Criminal Toondoo-Due Wednesday 5/11

You will be creating a TOONDOO describing the steps in criminal proceedings. You must have at least 2 frames with pictures/props, descriptions in each.

Read my toondoo below to learn how to paste it into the blog.

Due: Wednesday

By lashley | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon

Honors 1st block 2011

Welcome to our Civics blog!

You can sign up for a google account with your own personal email address to personally comment on the blog instead of handing in responses. You may also sign up for gmail through google for free and use that email for this blog if you do not already have an email in place!

Week 1 Assignment:

I would like you to click on/copy and paste the below article. Read it and answer this essential question: Would this regimented plan would work for all American/students? Why or why not? You may comment on the blog OR on a sheet of paper.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html

Post-test 9/8

After your test, you may choose this article from yahoo news or the article from the post on 9/7 about North Korea.

Post-test article:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

You must write a 1 page reflection of this article. Include your thoughts and opinions about the story and tie something in the article to information you have learned in this class thus far.

Due today.

http://www.economist.com/node/16945299?story_id=16945299

Students, don't forget your first test is Wednesday, September 8th.
Click on this link for a great extra credit article for your test! It is about North Korea and China...both countries on our dictator list!Read more to see why the leaders from these countries met last week.

http://www.economist.com/node/16945299?story_id=16945299

Wednesday 9/1 Homework

Students:

You will create a political cartoon based on pgs 1 OR 2 in your note packet for homework.

Remember, a political cartoon uses a picture/visual and little words to convey a message.

Cartoon is due at the beginning of class on Thursday 9/2

Welcome to Civics and Economics- Fall 2010

Hello students! My name is Mrs. Ashley and I will be your Civics and Economics teacher.
This is my blog. I use this often to update you on issues, upload assignments, homework, classwork and projects or get to just get your feedback on things.

Your first assignment in this class is to fill out a survey. -- You get a 100 as your first grade if you complete this...Easy!

I look forward to working with all of you this year. Right click the link below and choose "open in new tab" so it will open up above and still keep this tab open. Check back soon!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dDh5NmpnWlFLT2pZR09oeU1meG40LVE6MA"

Directions for NHC Candidate Project

Using a real candidate running in New Hanover County, create a faux Twitter page

• Tweets must be 140 characters or less
• Tweets may "connect" to an outside link, web page, etc...
• Tweets must be relevant to candidate's: party, platform, issues, position
• Tweets must be politically relevant
• Must include at least 10 tweets
• Must include at least 10 followers
• Must follow at least 5 groups: people/candidate.
• What would he/she tweet?
• Who would be following him/her?
• Who would he/she be following?

The goal of a candidate's twitter page is to help campaign, so remember that as you move through your project!

Due Thursday, May 6th