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semester review list
May 3 For Wednesday -Read Arizona law article and oil leak article and answer the following questions. Arizona Immigration Law Opens Up Old Wounds, New Battles 1. Under the new law what is the punishment for "illegal status"? 2. What issues did the White House raise about the law? 3. Gov. Brewer said what stipulations will be in place to prevent racial profiling? 4. How is this law a response to lack of action by the federal government? 5. What situations make passing federal immigration reform difficult? 6. People on both sides of the immigration debate use different words to define people who have entered the country without permission: "undocumented" immigrants vs. "illegal" immigrants; why do you think that language is important? What is the difference between being "undocumented" and "illegal" to you? 7. Who do you think should decide immigration law? Local communities? States? The federal government in Washington, D.C.?
Oil Leaking into U.S. Gulf Threatens Wildlife, Seafood Industry 8. What caused the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? 9. Why does some of the oil fail to burn? 10. Name at least one method being employed to stop the oil. 11. How will this oil spill affect fisherman? 12. What surprises you most about this story? What did you learn about the oil industry?
April 29 For Monday -Read Arizona immigration law information. Summarize both sides of the argument. Then state your opinion of the law. Why do you think that?
April 27 For Thursday -Read Iceland volcano article and Too Fat Too Fight article and answer the following questions
Ash Cloud From Icelandic Volcano Disrupts Global Trade 1. What are researchers trying to determine? 2. How does this eruption affect the airlines? 3. How can this disaster affect global trade? 4. Why did one volcano in Iceland disrupt vegetable sales in Kenya?
Report Says Many Youths Are ‘Too Fat to Fight’ 5. What percent of young people ages 17 to 24 are unfit to fight and why? 6. What does the army physical fitness test require? 7. How have American diets changed over the years? 8. What is the group of retired military officers asking Congress to do? 9. Whose responsibility is it to make sure that Americans are healthy? The government? Parents? Individuals? Explain your answer.
April 23 For Tuesday -Read Confederate article and write a summary and your opinion of the controversy. -Read Tea Party article and answer the following questions. 1. What is the Tea Party movement? 2. When and why did the Tea Party start? 3. What are the goals of the Tea Party? 4. The Tea Party started because people felt that neither of the two major parties represented their views; do you think we need more parties?
April 19 car articles
April 15 For Monday -Read bullying arrests article and answer the following questions. 7. What criminal charges do nine teenagers in Massachusetts face? Why are they being charged? 8. Why do some experts think that the case is a "watershed" moment for American schools? 9. What are prosecutors saying about the school officials handling of the situation? 10. What is the response from school officials? 11. How many states have anti-bullying legislation in place? Which states do not? 12. Do you think that the teenagers accused of bullying Phoebe Prince should be held responsible for her suicide? Are the charges too harsh? Why or why not? 13. Do you think that school officials or parents should be held responsible? Why or why not? 14. According to the story, some students also attacked her online through social networking sites. Does that change the way that the student might have been affected by bullying? How does social media change the way that students interact with each other - for positive or negative purposes?
April 13 For Thursday -Read virtual border fence article and answer the following questions. 1. Why did the government halt plans for a "virtual fence" to be built along the U.S.-Mexico border? 2. What is the Secure Border Initiative? Which president proposed it? 3. What was the plan for the "virtual fence?" 4. What was the problem with the radar system? 5. What security measures will the Department of Homeland Security use for U.S.-Mexico border until the virtual fence is ready? 6. Do you think that plans for a "virtual fence" are a good idea? Why or why not?
April 9 For Tuesday -Write summaries of Upfront articles "Changing Lanes?" (p.6) and "Signs of Hope in Darfur" (p. 10)
April 7 For Friday -Read Russia treaty article and Russia bombings article and answer the following questions. 1. What kind of agreement did the U.S. and Russia reach? What does it do? 2. Why have the U.S. and Russia found it difficult to reduce their nuclear weapons stockpiles? 3. Why has nuclear arms reduction become an important issue again? 4. What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NTP)?
5. What happened on the Moscow subway system? 6. What has been happening in Chechnya? 7. How did Russian Prime Minister Putin respond to the attacks?
March 30 Millennials quiz Google in China article
March 17 For Friday -Read teen brain article and answer the following questions. 1. What are 2 things the brain produces? 2. When is the 2nd wave of brain matter production? 3. What is the last area of the brain to develop? What is this area involved in? 4. Do you think the cognitive (brain, thinking) ability of young people should affect how the justice system treats them? Why or why not? 5. What does this research say about the effects of drugs and alcohol on young brains?
March 15 world's richest list For Wednesday -Write a summary of health care article
March 9 For Thursday -Read Millennials article and Chile earthquake article and answer the following questions. 1. What is a Millennial? 2. How diverse are Millennials? 3. What makes Millennials different from other generations? 4. What do you think is the most important characteristic of your generation?
5. Why did a more powerful earthquake in Chile create less damage than the Haitian earthquake? 6. How many earthquakes has Chile experienced in the last 30 years? 7. Are the most recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti, and Japan related? Why do scientists think that? 8. What is the "ring of fire?"
March 3 For Friday - Read "Apartheid's Long Shadow" (p. 10-12) and write a summary of the information
March 1 For Wednesday -Read stimulus article and health care article and answer the following questions. Stimulus 1. How many jobs does the White House predict the stimulus saved or created? 2. What percentage of Americans think the stimulus is working? 3. What has most of the stimulus money gone to? 4. How will the stimulus bill play into the 2010 election? 5. Do you believe it is the role of the federal government to create jobs? Why or why not? Health Care 6. What does President Obama hope to do with his health care reform bill? 7. How can an individual's lack of insurance affect the pricing of another individual's insurance? 8. Do you think government should be in the business of providing health care to some or all of its citizens? Why or why not?
February 24 For Monday -Answer the following questions from Upfront articles "Truth in Advertising" p. 8-9 1. Why are companies starting to sue each other over advertising? 2. Is it legal to have false or misleading advertising? 3. Should the government do more to protect consumers from misleading advertising or is it up to individuals to determine the truthfulness of ads? "Counting America" p. 15-17 4. How much will conducting the 2010 census cost? 5. Why is the census important? What does it determine? 6. How do Democrats and Republicans differ on how the census should be conducted? 7. In recent years, where has the population shifted towards in the United States? 8. How do companies use census information? 9. List 2 controversies about the census.
February 22 For Wednesday -Read Haiti online article and Upfront article (p. 6-7) and answer the following questions. 1. How many orphans did Haiti have before the earthquake? 2. What reason did the missionaries give for taking the children? 3. What is happening with all Haitian adoptions now? 4. Why is the United States staying neutral? Upfront article 5. How does the earthquake provide an opportunity to improve Haiti? 6. Why is it in the best interest of the United States to assist Haiti? 7. Why are some Haitians leery of the presence of U.S. troops there?
February 16 For Thursday -Read Current Issues education section (p. 235) and this education article and answer questions
February 10 For Wednesday -Read Google-China article and Supreme Court article and answer the following questions 1. What did Google threaten to do? 2. What was the White House reaction to the censorship fight? 3. Name 3 sites and 2 issues that the Chinese government censors? 4. Why does David Lampton say it is important for the Chinese state to control the internet? 5. Is it all right for governments to censor information or do people have a right to any information possible? Explain. 6. What did the Supreme Court decide? 7. How might their decision affect campaigns? 8. How did President Obama react to the decison? How did the Republicans react? 9. How did the First Amendment play a role in the Supreme Court's decision? 10. Should there be limits on corporate spending in political campaigns? Why or why not?
February 4
February 2 For Thursday -Answer "Locked Away Forever?" questions -Write summary and opinion of teens locked up article
January 29 For Tuesday -From Upfront magazine - write a summary of "The Obama White House" p. 10-13 on back of Upfront questions sheet -From Current Issues book, answer questions about Iraq, Afghanistan, and China
January 27 Massachusetts election article 1. Why is this a surprise victory for the Republican Scott Brown? 2. Why did Democrats want a 60 person majority? 3. What does senator-elect Brown predict for mid-term elections? 4. What is the Obama White House planning to do? 5. What does this election tell you about voters and the political party they are affiliated with? For Friday -Answer questions from magazine article, "America and The World: The Challenges Ahead"
January 22 For Tuesday - Answer the following questions from Yemen article and body scanners article. 1. Where is Yemen? What countries border it? 2. What are some problems facing Yemen? 3. What is the link between the attempted Christmas bombing and Yemen? 4. How has the United States pledged to help the Yemeni government? 5. Why do some people criticize President Obama's handling of the situation?
6. What do full body scanners detect that other machines cannot? 7. According to critics, how might scanners be used inappropriately? 8. What was the 2001 Patriot Act? 9. Should body scanners be used? Why or why not? 10. How should the government balance security and safety with privacy? How do officials know when they've crossed the line?
January 20 For Friday -In Upfront magazine (12-14-09), write a summary of the following articles: "Could Your Phone Testify Against You?" "From Red China to Green?" "A New Look in Baghdad"
January 18 For Wednesday -Read Haiti article and answer the following questions. 1. Why did so many buildings collapse following the earthquake? 2. Describe the relationship between Haiti and the United States. 3. Who was "Papa Doc?" 4. Who was Jean Betrand Aristide? 5. Why was Haiti ill-prepared for this earthquake?
January 13 For Monday -Complete guided notes from Middle East chapter in Current Issues
January 11 For Wednesday -In Upfront magazine, write a paragraph summary of each of the following articles, "Should the Government Tax Your Coke?," "The Problem with Iran," and "How We Got Addicted to Oil"
January 4 Read Disney article and Washington Redskins article and answer the following questions. With a Black Princess, Disney Hopes to Revive Box Office Magic 1. 1. Why is the most recent Disney movie being marketed as a groundbreaking event for its racial and gender politics? 2. 2. Why do some people criticize Disney’s characterization of Prince Naveen? 3. 3. List 2 examples of stereotypes used in Disney films? 4. 4. Do you think it is important for Disney to create films with characters of multiple races? Why or why not?
Supreme Court Allows D.C. Football Team to Keep Redskins Mascot 5. 5. Why was the Redskins’ trademark cancelled in 1999? 6. 6. Why did the U.S. District Court overrule the 1999 decision? 7. 7. Why was the case thought to be past the statute of limitations? 8. 8. What do you think of the case and the court’s ruling? Should Washington be allowed to keep their mascot? Why or why not? |