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Senior Current Issues Class…

Pizza and Palin – room 112 – 9:00 PM – bring your own pop.

We’ll have it on the big screen. Room 112. Side door unlocked by 8:00 PM. See you there!

Map and count is current as of 9/22/08. Presentation by Tyler, Myranda, and Josh.

• Obama / Biden – 202
  
• McCain / Palin – 189
• Toss Up – 147

Each week between September 15 and November 4 (the election) Senior Current Issues will provide you an update on the progress of the 2008 Presidential Election. Each week at this site you will find a photo (USA Electoral Map in room #112) of the updated polling comparisons between Barack Obama and John McCain. Each week a different group of seniors will offer you a three to five minute podcast of where this election currently stands and the trends they see on the horizon. Student groups will provide a news article that they think will help you to better understand the dynamics of this election. All students are encouraged to listen to the podcast and read the article.

SCI students will offer a “what do you think” question that goes with the news article. All Senior Current Issues students must do the ensuing 20 point blog. All other students may choose to answer the question as an extra credit blog assignment (5 pts max.) Postings for the question must be made by 7:00 PM Friday of the week in question.

All electoral votes come from estimates located on Real Clear Politics.com Remember polls are only estimates of how people may vote. Until Nov 4 nobody really knows the outcome of this election.

Podcast (2:58) – click podcast. Go to Real Clear Politics while you listen. Podcast coincides with photo of map in room 112, located at the top of this post.

News Article – Des Moines Register – “Tough times work in Obama’s favor”

Question – With the stock market fluctuating, people are scared and are turning towards Barack Obama. In your opinion is Obama the best choice for solving our economic crisis? Explain.

Check the category “08 ELECTION – The News” for more news about the candidates and the Election.

EVALUATION: TYLER / MYRANDA / JOSH

Podcast: A / very well done particularly since it was the first one. It takes us across the country and hits all the significant stops. You provide opinion as well as a history of the Electoral college. Nice job.

News Article: D / This is not good! The article doesn’t say much of anything really. It’s an editorial which allows only opinion. And it is a short editorial at that. It sounds like it might be good. The title is timely…but I’m not so sure you really read it well after you got ahold of it.

Question: A- / Very good question. Would’ve been great if it had more to do with the article.

Presentation: B- / Not bad. You played the podcast but didn’t really add a lot to it.

Overall Grade: B (82% / 41 of 50) – I know it’s always tuff to go first. And you guys did pretty well. Had you pulled up an article that was more effective most of your problems would’ve faded. But all-n-all it was pretty good.

Real World Economics (redux) provides you an opportunity to add points to your RWE presentations on a weekly basis. Every week we do a (S-Option) Student Option choice in RWE I’ll choose one article from all student assignments. I will link that article to the blog and I will post a question or series of questions that you must answer. You may earn up to five points extra credit on the previous week’s RWE assignment. This work will count individually – you do not have to work with your partner. I will post the due date and time, however expect that it will be at 11:00 PM on Wednesday of the week assigned. Students from Government and Senior Current Issues may choose to answer RWE ‘redux’. Points will count as blog spot check points. All written blog assignments must adhere to posted Blogging Guidelines.

Article selection for 9/22/08 – from Hillary Cole and Kalie Payne.

Costs, concerns push schools to use eco-friendly elements – USA Today

Question 1 – Identify the various ways, according to the article, that new schools are “going green.” Describe each.

Question 2 – The article addresses how “going green” effects the mindset of students. Cite the article and add your own thoughts in answering the following: How does the building of green schools have a positive affect on the students of those schools?”

Assignment must be posted by 11:00 PM Wednesday.

Dear Students,

Please listen to this podcast for homework update in Senior Current Issues.

and Tyler, Myranda, and Josh – don’t forget you’re up next on “The Vote”

Map and count is current as of 9/15/08. Presentation by Mr. Wood.

• Obama / Biden – 207
  
• McCain / Palin – 227
• Toss Up – 104

Each week between September 15 and November 4 (the election) Senior Current Issues will provide you an update on the progress of the 2008 Presidential Election. Each week at this site you will find a photo (USA Electoral Map in room #112) of the updated polling comparisons between Barack Obama and John McCain. Each week a different group of seniors will offer you a three minute podcast of where this election currently stands and the trends they see on the horizon. Student groups will provide a news article that they think will help you to better understand the dynamics of this election. All students are encouraged to listen to the podcast and read the article.

SCI students will offer a “what do you think” question that goes with the news article. All Senior Current Issues students must do the ensuing 20 point blog. All other students may choose to answer the question as an extra credit blog assignment (5 pts max.) Postings for the question must be made by 7:00 PM Friday of the week in question.

All electoral votes come from estimates located on Real Clear Politics.com Remember polls are only estimates of how people may vote. Until Nov 4 nobody really knows the outcome of this election.

Podcast (7:30) – click podcast. Go to Real Clear Politics while you listen. Podcast coincides with photo of map in room 112, located at the top of this post.

News Article – Christian Science Monitor – “Election Wild Card – First Time Voters”

Question – The colors on our map will bounce about for the next sixty days. Many people will change their minds about a host of things; the war, the economy, the candidates themselves. Registration of new voters throws a monkey wrench into the polling data. Who knows what will happen on November 4? Read the article – bring your own thoughts to bare. What things do you think will have the biggest impact in changing the polling colors of our map over the next sixty days?

Check the category “08 ELECTION – The News” for more news about the candidates and the Election.