Role of Government and Hurricane Irene

Read Hurricane Irene: New Yorkers prepare for 'historic hurricane' post a comment of one paragraph ( min 5 sentences on the article). Your post should focus on the ideas of what is the role of government in this situation and how much blame should the government face if a Katrina type "government failure" happens. Also comment how much personal responsibility should people have in a situation like this. Sigh the posting with your full name.

Foreign policy

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 6/1

Show Whats Great About America
Have students list 5 things Stossel says are great about American. After each thing ask students to agree or disagree and explain their thoughts. Stop the video at various times to allow students time for their writing. Discuss their opinions if you want.
After video and discussion, show 60 minutes episode

why they hate us

Read Why they HAte US List 5 reason that according to the article answer the question.
Part Two of assignment go to stock game and summarize you portfolio's history into a paragraph. 4-5 sentences
include the following.
1. summary of companies owned and transactions made.
2. summary of profit made or losses incurred.
3. find(research) a reason and formulate a theory of why you made or lost money.

taxes

After today's lecture and readings on taxes go to the Internal Revenue Service website and fill out a simulated tax return for Alicia Garcia.

Interest and Debt

Do car payment activity. Go to http://www.usdebtclock.org/auto-sales.html Find and list the Five leading car companies based on sales. Research and find where these companies are based (country).

Key to Capitalism

Go to your how the market works account. Pick any stock in your portfolio and find a current news article that reveals some information about how your company is doing vs any of its competitors. Summarize that article into a 1-2 sentence post.
part two
Read Bing, Facebook Deepen Ties, Threaten Google +1 post a comment onyour thoughts on this development ie (is it a good idea or not)