US HISTORY II: CURRENT EVENT
Go to the following link and use the article “21st Century Slavery” to answer the following 4 questions:
http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/03_17_14/book
Use the I’m a Student login, the classroom password is : mrvyes22
- What is human trafficking, and why is it known as modern-day slavery? What forms does it take?
- What factors do you think might make a person vulnerable to human trafficking?
- Does it surprise you that human trafficking takes place in the u.s.? Explain.
- What do you think it will take to eliminate modern slavery? Is that a realistic goal? Explain.
Include the following tags into your post:
- 21st century
- slavery
- human trafficking
WORLD HISTORY CURRENT EVENT: Government Shutdown
Use the following link to help you answer these following questions in a blog post:
(ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN FULL SENTENCES AND IN PARAGRAPH FORM)
- What are the laws called that Congress has failed to pass?
- What programs/offices will continue to run during the shutdown?
- What programs/offices will shutdown?
- How many workers will be left without a job or pay?
- What President was in charge during the last shutdown and how long did each of those last?
LINK FOR FURTHER READING:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/23/politics/government-shutdown-daily-life/index.html
CURRENT EVENT – SEGREGATION
1. Add your paragraph on what “equal protection of the laws” means to you
2. Using BOTH the map above and these links, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/map-segregation-america-race_n_3824693.html AND http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html to answer the following questions:
- What does this map show, if anything about segregation?
- What race of people are the majority?
- Zoom in on New Jersey, where do the most minorities live?
- Zoom in on Paterson, what minorities inhabit the city?
US II VOCAB – SEPTEMBER
Segregation – the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group
Affirm – to agree or support as when a higher court agrees with the earlier decision of a lower court
Jim Crow Laws – state law introduced in the south after reconstruction to give official support to segregation
Supreme Court – The federal Supreme Court (“the” Supreme Court) has the final word on interpretation of all laws and of the Constitution itself
Separate-but-equal – The doctrine that racial segregation is constitutional as long as the facilities provided for blacks and whites are roughly equal
Discrimination – treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
Poll tax – annual tax required to qualify to vote
Grandfather clause (1867) – Any person, their father, or grandfather who was previously allowed to vote had their voting rights reinstated
Debt peonage – workers forced into slavery to pay off debt to employer
Current Event: Syria (9/13/13)
Use one of the following articles and anything we discussed to provide a summary of events that have, and are currently happening in Syria today. Summary must be written in paragraph for (AT LEAST 6-8 sentences)
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 3 QUESTIONS AFTER YOUR PARAGRAPH:
1. What caused the problems in Syria?
2. Why is the United States involved?
3. What is Russia’s role in Syria?
Articles to read:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16979186
TAGS TO USE: Syria, current events, current event, history, social studies
CURRENT EVENT – DRONE STRIKES
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AND RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:
Eric Holder Tells Rand Paul That Obama Can Kill Americans On U.S. Soil
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN A BLOG POST OF NO LESS THAN 7 SENTENCES:
- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PRESIDENT OBAMA HAVING A “KILL LIST” THAT COULD INCLUDE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES?
- SHOULD HE HAVE THE POWER TO AUTHORIZE DRONE STRIKES THAT CAN BLOW UP A WHOLE BUILDING JUST TO GET ONE PERSON?
- WHAT THREAT DOES THIS POSE TO OUR COUNTRY AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS? (THINK OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN PAKISTAN AND YEMEN)
CURRENT EVENT – SEQUESTRATION
READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE:
“What Is Sequestration and What Does It Mean for Me?”
WRITE A PARAGRAPH (AT LEAST 7 SENTENCES) ON WHY YOU THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO ALL THAT THEY CAN TO AVOID THESE ECONOMIC CUTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ALSO DISCUSS WHY YOU THINK THEY SHOULD NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO RESOLVE ECONOMIC DISPUTES IN THIS COUNTRY.
(US II) WWI VOCAB
•Nationalism – a devotion to the interests and culture of your country
•Militarism – creating a bigger armed force to use for diplomatic purposes
•Conscientious objector – a person who is morally opposed to war
•Propaganda – biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts or actions
Newtown School Shooting quotes
PLEASE CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO QUOTES ON THE NEWTOWN SHOOTINGS OF LAST FRIDAY TO REACT TO. USE THE QUOTES AS A GUIDELINE TO EITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE AND GIVE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY YOU DO.
ANSWER IN NO LESS THAT 8-10 SENTENCES
Texas Governor Rick Perry affirmed his commitment to the Second Amendment by encouraging allowing all teachers in the state to carry guns on campus at a Tea Party event Monday.
“In the state of Texas, with our concealed handgun license, if you have been duly backgrounded and trained and you are a concealed handgun license carrying individual, you should be able to carry your handgun anywhere in this state.”
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) weighed in on the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. on Friday, saying the crime was no surprise because we have “systematically removed God” from public schools.
“We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools,” Huckabee said on Fox News. “Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?”
Current Events (1 PER WEEK, AS ASSIGNED)
Here is the site you can use for current events:
www.huffingtonpost.com (No Sports, Style, or Entertainment articles to be used without permission)
– CURRENT EVENT BLOG POSTS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
- YOUR OWN WORDS
- A LINK TO THE ARTICLE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE TO SUMMARIZE
- ADD TAGS TO YOUR POST AS WELL
Complete Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan – Oct 11
Here’s a link to the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan in the run up to the general election in November.
Presidential Debate 2012 (Complete) Romney vs.Obama – 10/3/2012
Here’s a link to the full Presidential Debate:
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