Select a Supreme Court case from this Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landmark_court_decisions_in_the_United_States

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?

US History Amendment Project

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

For each amendment you will answer 5 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. During what era in US History was your amendment ratified?

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

Email me your work at the end of the period

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Select a Supreme Court case from this Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landmark_court_decisions_in_the_United_States

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?

US Campaign Finance Law

You will create a PowerPoint

Answer this question first:

--How do political candidates pay for their campaigns?

For the US Supreme Court Decisions:

--Buckley v. Valeo

--Citizens United v. FEC

Answer the following 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?

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

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 5 Jobs (Day 1,)

You are to go to the following website:

CLICK HERE FOR OCCUPATIONAL RESEARCH HANDBOOK!

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? (work environment)

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 April 24, 2014

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

EMAIL YOUR PAPER HERE!

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

A message from EverFi!

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We will be awarding three lucky teachers with $100 gift cards for sharing creative and inspirational photos with EverFi on twitter. Some ideas of what to share are photos of your students using one of our courses or students with their certificates.  Winners will be contacted on February 7th.

To be eligible to win the gift card, you must:

• Tweet @EverFi and use the hastag #FiTeacher4DLD
• Your post must revolve around the use of EverFi courses in your classroom
• You must have students currently going through the curriculum (at least 3 students that have completed 1 module)

We look forward to hearing from you!

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US History: World War II Research Project

Click the following link to begin your research.


World War II Research Paper

Include the following in your project:

1. Significant dates
2. Significant people
3. Significant events
4. A written summary of the topic
5. At least 8 visuals (maps, charts, graphs, political cartoons, pictures)
6. Why do you think this event was important to the history of the United States?
7. Imagine a scenario where the event had a different outcome. How would that affect the history of the United States?

The grading rubric can be found by clicking the link below:

RESEARCH PROJECT RUBRIC

Stock Market Simulation

1. Go to Stock Market Simulation
2. Register for an account. Your username will be your first and last name.
3. Log in to your account.
4. Click on the "trade" tab.
5. Then click on "join group" under the Group menu.
6. Click on the letter A
7. Then find the group called "A- AKINS HIGH SCHOOL- RIVERA"
8. Join this group and begin trading stocks! You have 1 millions dollars!

$1,000,000

raul.rivera@austinisd.org

Economics

You are stranded on an island. You will illustrate how you met your needs and wants.  How did you survive off of the land?  You must be able to find sources of food, water, shelter, and clothing.  You must explain how you turned natural resources into final, finished products.  (You don’t eat a live cow; you need to explain how you turned that cow into a hamburger which is a finished product).  You are showing how people made that hamburger—how it started from a cow, wheat field, and vegetables, then being grilled, and ending up as a finished burger.   You must have 2 sources of clothing, 1 source of water, 1 type of shelter, and 4 sources of food.  The purpose of this project is to show where things come from. 

Then, you are to create your wants.  These are things that make life easier, and fun because you are not going to spend all your time working.  You are to create your sources of entertainment.  You must have 8 “wants”, and again you must explain how you created the finished products  (the tree is not your want, but a surfboard, or a hammock is).

Part II:  Factors of Production Chart

You are to create a chart explaining the Factors of Production:  What was the land, labor and capital that went into producing your product?

Product	Land	Labor	Capital
Hamburger	Cow, Wheat, Tomato	People slaughtering and milking the cow, growing the wheat & tomatoes, grilling the meat	Knife, bucket, shovel, grill, fire

Part III  Presentation

You will then present your island to the class stating the needs and wants for your island and describe the factors of production to the class.  You must be able to explain what the factors of the production (land, labor and capital), that went into creating your needs and wants.  In other words you have to explain how you made everything.  Nothing is imported.