You will create a PowerPoint for your amendment to the US Constitution.

For each amendment you will answer 4 questions.

1. What year was the amendment ratified?

2. What was the purpose of the amendment?

3. What problem was the amendment meant to address?

4. In your opinion, how effective is the amendment?

Email me your work at the end of the period

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Prohibition Video


Women's Suffrage Video

Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Questions

1.   Name and year of the Supreme Court case.

2.   Tell the story about what happened.

3.   What was the controversy? (why was there not a clear decision?)

4.   What was the argument of each side?

--Argument  1          --Argument 2

5.   What was the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision?

6.   Why did the SCOTUS make this decision? (use the Constitution and its amendments for SCOTUS justification)

7.   How did the decision affect US law?

8.   Do you agree with the SCOTUS’s decision? Why or why not?

9. What decision would you have made? Why?

1st Period Government! Jesse, John, Tommy, Pearl-A!, Petey, Sabrina, Victor, Leslie, Christian, Ryan, Nick...I hope I didn't leave anyone out! LISTEN UP!

This is your assignment today since we have a sub. EMAIL ALL OF YOUR WORK AT THE END OF THE PERIOD! 

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

I) Finish the questions the sub gives you then,

II) Finish the campaign finance questions in the post below this post (Pearl is the only one finished, she emailed me her work already)

III) Answer the following questions:

Presidential Elections Research               

1. What animal represents the Democratic Party?
2. What animal represents the Republican Party?
3. What color represents the Democratic Party?
4. What color represents the Republican Party?
5. Who won the 1980 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
6. Who won the 1988 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
7. Who won the 1992 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
8. Who won the 1996 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
9. Who won the 2000 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
10. Who won the 2004 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
11. Who won the 2008 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?
12. Who won the 2012 Presidential Election and what party did he represent?

Campaign Finance in the United States

1.    What is a political campaign?

2.    How do politicians pay for their campaigns?

3.    What does campaign finance law seek to minimize?

4.    Summarize the SCOTUS decision Buckley v. Valeo.

5.    Summarize the SCOTUS decision Citizens United v. FEC.

6.    Do you think there should be restrictions on contributions to political

candidates? Why?

7.    Do you think donating money is like free speech? Why?

8. If you were a Supreme Court justice, how would you decide McCutcheon v. FEC? Why? (justify your answer by citing the US Constitution.

You will create a PowerPoint for amendments 13-19 of the US Constitution.

For each amendment you will answer 4 questions.
1. What year was the amendment ratified?
2. What was the purpose of the amendment?
3. What problem was the amendment meant to address?
4. In your opinion, how effective is the amendment?

Amendment Project

Create PowerPoint listing amendments 11-19 or 20-27 of the US Constitution.
 For each amendment you will answer 4 questions.
1. What year was the amendment ratified?
2. What was the purpose of the amendment?
3. What problem was the amendment meant to address?
4. In your opinion, how effective is the amendment?

Government: Political Parties

You will create a power point (or poster) outlining the platforms of the major political parties in the United States.

You will write 1 complete sentence describing the position of the Democrats and Republicans on the following issues:

• Military spending

• Obamacare

• Marijuana laws

• Same sex marriage laws

• Abortion
• Environmental regulation

• Campaign finace reform

• Affirmative action

• Gun control

1 period!
Email me what you have:

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Landmark Supreme Court Decision PowerPoint

Landmark Supreme Court Decisions PPT

1.   Name and year of the Supreme Court case.

2.   Tell the story about what happened.

3.   What was the controversy? (why was there not a clear decision?)

4.   What was the argument of each side?

--Argument  1          --Argument 2

5.   What was the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision?

6.   Why did the SCOTUS make this decision?

7.   How did the decision affect US law?

8.   Do you agree with the SCOTUS’s decision? What decision would you have made?

3rd period students! Email me what you have at the end of the period

3rd period students! Email me what you have at the end of the period

THERE IS A SUB, HERE ARE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS!

1st Period ECONOMICS:

Read the following 3 articles related to supply and demand and summarize them. Then, email me the summaries: Mr. Rivera's Email Address

Nokia Sales Drop

The Price of Gold is Crashing. Here's Why

Supplier Woes Stir Apple Fears


3rd Period US HISTORY and 8th Period US HISTORY

Read the following Wikipedia article about Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Wikipedia: Letter from Birmingham Jail

Then, listen to the following news story about the Letter from Birmingham Jail:

Click Here to Listen to the Story

Write a summary about the Letter from the Birmingham Jail and email it to me Mr. Rivera's Email Address

USE YOUR RUBRICS TO GUIDE YOUR WRITING!!!!!!

Create a PowerPoint about the Civil Rights Movement. Use the generic rubric you were provided to guide your research.

What type of resistance was employed during the Civil Rights Movement?

How did the Civil Rights Movement affect the lives of minorities in the United States?

Do you think Martin Luther King's idea of non-violent resistance was the most effective way to gain civil rights for minorities? Why or Why not?

Include the following terms:

14th Amendment
Literacy Tests
Poll Tax
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown v. Board of Education
Martin Luther King
Malcom X
Non-violent Resistance

Create a PowerPoint about the Cold War. Use the generic rubric you were provided to guide your research.

How did the 2nd Red Scare affect freedom of speech in the 1950's?

How did the 2nd Red Scare affect US foreign policy in the 1950's?

If you were President of the United States during the 2nd Red Scare, how would you have 1) reassured the American people about the threat of Communism and 2) changed American foreign policy?

Include the following terms in your research presentation:

Communism
2nd Red Scare
Containment
McCarthyism
Witch Hunt
Duck and cover
Sputnik

US History

Create a PowerPoint about the 2nd Red Scare.

Include the following terms:

Cold War
McCarthyism
Witch Hunt
Communism

Economics 1st period.

FINISH YOUR FAFSA!

THE LINK IS ON THE PREVIOUS POST

Once you are done with the FAFSA, complete your occupational research project. email in to me at

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Economics: HERE IS THE LINK TO THE FAFSA

FAFSA


Free Application for Federal Student Aid

Sub Today in US History 8th Period

On the computers, continue working on your research Power Point. When you're finished, email it to me at raul.rivera@austinisd.org. (the grading rubric can be found in a previous post)

Then, choose another topic from the list on the chalkboard or choose from one of the topics below:

(A)  identify reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II, including Italian, German, and Japanese dictatorships and their aggression, especially the attack on Pearl Harbor;

(B)  evaluate the domestic and international leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman during World War II, including the U.S. relationship with its allies and domestic industry's rapid mobilization for the war effort;

(C)  analyze the function of the U.S. Office of War Information;

(D)  analyze major issues of World War II, including the Holocaust; the internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066; and the development of conventional and atomic weapons;

(E)  analyze major military events of World War II, including the Battle of Midway, the U.S. military advancement through the Pacific Islands, the Bataan Death March, the invasion of Normandy, fighting the war on multiple fronts, and the liberation of concentration camps;

(F)  evaluate the military contributions of leaders during World War II, including Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Chester A. Nimitz, George Marshall, and George Patton; and

(G)  explain the home front and how American patriotism inspired exceptional actions by citizens and military personnel, including high levels of military enlistment; volunteerism; the purchase of war bonds; Victory Gardens; the bravery and contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Tigers, and the Navajo Code Talkers; and opportunities and obstacles for women and ethnic minorities.

(A)  describe U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Berlin airlift, and John F. Kennedy's role in the Cuban Missile Crisis;

Answer the following questions for each job. (5 jobs total)

1.    What is the job’s title and describe this occupation? 

2.      What is the working environment for this job?

3.      What is the required education for this job?

4.      How much do you get paid?

5.      What are the employment opportunities for each job? (job outlook)

6.      What are some related occupations (just list 3)?

US HISTORY RESEARCH RUBRIC

Economics Occupation Research Project

The US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics produces the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is a useful resource for finding information about particular jobs and careers.  Your assignment is to choose 5 occupations that interest you.  Then for each career:  read the job description, research the working conditions, research data relating to salary and future job outlook, qualifications and training, and finally related occupations.  Once you have gathered your information, you are to type a research paper evaluating which job you would be most suited for as a future career and why. 

PART I:  Research 2-3 Jobs (Day 1,)

You are to go to the following website, and type in this address EXACTLY:

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm

You have 3 ways to find career information by occupation on this site.

1. Type the name of an occupation located on the left side of the screen, halfway down the page in the “Search OOH” box.
2. To find out about multiple occupations, browse through listings using the occupational cluster links to the right.
3. For a listing of all occupations in alphabetical order, click on the “OOH search/A-Z Index” link and select a letter.  This is located in the upper left side of the screen.

Once you have selected a career, you are to then answer the following questions about your occupation choice:

1.      What is the job’s title, and describe this occupation (in other words, what does a person who has this job actually do)?

2.      What are the working conditions like for this job?

3.      What are the required skills and training for this job?

4.      What are the earnings/wage rate expectations for each occupation?

5.      What are the employment opportunities—future outlook—for each job, (in other words, will there be jobs in this profession in the future)?

6.      What are SOME related occupations (just list a few)?

You will have to do this for 5 different careers.  Summarize information—DO NOT COPY AND PASTE CHUNKS OF TEXT FROM THE WEBSITE—YOU WILL GET A ZERO AND FAIL THE 6 WEEKS.  You may type this information in a word document or write the information on a sheet of paper. 

Day 2:  Continue Researching remaining jobs

 

Part II:  Typing your Paper  (Day 3 and 4)

Once you have found all of your information for your 5 jobs, you will then type your findings into a double spaced, 12 font, 7 paragraph research paper. 

Paragraph 1:    Introduction—state the purpose of this paper, and include the 5 jobs you researched, and the type of information you looked at. 

Paragraph 2:  Paragraph about the 1^st job you researched, include the information that you found on the website to answer your occupation questions.  Include a topic sentence, details and a concluding sentence.  Include your thoughts about each job as you are writing your paper. 

Paragraph 3:  Job # 2  (just like previous paragraph)

Paragraph 4:  Job # 3

Paragraph 5:  Job # 4

Paragraph 6:  Job # 5

Paragraph 7:  Conclusion—restate the purpose of this paper and evalueate which job you liked the most and why. 

Turning in your paper:  Due ____________

YOU HAVE 2 THINGS TO TURN IN, YOU RESEARCH NOTES, AND YOUR FINAL PAPER

US HISTORY

TOPIC 1:

What was the purpose of the US Office of War Information? What is propaganda? Give 3 examples of propaganda distributed during World War II. Explain the message each piece of propaganda.

TOPIC 2:

Describe the Bataan Death March? Do you consider this a war crime? Why or why not?

Topic 3:

Describe the Holocaust. Describe the internment of German, Japanese and Italians Americans. Compare the Holocaust in Europe to Internment in the US.

Topic 4:

What was the United States' Island Hopping Campaign? Explain the significance of the Battle of Midway.

US History 3rd and 8th

1. What started World War II? 
2. What countries were involved? What were the 2 sides called?
3. Why did the United States enter WWII? 
4. What was the outcome of World War II? 
5. How did WWII help to end the Great Depression? 
6. Do you think the United States should have used the atomic bomb to end the war? Why?

US History Research Topic

1. Who was Charles A. Lindberg? What was his major accomplishment? What impact did his accomplishment have on the United States? What role did Lindberg have in the anti-war movement before World War II?

2. What were 4 causes of the Great Depression? What role did Black Tuesday have in the Great Depression? Describe how life changed for the average American during the Great Depression. (include the following vocabulary words:  run on the bank, credit, bank failures, Dust Bowl) 

3. What was the New Deal? What was the purpose of the New Deal? What is the FDIC? What is the Social Security Act?  List at least 4 agencies created by the New Deal and their purpose.

US HISTORY

Watch this video before class tomorrow:

ECONOMICS

Watch this video before class tomorrow. 1/9/13