12/20 Afghanistan

Read Why They Hate Us. Taking into account the reasons discussed in class, the 60 Minutes video, and the article, post a 1 paragraph summary of the conclusions that can be drawn to answer the question WHY THEY HATE US.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/20/AR2007072001806.html

12/13 foreign policy

The goal of this unit is to
1. understand the power structure of US foreign policy.
2. understand recent historical perspectives of US foreign policy.
3. understand current and potential threats to The United States and how US foreign policy addresses those threats.
Read http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20101212_Worldview__The_United_States_needs_defense_against_cyberattacks.html . Post comment.
Go into hand out folder and do web search activity.


Foreign Policy Scavenger Hunt


1. What is the NSC?


2. What is the State Department?



3. How many votes in the Senate to ratify a treaty?


4. Who is the Secretary of State? What is their role in US Foreign Policy?


5. What is the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Who is the Chairman?




6. What countries make up the UN Security Council?


7. What is a sanction?



8. How does a spy drone work?



9. What is the Pentagon? What is its purpose?



10. “Axis of Evil”

11.What is the # of US Troops in
Iraq-

Afghanistan-

South Korea-



10. Identify the following people / terms:

Anwar al-Awlaki-


Janet Napolitano-


AQAP-


Julian Assange-


Robert Gates-


Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab-


John Brennan-


Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-


Kim Jong-il-


TSA-

Current Sec of State-

What is the role of the Sec. of State-

sub plans 12/3

senior seminar sub plans
Go to http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1409843923&play=1 show cocca cola the real story behind the real thing
Have students write 5 facts that they found interesting about coke.
This will take them to about lunch.
after lunch show
Swoosh inside nike
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1414941056&play=1

Have students write 5 facts that they found interesting about coke.

11/29/10 microsoft and the stock market

Objectives for today
1. prepare to present your company .
2. update your company's power point by adding currently trading at slide
slide should tell how much money you have made or lost on it since you purchased the stock.
find a current headline that may explain the movement
3. Read http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Microsoft-in-talks-for-new-TV-rb-1155559107.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=7&asset=&ccode= comment on msfts rumored innovation.

stock market

Join the stock market game. This contest will run until the end of the semester. The goal is to learn how the market works and to better understand the concepts of supply and demand.Click on the link below. Use your ridley password and create a username that includes your first and last name.
Join my free Stock Market Contest!
After joining the contest the questions on the below link are the key concepts and terms that you need to know to be successful in this unit. They will all be fair game for the unit test on the market.
http://www.howthemarketworks.com/education/stock-questions.php
Power point project
Pick one company.
You must create a power point for that company.
The goal of the power point is to inform the class on the following things:

What is the company?
What does it do? Use the company’s profile on yahoo finance as the source. ( Research and learn. Don’t tell us what you think they do)
What other companies and or products do they own / produce?
What is the stock's currently price? ( time / date/ price)
Find a current headline( from yahoo finance) that explains something that is going on with the company. Briefly explain it.
How has the company’s stock been doing over the last 52 weeks?
Cut and paste pictures/ charts/ graphs onto the power point. Not a lot of words are needed. Your explanation of these is the important thing.
Do power point on your gmail account.

Kevin Plank- UA

1. read http://www.inc.com/magazine/20031201/howididit.html Post a response to the article. Post should have something to do with your opinions about what made Kevin Plank successful. Include your name on the post.

2. read http://www.apparelsearch.com/news/articles/shopping/2006/history_under_armour_mastermind_performance_apparel.htm.

After reading this we will discuss what happened when UA went public.

Walmart

Read the following article and post a brief blog
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/10/27/copy/westerville-ready-for-fight-over-walmart.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

10/22 Lesson plan

During the library time, you need to go to the links below. Read these articles, then treat them as if they were the home work for the week.
Because they are . And they are due today.( read/ 1 paragraph summary/ 1 paragraph opinion). Place them in the folder when you go back to the room. After lunch watch last night's ABC World news. Pick 4 stories and briefly comment on them. Have a great weekend! Be good!
topics-
1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130712737&ps=cprs
2. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/google-2-4-rate-shows-how-60-billion-u-s-revenue-lost-to-tax-loopholes.html

10/19 Topic Political ads

Read Free-speech debate: Going to court to stop political attack www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20101019/OPINION/10190337
post comment on blog.

10/8 topic : filibuster

Read "the Senate Filibuster Isn't Going Anywhere.  Follow usually current event hw format

politics.usnews.com/.../the-senate-filibuster-isnt-going-anywhere 

10/8 Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Viewed movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Read excerpt American Beyond Our grandest notions. Take notes on " the constant rebel" chapter. Open note quiz  on chapter and movie.