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United States History: Finish "All the President's Men" Discuss questions 1 & 2 in class- Monday Tuesday discuss questions 4-6 Wednesday: Threaded Discussion on the whiteboard (questions on the back of the worksheet) Washington Post Coverage: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/ Scholastic Magazine Article: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11259 English: Continue "Dead Poets Society" Viewers Guide Review: Themes of the story Journal: Discuss the similarities and differences between the book and the movie. A-Z Brainstorming Activity Lab Day Thursday: Create a Wordle Word Cloud using the words from your A-Z Brainstorming worksheet World Studies: Read chapters 1-5 Three Cups of Tea Discussion Questions: How do people really make a difference? What is their approach? Their vision? What are the steps or process to making a difference? What kinds of people are good at this? Are there commo...

Beyond the Fire- Interactive Activities: http://archive.itvs.org/beyondthefire/master.html Make a Difference Lesson Plans (PBS): http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/teachers/

Lesson: http://www.freedomforum.org/packages/first/curricula/educationforfreedom/supportpages/L08-CaseSummaryTinker.htm Lesson: http://www.streetlaw.org/en/Page.Landmark.Tinker.activities.symbolicspeech.aspx

http://www.icivics.org/web-quests/you-be-judge

New Jersey v. TLO: http://www.icivics.org/games/argument-wars "Do I Have a Right?" http://www.icivics.org/games/do-i-have-right

Visit the following link to find the answers to the questions below. You will take a journey through the United States visiting 10 historic destinations. http://www.history.com/interactives/historic-destinations 1. Where is Yosemite National Park? 2. How many people visit Yosemite National Park each year? 3. What is the name of Yosemite’s most recognizable rock formation? 4. The oldest institute of higher learning is near what city? 5. What is “The Big Dig”? 6. Where was the first major battle of the American Revolution fought? When was it fought? 7. The Battle of Little Big Horn is also popularly known as: 8. The battle was fought over the issue of: 9. What can be found on Last Stand Hill? 10. Where is the Alamo? 11. The Alamo serves many different purposes during its three century existence. List three. 12. Why was the Alamo attacked? 13. True or False, the battle left only two living defenders? 14. Where was Martin Luther King assassinated? 15. What is...

Opinion piece from the NYT : http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/speech-and-harm/ Discussion Questions: •What gives slurs power? •Why are slurs so offensive? •Why do some slurs have more power than others? How do you explain why different people respond to the same slur differently?

Library of Congress Interactive: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/lewisandclark/ National Geographic Interactive: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/

Meet Me at Midnight: http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/midnight/default_flash.html Digging for Answers: http://smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/digging_for_answers/index.html Art History Matching Game: http://www.artsology.com/art_spinner.php Salvador Dali Elimination Game: http://www.artsology.com/dali-elimination-game.php

United States History U.S. v. Nixon Lecture Background on Watergate "All the President's Men" Watergate Lecture "All the President's Men" Watch "All the President's Men" and answer the following questions in class: 1. Who were the Washington Post reporters portrayed in the movie? 2. What techniques were used by investigative reporters in an effort to get information from their sources? 3. What ethical standards did journalists follow? Ethical standards for editors? 4. What risks are involved in running a controversial story such as the Watergate scandal? (include a brief discussion of the use of anonymous sources, challenging government leaders - even alleging criminal activity) 5. Discuss the competing interests in U.S. v. Nixon. 6. Briefly discuss the legacy of both the case and the scandal as a whole. Discuss these questions as well: Watergate The following questions appear onscreen in the video. Feel free to integrate...

United States History The Bill of Rights Monday: First Amendment: Rights contained in the First Amendment Values served by protecting the First Amendment Absolutist, Balancing and Categorical Approaches to protecting the First Amendment Speech: What is it? Pure, Speech Plus and Symbolic In notes, draw a continuum and label least to most protected speech. What is protected and what isn't protected? Brainstorm. Monday and Tuesday discuss "Time, Place, Manner" restrictions, libel and slander, "fighting words", "clear and present danger", obscenity and threats to security. Tuesday -Thursday Landmark Cases Schenck v. United States In notebooks: Draw a big question mark. Divide into six parts. Label each: Who? What? When? Why? Where? How? As I lecture, complete the question mark. Tinker v. Des Moines Activity: Classifying Arguments http://www.landmarkcases.org/tinker/arguments.html Past blog post on First Amendment: http://hansengeorge.blogs...