PARTICIPATION IN YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT

TODAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE? PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON GLOBAL WARMING, OR OFF-SHORE OIL DRILLING...
WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO NEXT IS FOR YOU TO IMAGINE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU COULD ENSURE THAT DELAWARE'S SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES VOTE THE WAY YOU WANT...
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED IN CIVICS CLASS TO GET IN-TOUCH WITH YOUR STATE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POSTING AND SHARE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET YOUR "VOICE" HEARD...
AS ALWAYS...HAPPY BLOGGING!

Constitution Whiz Kid!

Good Afternoon Social Studies Bloggers!

Today is Wednesday, May 12, 2010 and today's posting is about becoming a Constitution Whiz Kid! The last two class lessons have focused on the Amendments to the Constitution. Amendments are additions or changes to the Constitution. Today, I would like you to take a little trip down the "interactive Constitutional timeline" and then come back to today's posting and tell me about some new and cool information you learned from today's journey.

Here are the directions: click on the link http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/flash/cw.html As soon as your interactive timeline loads and begins it will read the preamble. Listen and read through the preamble on the opening screen. When the Preamble stops, proceed to the the date 1791 on the timeline and begin looking, listening and exploring what was happening during the time the Amendments were being added to the Constitution. You will need headphones for this activity...and Please, remember to come back to today's posting and leave a comment. You should re-read today's posting before leaving your comments! Blog onward soldiers...

T.G.I.F.

Good Afternoon Bloggers!

Thank goodness it is Friday...Today we will continue working on changes in QD and total demand. Please take out the demand packet 3-1 and 3-2 and your red pen so we can discuss and correct it. Before we get started I would like you to take this little pre-test on demand and email me your results and then after we correct the homework, you will return to this posting and take the test again and see if your results are different. After you email the results of your post-test, come back to today's posting and leave me a comment about what you learned over the last two days from working with demand curves.

Lastly, have a freaky Friday, work hard and always do your best!!!

Pre and Post Test Link here http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/popup.php?lesson_number=550&flash_name=em550_interactive4.swf

DEMAND SHIFTERS!

Good Afternoon Bloggers!

Today is Thursday, March 18, 2010

Today's agenda is as follows:

Period 7/8- Civics/Economics

1. Please take out your notes on NON-PRICE FACTORS THAT MAKE A DEMAND CURVE SHIFT (in your interactive notebook).

2. Please take out your homework ACTIVITY 3-1 TO 3-2 (pgs. 25-30) on DEMAND

Please take a few minutes to read over the notes in your notebook and then click on the link at the end of the posting and begin reading over the lesson called "Demand Shifters" that you will complete alone and together with your teacher.

Have a thrilling Thursday!!http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lesson=550&page=student

FRIDAY, MARCH 12,2010

T.G.I.F EVERYONE!
Well, we made it through the first week of DSTP's and we're still smiling so I guess it's safe to say they weren't so bad!
Before discussing today's agenda, some water cooler issues...
Congratulations to Chris Malave and Shavonte Harris for the awards won in Professional Leadership of America.
Don't forget to eat right and get some rest before Monday and Tuesday's DSTP testing days!!!! The schedule is 5/6,7/8 (testing) and 1/2,3/4 in the afternoon!
Now for Today's agenda:
1. Discuss and correct S/D packets
2. Record notes in interactive notebook
3. Finish correcting Ch 3 pgs. 36-41 (Economics Textbooks)
Have a great day!

TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010

GOOD MORNING BLOGGERS...HOW ARE YOU TODAY? TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010. I AM EXCITED BECAUSE TODAY IS MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST LACROSSE GAME. SHE PLAYS DEFENSE FOR CABRINI COLLEGE AND HER FIRST GAME IS TODAY AT HAVERFORD COLLEGE IN PA. BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND TELL ME SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE EXCITED OR HAPPY ABOUT TODAY...THEN RETURN BACK TO THIS POST FOR TODAY'S AGENDA!
PERIOD 1/2-CONTEMPORARY CITIZENSHIP
1. PERMISSION SLIPS FOR DEL-TECH
2. DISCUSS DSTP SCHEDULE
3. FINISH ARTICLE ON "TWITTER" AND COMPLETE TWO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.
4. WORK THROUGH "23 THINGS BLOG"...SOME OF THE THINGS YOU WILL ALREADY KNOW!
5. YOU WILL NEED ABOUT 3 OR 4 NOTECARDS!
6. TREAT THE COMPUTERS WITH GENTLE, LOVING, CARE...PLEASE!
PERIOD 3/4 and 7/8-CIVICS/ECONOMICS
1. PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR Ch 3 CONSUMERS AND DEMAND ANSWERS ,YOUR TEXTBOOK AND RED PEN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE CORRECTIONS.
2. PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR CALENDAR SO WE CAN WRITE DOWN THE DSTP SCHEDULE
3. WE WILL COMPLETE A TEEN BIZ ARTICLE TODAY FOR HALF THE PERIOD AND THEN THE SECOND HALF, CORRECT OUR WORK ON SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
4. TAKE YOUR VOCABULARY NOTECARDS OUT AND REVIEW THE DEFINITIONS TO YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE ANY FREE TIME.

MONDAY MARCH 8, 2010

GREETINGS SOCIAL STUDIES BLOGGERS....


TODAY IS MONDAY MARCH 8, 2010


WE HAVE A BUSY WEEK...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IS MATH DSTP FOR 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS...WE WILL GO OVER THE SCHEDULE TOMORROW AS TODAY I WILL GO TO A MEETING AFTER SCHOOL...


TODAY'S AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: (please find your class period and read your agenda only!)


PERIOD 1/2-CONTMEPORARY CITIZENSHIP


FRIDAY WE BEGAN READING THE ARTICLE IN TIME MAGAZINE CALLED "HOW TWITTER WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE"...CLICK HERE TO SEE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1902604,00.html


At the same time we were in our google docs, filling out a graphic organizer...Before,During and After. We will have two big questions to answer at the end of the article and then we will practice using Twitter in a way that is educational and perhaps even professional. Notebooks were turned in on Friday and not all of them are finished being graded, therefore, you will need to leave them again when the bell rings.


Before we get started with today's lesson, please post a comment (remember to use your initials) and tell me what you remember from the article that we read on Friday...Have a great day!

Period 7/8- Civics/Economics
In class on Friday we completed the following assignment in the Economics Textbooks:
Make vocabulary notecards for the Words To Know on pg. 33
Read pgs. 33-36 and complete 1-3 on pg 36
Read pgs. 36-39 and complete 1 & 2 on pg. 39
Read pgs. 39-40 and complete 1 & 2 on pg. 40
Read pgs. 40-41 and complete 1-4 on pg. 41
1. Please take out the notecards you made, the answers to the questions and your red pen so that we can discuss and correct.
2. You will need 3 new notecards to add three more vocabulary words to our pack.
2. We will then finish correcting the S/D packet pgs. 41-43