday	AB-Video on Death Penalty
Friday	Work on Death Penalty Cases in Computer Lab 128	Find Current Event Article/Draw a Political Cartoon about that issue

10/19/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Show Political Cartoons on Current Events Notes on Death Penalty Methods	If you missed class, here are the notes for Death Penalty Day 1: https://youtu.be/I4-Z2mug54o
Tuesday	Notes on Death Penalty Methods Present Death Penalty Posters	Death Penalty Posters Due If you missed class, here are the notes for Death Penalty Day 2: https://youtu.be/_UW-QN9Cza8
Wednesday	Quiz over Death Penalty Cases Statistics Discussion Packet in groups Watch "A Time to Kill"	If you missed class, here are the notes for Death Penalty Day 3: https://youtu.be/2-uRmq4rv_Q
Thursday	Discuss Pres. Bush article Watch "A Time to Kill"
Friday	Watch "A Time to Kill" Current Events Game	Quiz over Bush Hits the Pause Button Quiz over Death Penalty Cases

10/26/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Finish notes on Death Penalty	Due: Write letter to the editor about death penalty
Tuesday	Gun Control Packet
Wednesday	Gun Control
Thursday	Lab 128 Research for Gun Control	Letter to the Editor Due
Friday	Share Current Events 1 minute Speech	Speech-summary of article and your belief with 3 reasons Must be 1 minute but no longer than 1:30.

11/02/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Computer Lab: Gun Control Background	Gun Control Packet
Tuesday	Absent -Current Events
Wednesday	Absent -Current Events
Thursday	Notes on Videos from both sides of the Gun Control issue
Friday	NO SCHOOL

11/09/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Computer lab: Prepare for debate
Tuesday	Debate on Gun Control	10 Notecards due for debate with documented facts, quotes and stories
Wednesday	NO SCHOOL
Thursday	Read "Columbine article" Define a Cult Took notes on Defining a Mainstream church vs a Cult Start reading "Secrets of the Cult"
Friday	Watch video on those who escaped a cult/guide	"Secrets of a Cult" Due If you were absent, get notes here: http://youtu.be/K6MKzOjb9aE

11/16/15
Monday	Video on those who escaped a cult/guide Characteristics of a Cult	Finished Cult movie guide If you were absent, get notes here: http://youtu.be/EPjpro3AVmg
Tuesday	Computer lab: Work on Cult Presentations Lab 117	Computer lab: questions/research
Wednesday	Computer lab: Work on Cult Presentations Lab 121	Cosmic Family Article Questions Due Computer lab: questions/research
Thursday	Present Cults	Cult Report Due
Friday	Present Cults

11/23/15
Monday	Read Uganda Cult Article
Tuesday	Quiz over "Secrets of the Cult" Finish Presenting Cults	Secrets of the Cult Due
Wednesday	Finish Presenting Cults
Thursday	NO SCHOOL
Friday	NO SCHOOL

11/30/15	TEST over Death Penalty, Gun Control and Cults	Review Due
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Friday		If you missed Population Notes, here they are: http://youtu.be/uTnttGNo84s

12/07/15
Monday	Quiz Population Power Pt	Read "Global Impact of a Meat Based Diet"-Quiz!
Tuesday	Population Power Pt Read article on Earth Day in Magazine
Wednesday	Computer Lab: Work on Projects
Thursday	Quiz over article Computer Lab: Work on Projects	Crossword Due
Friday	AIDS Power Point
		Rainforest Reading Due
12/14/15
Monday	Share Brochures Present Environment Projects	Environment Projects and brochures due
Tuesday	Present Environment Projects	World Hunger Reading Due
Wednesday		Oil Field or Sanctuary?
Thursday	Blood Diamonds	HIV Survivor's Story
Friday	Blood Diamonds

12/21/15	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Blood Diamonds
Tuesday	Diamond Facts In Africa a Town Unravels	"Diamonds Article" Due
Wednesday	Global Issues Test	Review Due for TEST
Thursday	Terrorism
Friday	Criminal Minds-Terrorism Episode	Going Nuclear Due

12/28/15	What we do in class
Monday	Terrorism Sim
Tuesday	Terrorism-The Siege	BioTerror Due
Wednesday	Terrorism-The Siege
Thursday	Terrorism-The Siege	Review due Last Day
Friday

1/4/16	What we do in class	Due Today
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01/11/16	What we do in class	Due Today
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Tuesday	SEMESTER TESTS
Wednesday	SEMESTER TESTS
Thursday	SEMESTER TESTS
Friday

01/13/14	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Read "Cosmic Family article"
Tuesday	Presentations on Cults	Presentations due
Wednesday	Read "Uganda's Faithful Dead" Presentations on Cults	"Cosmic Family Article Due"
Thursday	Discuss "Uganda's Faithful Dead" Secrets of the Cult
Friday	Upfront Magazine Search	Secrets of the Cult Due

01/21/13	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	The Environment: Introduce projects Start Packet
Tuesday	Work on Environment Research Project
Wednesday	Work on Environment Research Project
Thursday	Environment Packets
Friday	Environment Packets	Environment Packet due

01/28/13	What we do in class	Due Today
Monday	Terrorism Sim	"Why We Haven't Found Bin Laden" questions due
Tuesday	Patriot Act Watch "The Siege"
Wednesday	Terrorism Attack Reports
Thursday	"The Siege"	Read The Patriot Act Packet-political cartoon due
Friday	"The Siege" Discuss

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03/24/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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03/31/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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04/14/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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04/21/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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04/28/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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05/05/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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05/12/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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05/19/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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05/26/13	What we do in class	Due Today
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Other Information and Extra Credit

DEBATE ON GUN CONTROL

First: Go to www.ontheissues.org and choose QUIZZES for 2012 Presidential Candidates and take quiz. Answer the questions and find out which candidates match your beliefs. Print out the results and tell me if it is what you expected or not and why. J

(I was even surprised by some of my results!!)

http://www.guncite.com/- GREAT site for information on all sides of the Gun Control issues-obviously you can use others if you wish.

In order to get full points, each person must:

Use research time wisely
Have 10 facts ready for the debate with sources listed-(must have at least 3 different sources)
Speak at least 5 times during the debate
Follow Debate Protocol

As a team, decide who will be doing the following:

1) Introduction

2) Closing

3) Support YOUR cause

4) Attack THEIR cause

5) PREDICT their attacks and be ready to DEFEND

Gun Control Topics to prepare for:

1) History of Gun Control

2) Past and Current Laws

3) Types of Guns included

4) How to Access Guns

5) Other Countries Stance on Gun Control

6) Statistics

7) Stories

8) Famous Cases

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Gun Control Debate

Team:______________________________________

Individual:__________________________________

Use of Time _____/10

Note cards with Sources listed _____/10

At least 3 Sources _____/10

Speaking 5 x’s _____/10

Delivery _____/10

Team performance _____/10

Total: _____/60