Environmental Project Update

In 50 - 100 words, tell me what you have accomplished on your Environmental Project.

I would also like to know...

- What do you have left to accomplish?
- How long do you think it will take you to finish your project?

Discussion 11

Some people feel that the public school system does not adequately prepare students for the real world. 

Identify one improvement you think schools need to make in order to better prepare students for life after high school. 

In approximately one hundred words, describe this improvement and explain why it is needed.  

Discussion 10

Music plays an important role in every culture and in every individual's life. Explain the role music plays in your culture or in your own life. 

Responses should be 50-100 words.

April Project

Presentation Requirements

4-6 Minutes

Include Resources

Appropriateness

Presentation is used as a tool, not a script

Eye Contact

Voice

Illustrations

Implications of the topic and solutions/improvements

Ways we can help make a change.

Recycling -- Taylor

Pollution -- Ashley Harris

Toxins -- Dylan

Mammal Extinction -- Leah

Conservation -- Hayli

Land Degradation -- Ashley Hudson

Population Explosion -- Lena

Nuclear Issues -- Sawyer

Destruction of the Rain Forests -- Mallory

Climate Change -- Kennidy

Waste -- Kaitlyn

Ozone Depletion -- Micaela 

Discussion 9

27 Days Remaining...


We only have 27 days of school left for this year! The year will be over before we know it!

Either respond by telling what you have done to be successful this year or how you are going to finish the year strong.

Responses should be approximately 100 words.

Women's History Month Questions

	Answer the questions about each of these influential women and turn them in by next Friday, March 30th. Rosa Parks How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last? http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee How many Olympic medals did she earn? http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016055.html
	Sacajawea What famous team of explorers did she travel with? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/sacajawea.html
	Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony What prominent organization was led by these two women? http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/women/suffrage.html
	Janet Reno and Madeleine Albright What jobs did these women hold during Bill Clinton's presidency? http://www.wic.org/bio/jreno.htm http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/biography/albright.html
	Betsy Ross Who asked her to make the first American flag? http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagtale.html
	Harriet Tubman By what nickname did slaves call her? http://www.civilwarhome.com/tubmanbio.htm
	Sally Ride What sport did this famous astronaut play as a young woman? http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html
	Helen Keller What is the title of her autobiography? http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=91
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Which president nominated her to the Supreme Court? http://www.supremecourthistory.org/justice/ginsburg.htm
	Amelia Earhart What was Earhart's role on her first transatlantic flight? http://www.ninety-nines.org/earhart.html
	Georgia O'Keeffe Which museum presented the first retrospective exhibit of work by a woman artist? http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm
	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis What job did Jackie have before she married John F. Kennedy? http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html
	Hillary Clinton To what official role did President Bill Clinton appoint her? http://www.wic.org/bio/hclinton.htm
	Equal Rights Amendment Who wrote the ERA, passed by the Senate in March 1972? http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/history.html
	Molly Pitcher What heroic acts did she perform during the Battle of Monmouth, in June 1778? http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/notable/pitcherm/
	Clara Barton Why wasn't she permitted to work with the International Red Cross? http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bart-cla.htm
	Gloria Steinem Which two magazines did she help found? http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=150
	Sandra Day O'Connor What "first" did she accomplish in the Arizona Senate? http://www.loc.gov/rr/women/oconnor.html
	Eleanor Roosevelt What was the title of the newspaper column she wrote? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/peopleevents/pande01.html

Discussion 8

Spring break is just around the corner!!! If you could do anything you wanted that week, what would it be? Explain your reasoning and be descriptive.

Minimum 50 words

Women's History Month Project

Create a presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi, or iMovie.

Requirements:
5-7 minutes
Pictures
Background Information
Importance
Bibliography

Due Friday, March 16th at the beginning of class.

Discussion 7

Given the chance to give your child only one quality as a person, which would you choose? How about if that choice were unavailable, what would be your second and maybe third choices? Why are these so important to you?


Responses should be 50 - 100 words.

Discussion 6

If you were to die tomorrow, where would you want your prized possessions to go? Who would you trust with your most treasured item? In at least 50 words, write your Last Will and Testament.

Discussion 5

A television network is looking for ideas for a new television series for teenagers. In approximately 100 words, write a description of a show you think you and your peers would enjoy. Include all the information that will help the network evaluate your idea, including the show’s title, what kind of show it is (such as reality, comedy, music, game, or sports), specific details or features of the show that would be appealing to teenage viewers, and an example of what viewers might see in a typical episode.

Discussion 4 - Valentine's Day

Read the following information about Valentine's Day. What are your thoughts on the holiday? Was any of the information provided new or interesting to you? Do you think the holiday should be celebrated?

The Legend of St. Valentine

The history of Valentine's Day--and the story of its patron saint--is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? 

The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. 

Origins of Valentine's Day: A Pagan Festival in February

While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial--which probably occurred around A.D. 270--others claim that the Christian church may have decided to place St. Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to "Christianize" the pagan celebration of Lupercalia. Celebrated at the ides of February, or February 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus. 

Valentine's Day: A Day of Romance

Lupercalia survived the initial rise of Christianity and but was outlawed—as it was deemed “un-Christian”--at the end of the 5th century, when Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively associated with love. During the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of Valentine's Day should be a day for romance. 

"Hallmark holiday" is a disparaging term,used predominantly in the United States, to describe a holiday that is perceived to exist primarily for commercial purposes, rather than to commemorate a traditionally significant event. The name comes from Hallmark Cards, a privately owned American company, that benefits from such manufactured events through sales of greeting card

Discussion 3

If you could live in any period of history, what would it be and why?

Discussion 2

In 20 years, I would like to be....

Write a response to the above prompt using a minimum of one hundred words.  Remember all responses must be school appropriate!

Discussion 1

In one hundred words or less, respond to the following prompt. 

If I was president of the United States, I would.....