Contemporary+Issues(Jan-Feb)

= ** Contemporary Issues **  =

= Wednesday, January 12, 2015 - Friday, February 16, 2015 Assignments: = ===** 1. Students will be given the UPFRONT article titled "__//Should the U.S. and Canada Merge//?"__ and read this article while completing the following graphic organizer in order to show that reading has taken place. **===

** 3. Teacher will call on students to brainstorm "//Ways to build an excellent Visual Aid//". Teacher will write suggestions from the class on the board in a list form. **
===** 4. Students will view the Prezi below and edit it to incorporate suggested techniques of an excellent visual aid. Students should be sure to save the assignment in "Shared Data" folder as well as e-mail assignment to Mr. Gleason. Students will have until the end of the week to complete the assignment. **===

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= Tuesday, January 26, 2015 - Friday, February 3, 2015 Assignments: = ===** 1. Students will be given the UPFRONT article titled "Immigration: Obama vs. Congress" and read this article while completing the following graphic organizer in order to show that reading has taken place. **===

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** 2. Students will access the Essay directions below and complete the necessary information. **


===** 4. Students are responsible for turning in a "Writing Outline" by the end of the week 1/30/15. If you have questions on how to complete your "Writing Outline" please click on the link: [|HOW TO COMPLETE A WRITING OUTLINE]. **===

** 5. (Required Article) IMMIGRATION: OBAMA Vs. Congress **
=** Citation Information (you add the article title and the author): **=
 * Magazine: The New York Times Upfront **
 * Publisher: Scholastic **
 * City: New York **
 * Date: January 12, 2015 **
 * Issue Info: Vol #147 No. 7 **

** 5. //(Required Articles)// **


=== 6. EXAMPLE: Attached is an example of what your paper should look like and what your attached works cited page should look like. Although your topic is going to be different this should allow you to see what the end result of your paper should look like: [|WORK CITED PAGE] & [|SAMPLE MLA FORMATED PAPER] ===

= Tuesday, February 5, 2015 - Friday, February 10, 2015 Assignments: = =** 1. __ What you need to do: __**= a. Find 3 articles that relate to something you have studied in Social Studies class. b. You can use articles from the Internet, newspapers or magazines. c. Examples topics are listed below: // · Natural Resources – oil & energy // // · Industrialization & Development // // · Trade & Economy // // · Culture // // · Climate & Climate Change // // · Developed & Developing countries // // · Foreign Policies & Foreign Relations // // · Any other topic we have covered // // · Any country around the world // d. Each of the 3 articles should be on different topics. The issues can be related to events inside and outside the United States. e. Read the articles. f. Open the Current Events Summary sheet below and save it to your computer. Complete the Current Events Summary Sheet below for each of the 3 articles you discovered. You should have 3 completed Current Events Summary Sheets from three different articles by the end of this step. g. After you have saved all 3 Current Events Summary Sheets to your computer. Email the 3 Current Events Summary Sheets to Mr. Gleason: gleasonr@dcpsmd.org. h. All 3 Current Events Summary Sheets need to be completed by February 3rd. This means you should be researching one news article and completing 1 Current Events Summary sheet a class period. ** __Project Requirements__ ** - You must submit 3 summary sheets by Feburary 3rd. - The articles must be //current//, nothing older than 30 days. - Use the suggested web sites below or other sources such as newspapers or magazines online. - **Summary Sheets are** due on Friday Feburary 3rd, but they may be submitted earlier. - **No late summary sheets will be accepted.**  - If you are out on Friday, the summary sheet is due the next day you are in school. ** __Some Suggested Web Sites__ ** Time Magazine: [] CNN News: [|http://www.cnn.com] NY Times Student Connections: [] MSNBC: [|www.msnbc.com] Fox News: [|www.foxnews.com] ABC News: [|www.abcnews.com]

= Friday, February 12, 2015 Assignments: = 1. Click the file below "Write Your Representative Letter". Follow the directions within the file and be sure you e-mail me a copy of your completed draft.