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!!!!!!