Archive for September, 2008
« Previous EntriesEnd of the 1st Six Weeks!
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Your final grades for the first six weeks are available online. I can take test corrections and last minute work until Friday. After that I won’t accept it! Get your stuff together quick.
Debate On!!!
Friday, September 26th, 2008Tonight at 8:00 John McCain and Barack Obama will debate each other – face-to-face – for the first time!
Just Wednesday, however, McCain threatened to back out of the debate in order to focus on the economy and the discussion going on in congress. Just a few minutes ago – McCain announced he WILL attend the [...]
Which way do you lean?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008http://glassbooth.org
Take the quiz, figure out where you lean politically!
Liberal or Conservative? Somewhere in between?
Many of you will find that you agree more with a third party candidate:
(Libertarian, Green Party, R. Nader, etc…)
Find three issues of that party that you agree with
Summarize what that party believes about those three important issues
(You can do this [...]
A More Perfect Constitution
Sunday, September 21st, 2008This week we’ll spend a lot of time talking about how we can change the Constitution. Every year dozens of amendments are proposed to the Constitution an in the entire history (230+ years) of the United States, we’ve only approved 27 amendments. Of those 27, the first 10 (the Bill of Rights) were more like [...]
Choose Your Vice
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Check out this cool video! It’s well done, and I think it’s a pretty fair introduction of the two Vice Presidential candidates.
Watch it here
What do you think?
6 Principles and Federalism PowerPoints
Friday, September 19th, 2008Here are the latest two PowerPoints!
Use them to study, take notes, etc. Don’t forget, the next test is September 24th!!!
Remember, you need flashplayer to view the PowerPoints.
6 Principles of American Government – Chapter 3
Unit 2 Principles Of American Government
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: separation balances)
Federalism – Chapter 4
Unit 3 2 Federalism
View SlideShare [...]
Foundations of American Government
Friday, September 12th, 2008Here’s the PowerPoint from Friday. Don’t forget the homework that’s due Tuesday of next week
Use the PowerPoint to study, take notes, and review. According to the schedule, the next test will be September 24th/25th so start preparing. I’d like to see SOMEONE get a 100 on this one! Use the link below, or view the [...]
McCain’s New Lead (tie?) in the Polls
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008John McCain’s Surge in the Polls!
It appear that John McCain is pulling ahead of Barack Obama in the national polls. We’ve seen an increasing trend in the past week puching McCain ahead. Some believe it is simply a post convention ‘bump’ in the polls, but many other believe that it is John McCain’s excellent pick [...]
HURRICANE IKE REQUIRES GAMES TO BE RESCHEDULED
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Hurricane Ike is headed for the Texas Coast and severe weather is possible in the Round Rock area. RRHS has announced volleyball and football schedule changes.
VOLLEYBALL. All volleyball games scheduled for Friday at McNeil have been rescheduled for tomorrow, THURSDAY, September 11 at RRHS. Game times remain the same and all teams play. Freshman Maroon 5:30pm; Freshman White [...]
Hurrican Ike’s Heading Toward Texas
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008It appears that Ike could hit the Texas coast sometime this weekend. It’s a slow moving storm that has already caused havoc in Cuba and killed a few people.
Track the storm here.