Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Ally (Faith)

The Golden Rule is an ethical code that states one has a right to just treatment, and a responsibility to ensure justice for others. There are many religions that somehow use this rule. For example Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, philosophy, Buddhism, Baha'i Faith, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, and Taoism. So somehow there is a string that can be linked to each religion.

Ally

If you know of any books that talk about faith it will help me out a lot. thanks

Ally (Faith)

I found a book called Jesus Freaks by dc Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs. It is about martyrdom, containing dozens of profiles of figures ranging from Stephen, whose martyrdom is described in the Book of Acts, to "Anila and Perveen," two teenage Pakistani girls and Christian believers. In 1997, Perveen was killed for running away in order to avoid marrying a Muslim man; Anila was imprisoned for helping her friend escape. In an introduction to the book, Michael Tait explains its purpose: "In a world built on free will instead of God's will, we must be the Freaks. While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat.

Quinn to Kool Kat.

Kool Kat, check out Lev Vygotsky.

koolkat to Quin

I found a good website.

http://dewey.pragmatism.org/

I used it for one of my triangles.KK

Friday, December 11, 2009

hey i sent some more emails

Piccollo Get some new emails man....----->I sent 5 more emails today to a team of inventers. I sent them all the same one.

Over

THE BOSS

To Dave

homepage@colorado.edu -RRNRD

To Kool Kat from Quinn

http://www.freudfile.org/

An email to CSU

Piccollo WOWWWWWW---------->Hi I'm an 8th grade student doing a project on aviation for the National History Day competition, and I thought aviation was a good choice. I was wondering if I could ask a few questions about general aviation. My main question would be if you know of any great primary resources. If you could respond I'd appreciate it. Thanks Stephen Covill

email

"Piccollo" Boss this is a good letter...take notes-------->
Hello there,
my name is Jacob, and I am a 8th grade student at Fleming (CO). My teamates and I are participating in the National History Day competition, and we have chosen to research the history of flight. I was wondering if you can give me some info about our topic, such as : primary sources, personal insight/stories, or any other information you might have.

thank you,
Jacob Alvarez

Thursday, December 10, 2009

my new letters

I sent this letter to 3 more pepole.

Hello. I am an 8th grade student at Fleming, and I was wondering if I could interview you about the history of flight. It would help me with my project on the history of flight. If so please contact me back.

Over

THE BOSS

koolkat

Who is PICCOLO? and why are you here?

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

PICCOLO

PICCOLO: We are here to do damage.

We are here to fuck shit up.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Quin the eskimo

PICCOLO to BOSS: WOWWWWW!!! -----> I sent another leter. It is to C.U.

Hello. I am an 8th grade student at Fleming, and I was wondering if I could interview you about the history of flight. It would help me with my project on the history of flight. If so please contact me back.

Over

THE BOSS

For The Boss

forbes@colorado.edu

Coffeyville, KS Raid

Go to this website- http://www.gunslinger.com/d-raid.htm to learn about a raid most people dont know about, so I thought it would be a good thing to post on here.-RRNRD

my leter

Hello. I am an 8th grade student at Fleming, and I was wondering if I could interview you about the history of flight. It would help me with my project on the history of flight. If so please contact me back.

Over

THE BOSS

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Alternative Assignment for Social Studies Inquiry

Social Studies Inquiry
Create a timeline which includes ten political, ten social, ten intellectual, and ten economic events in the history of your HD topic. Please specify what category each event fits into. There should be a brief description of each event. This assignment is worth 40 points, 1 point for each entry. You should include a bibliography with at least three sources in Turabian style. At least one source must come from a book. Search engines, like Google, and/or Wiki’s are not considered valid sources. www.bibme.org is a great tool for creating a bibliography.
Rubric
41-45 Points (Advanced) Student demonstrated a thoughtful and personal quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear advanced, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

37-40 Points (Proficient) Student demonstrated a sufficient and relevant quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear proficient, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

26-36 Points (Partly Proficient) Student demonstrated a minimal and superficial quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear partly proficient, as evidenced by your use of words, sources, and depth of research.

1-25 Points (Incomplete) You have remnants of knew knowledge but did research provide the research necessary, effort, and thought.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Weekly Assignment for S.S. I. Students

High Social Studies Inquiry December 1st – 8th

Directions: Answer 45 points worth of questions, and consider the rubric below.


1. Locate two primary sources about your history day topic and cite and annotate your sources. (10 points) *This question may be repeated for every two additional primary sources.

2. Begin creating your History Day Project. (5-40 points; check with Mr. Conn) Go to http://nationalhistoryday.org/ for more details.

3. Create an original website based on economics, politics, culture, or innovation. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (10-40 points)

4. Update an original website that you have already created. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (3 points per post)

5. Read an article related to social studies from the library selection. Summarize the article in one to two paragraphs. (10 points)

6. Contact an expert in your topic of study. (10 points)

7. (High School only) Go to http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com. Read the script and highlight the helpful and harmful statements within the affidavit of your witness. (5 points)

8. (High School only) Write a rough draft of direct examination questions for your witness. (20 points)

9. (High School only) Write a rough draft of cross examination questions for your witness (30 points)

10. Go on a world history Socratic journey using a Thinking Triangle. You should find new learning to evidence in your triangle. (5 points)


Rubric

11-12 Points (Advanced) Student demonstrated a thoughtful and personal quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear advanced, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

9-10 Points (Proficient) Student demonstrated a sufficient and relevant quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear proficient, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

7-8 Points (Partly Proficient) Student demonstrated a minimal and superficial quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear partly proficient, as evidenced by your use of words, sources, and depth of research.

1-6 Points (Incomplete) You have remnants of knew knowledge but did research provide the research necessary, effort, and thought.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Harley

Homer Van Meter was in prison at Pendelton and learned to rope flies while in trouble on the mat!

Harley

Public Enemy #1: John Dillinger

Harley


Monday, November 23, 2009

Thesis Part 1 (Social Studies Inquiry)

Social Studies Inquiry- Thesis Part I

Directions:
1. Go to http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ and check out the various options and rules you have. This would be great information to put onto your thinking triangle..
2. Read about this year’s theme. Please notice what student’s must ask, “Students must ask:
A. Not only what the innovation was, but why did it matter?
B. What factors contributed to the innovation’s development?
C. What was the innovation’s lasting influence in history?
D. How did this innovation change the course of events?
E. What effect did the innovation have on the community, society, nation and world?
3. Answer the above five questions in a thoughtful manner. You should
include at least three primary sources, add those to your bibliography,
and annotate in Turbian Humanities. You may use http://www.bibme.org/ if
you need help.

4. Consider the following rubric:


40 points (Advanced):
Student answers the five questions thoughtfully and thoroughly. Student cites and annotates at least five new sources including four primary sources.
30 points (Proficient):
Student answers the five questions thoughtfully. Student cites and annotates at least three new primary sources.
20 points (Partly Proficient):
Student answers the three to four questions thoughtfully. Student cites and annotates at least two new primary sources.
10 points (Unsatisfactory):
Student answers the one to two questions thoughtfully. Student cites and annotates at least one new primary source.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Selling Radio(summary for Mr. Conn from paige[amber]))

The first radio station began in 1920 and advertising started in 1934, and so far in my book I have basically learned a lot about the commercialization of radios and about the radio channels. After the development of the radio, manufacturers didn’t really have a way to put them together and sell them so they just sold the parts and people at home had to assemble them themselves. The radio signals didn’t go very far and a lot of the times people could only catch parts of what they were saying because signals weren’t strong. A contest called “How Far Have You Heard?” started. The Radio Broadcast magazine told people to send them a letter and they had to tell them how far they got their radio to reach. This could determine who had that best radio. There were many protests over the radio when it first came out so that really determined what was heard over the radio.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Political Cartoons

Here Quinn I'd like your opinion on what this one means?!

Senator

Thanks QE, I think the option for creating an informative website is great, it opens up the window for freedom of creativity and also allows students to engage in activities which may become of use during the Technology Era.- Senator

website for Harley, Senator, and Haney

http://www.nhd.org/images/uploads/WebSitebookletinsert.pdf

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Here's A New Take


New Weekly Assignment for Social Studies Inquiry

High Social Studies Inquiry November 18th – 20th

Directions: Answer 35 points worth of questions, and consider the rubric below.


1.Locate two primary sources about your history day topic and cite and annotate your sources. (10 points) *This question may be repeated for every two additional primary sources.

2. Design your History Day project according to the rules @ http://nationalhistoryday.org/



3. Create an original website based on economics, politics, culture, or innovation. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (10-40 points)

4. Update an original website that you have already created. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (3 points per post)

5. Read an article related to social studies from the library selection. Summarize the article in one to two paragraphs. (10 points)

6. Contact an expert in your topic of study. (10 points)

7. Write a rough draft of your thesis. (10 points)

8. (High School only) Go to http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com/. Read the script and highlight the helpful and harmful statements within the affidavit of your witness. (5 points)

9. (High School only) Write a rough draft of direct examination questions for your witness. (20 points)

10. (high School only) Write a rough draft of cross examination questions for your witness (30 points)

11. Go on a world history Socratic journey using a Thinking Triangle. You should find new learning to evidence in your triangle. (5 points)


Rubric

11-12 Points (Advanced) Student demonstrated a thoughtful and personal quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear advanced, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

9-10 Points (Proficient) Student demonstrated a sufficient and relevant quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear proficient, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

7-8 Points (Partly Proficient) Student demonstrated a minimal and superficial quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear partly proficient, as evidenced by your use of words, sources, and depth of research.

1-6 Points (Incomplete) You have remnants of knew knowledge but did research provide the research necessary, effort, and thought.

Quinn to Rudolph the Red Nose Raindeer

http://www.scribd.com/doc/11555632/Century-of-Flight

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Harley (Book Sources for History Day)

Here are the books I bought from Amazon that I'm planning on using with my history day project.
-Toland, John. The Dillinger Days. New York and Washington D.C.: Da Capo Press, 1995.
-Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. New York: Simon & Schuster Uk, 2009.
-Mattix, William J.(Author) ;, and Rick(Author) Helmer. The Complete Public Enemy Almanac: New Facts and Features on the People, Places, and Events of the Gangsters and Outlaw Era: 1920-1940 [COMP PUBLIC ENEMY ALMANAC]. Nashville: Cumberland House Publishing, 2007.
-Gorn, Elliot. Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2009.
-Matera, Dary. John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America¿s First Celebrity Criminal. New York and Washington D.C.: Da Capo Press, 2005.
-King, Jeffery S.. The Rise And Fall Of The Dillinger Gang. Nashville: Cumberland House Publishing, 2005.
-Burrough, Bryan. Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34. Boston: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2009.

Also I have a question for Quinn. We've decided on following the "Vigilantism is a response to an inconsistent government" thesis right?

New Post for Ally

Check out this link:

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=culture&bcpid=1886192586&bclid=1716500629&bctid=1616630239

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Email i sent to CU Profesor

Stephen,
My name is Joe Tanner. I am an instructor in the Aerospace Engineering Department her at CU. I may be able to help you in your research. Are you interested in aviation in general or a specific segment of aviation? For instance, are you interested in general aviation (little airplanes), commercial aviation (big airplanes) or military aviation? I have some experience in all three. Whichever you want, you can find a ton of information on the internet by using Google. Just type in the airplane you want to learn more about. I am more than happy to help in any way I can. Joe Tanner

On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Stephen Covill wrote:
Hi I'm an 8th grade student doing a project on aviation for the National History Day competition, and I thought aviation was a good choice. I was wondering if I could ask a few questions about general aviation. My main question would be if you know of any great primary resources. If you could respond I'd appreciate it. Thanks Stephen Covill-RRNRD

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Quinn the Eskimo to Ally

http://www.cherokee.org/

Quinn the Eskimo to Ally

http://www.amu.ac.in/ShowFaculty.jsp?did=19

Quinn the Eskimo to Ally

http://www.asuuc.net/

To Ally from Quinn the Eskimo

Check out this link

http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/origtime.htm

Link on Flight from QE

http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=260

My notes

· It took 19 hour to cross the Atlantic the first time
· She was born In July 24, 1897
· Charles Lindbergh was the first man to cross the Atlantic one year before her
· Gorge Palmer was the man that planed all her flight
· She did all her flying for fun
· She was the first to fly across the Pacific solo
· She died on her last light across the Pacific in 1934

  • she first started flying in 1920-1921

Over

THE BOSS

Video on Amelia Earhart

I just watched a video on Amelia Earhart for History Day and these are the facts I found. Amelia was born on July 24 1897 and her father was an alcholic. When she flew it was for fun and not for publicity. Gorge Palmer planned all her flights. When she flew across the alantic it took her 19 hours to finish the trip. She was the first women to cross the Alantic but Charles Lindberg was the first man to cross the alantic one year before Amelia. When she went to fly across the world they ran out of gas over Howland Island in the pacific and they were never heard from again.-RRNRD

Notes on Amelia

  • the first women to fly across the Antlantic Ocean
  • born on July 24, 1897 in Kansas, Patcherson
  • 1920-21 was her first flight
  • her parents divoreced and she moved to Boston
  • she was part of the freindship flight program
  • married George palmer
  • she flew across the antlantic one year after Charles Lindbergh
  • went missing on her way back across the Antlantic

Dave

Thesis

Thesis
By: Jacob
Stephen Covill
Charlie Park


Since the beginning of time, flight has fascinated mankind; in turn there have been many different flying innovations.

koolkat (weird)

There is a 12 year old girl that can't stop sneezing(besides when she sleeps). On the news this morning, she was carrying on a conversation like normal with a sneeze in between. It's like she has done it her whole life. It doesn't seem to hurt, but its just weird. She was saying a few words, a sneeze, another few words, a sneeze... It does sound like phony sneezes, but they are consistant. It started after she got back from a sleepover. Its just weird! Oh, and there is a kid who, when he was 12, got a 9020 score on his SAT's. That is what I call a genius.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Banana Pancakes Fresh Air Broadcast

To anyone who is interested in listening to an impressive "Fresh Air" broadcast from National Public Radio follow this link. Fresh Air is a program run by National Public Radio and is aired daily. Every Fresh Air show includes interviews and bits of daily news. http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=11-5-2009
Once you are on the website go to the movie interview called "A Directors Precious Project" and click download. the download is a little slow, but the interview is very moving about a director creating a new movie called "Precious." It is very moving about abuse and how it can cange our lives and how it affects people.

koolkat

Didn't we get the time set up right? Also, what happened to the count thingy? I am way behind. KK

New Question from Quinn the Eskimo

How did the election of 1800 contribute to the death of Alexander Hamilton?

Weekly Assignment for S.S. I. Students

High Social Studies Inquiry November 10th – 17th

Directions: Answer 45 points worth of questions, and consider the rubric below.


1. Read a book about your history day topic, a cite your book with annotation in Turbian Humanities.(10-40 points) Locate two primary sources about your history day topic and cite and annotate your sources. (10 points) *This question may be repeated for every two additional primary sources.

2. Design your History Day project according to the rules @ http://nationalhistoryday.org/



3. Create an original website based on economics, politics, culture, or innovation. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (10-40 points)

4. Update an original website that you have already created. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (3 points per post)

5. Read an article related to social studies from the library selection. Summarize the article in one to two paragraphs. (10 points)

6. Contact an expert in your topic of study. (10 points)

7. Write a rough draft of your thesis. (10 points)

8. (High School only) Go to http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com. Read the script of your witness and blog your thoughts (5 points)

9. (High School only) Write a rough draft of direct examination questions for your witness. (20 points)

10. (High School only) Write a rough draft of cross examination questions for your witness (30 points)

11. Go on a world history Socratic journey using a Thinking Triangle. You should find new learning to evidence in your triangle. (5 points)


Rubric

11-12 Points (Advanced) Student demonstrated a thoughtful and personal quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear advanced, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

9-10 Points (Proficient) Student demonstrated a sufficient and relevant quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear proficient, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

7-8 Points (Partly Proficient) Student demonstrated a minimal and superficial quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear partly proficient, as evidenced by your use of words, sources, and depth of research.

1-6 Points (Incomplete) You have remnants of knew knowledge but did research provide the research necessary, effort, and thought.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Harley

Health Care. Health Care. Health Care. I think that quite possibly there are a zillion different topics connecting Health Care to things that might not quite be entirely correct. I don't believe that by the sweat of my labor that I should have to pay taxes to support somebody else. I feel that my duty is to support those in my charge (I.E. my parents, my siblings, my family, and my husband). NOT THE MAN NEXT DOOR! (I.E. I don't believe in the public option on health care because I'm a capitalist and don't believe that the man who works his whole life for his success and his money should pay for somebody else!)

Ally

ok so friday i went to world fair and walked around listening to most of the fifth graders talk about each country they chose. The fifth graders put a lot of work and memorization into informing people about that country. Most of them talked bout what the currency, culture, religion, and language. They aslo talked bout population, imports, exports, and some of the major buildings. After they were done we had a sample of what some of the foods were like in that country. It was mainly food but there was some drinks at other countries. I would like to thank all the fifth graders for doing the world fair. They did a great job at teaching us about their countries.

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt on Why I said No

The reason I said no on the most recent poll was because in the end it will actually hurt the poor more. Buy taxing buisness owners more to pay for your guy's insurance it will hurt our companies and then we wont be able to afford the "good" health care you got from working for that buisness. You might even lose your job because it will cost too much to operate. Instead you get the goverment healthcare which doesnt cover as much.

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt on Health Care Bill

Wont the health care bill actually hurt the country. With the private option pretty much outta luck won't that lose more jobs and go against the President's agenda of creating more jobs? Also won't the cost of it add even more debt to the countries already growing debt.

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt to Kool Kat

What does being poor or rich have to do with having an opinion?

health care

Just a question, whoever voted NO on the health care pole, why shouldn't we? We, normal people, be able to have an opinion on something that efects us? The people who do have an opinion are rich so they don't know what it is like for us, but we do, so we should have an opinion.KK

New Question from Quinn the Eskimo

Why did John Adams mostly ask his wife, Abigail, for advice, rather than his own cabinent?

Friday, November 6, 2009

Banana Pancakes

I think it's about time I release my title and thesis. I have two thesis's and I would appericate a vote for which one people like better. Thanks!

Title
“Comforting the Afflicted, and Afflicting the Comforted-Political Cartoons and their impact in history”

Thesis #1
The innovation of political cartoons has allowed the concept of an Establishment clause to manifest and weave itself into our everyday lives.

Thesis #2
The innovation of political cartoons has brought forth on history a means and tool to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comforted.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Harley

Okay I've been doing some switching around on my thesis -heck even my subject. My new thesis idea is "The mafia is a response to inconsistant justice!" Any thoughts?

Political Cartoon




Here are some more political cartoons. Comments are appericated.

Thanks,

Banana Pancakes






koolkat to Quin

I sent emails to 10 professors at CU.

Brickbat to Harley

I think an interesting comparison would be to compare the impact of prohibition in the 30s to the impact of the current drug war on organized crime. A large number of people in prison today are in for non violent drug use. In the 30s they were in for use of alcohol. I think the comparison is very interesting and would be informative.

koolkat

I thought we weren't supposed to use ( )? Just wondering.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ally

ok this is my thesis for faith... Humanity’s ability to believe in a higher power separates us from other orders. Faith is the belief or trust in a person, idea, or thing. Faith is, in general, the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true. Faith is the belief and the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, based on his or her authority and truthfulness.

Harley

Ignore the hit counter it's currently incorrect. Senator is going to take a look and see if he can fix or reset it. Thanks :)

Harley (Hit Counter)

With the message that Admin sent us I got to thinking about how many hits our blog is getting a day and thought it might be interesting to add a hit counter to the blog.

Harley (to Ally, Anne, Paige, JJJHS, Haney, and Senator)

Quick but random question. I'm just wondering about the book you're reading for English and what's it about?

Harley (Thesis Rewrites)

So I'm still not sure where to go with this project. As many of your probably know I'm doing Organized Crime for my innovation for History Day. My original conclusion for a thesis was "The All-American outlaw was society's response to an unreasonable amendment set forth by the Prohibition Movement," but recently I've come into contact with a woman who works for the prison who is offering me police reports and statistics about current gang (a form of organized crime) activity. I'm not nearly as interested in criminal behavior currently than I am about criminal behavior back in the 1920's where it all kind of got it's roots. However, though I don't find that nearly as interesting I don't really want to lose all the opportunity she's giving me for primary resources and I also thinking bringing it to modern terms will make organized crime feel more important. I would like some feedback on this to see what you guys think. It seems like last year I just chose a topic that I liked and it didn't go over too well because there was really no lasting influence (nothing to tie my subject to current times) so maybe I should include some parts that I don't particularly care about/like and maybe my overall project will be better? I just don't know.

Quinn on New JH US history Question

Why was George Washington unpopular during his second term in office?

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Quin can you please edit this?

Ok, Do you know when the first attempt at flight was?

Over

THE BOSS

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt on Mock Trial

Finally!! A murder case, and an interesting one too!! This case will be tough for lawers but a little bit easier for the witnesses. Either way it is a murder and it will be fun. Im not even sure if im doing mock trial this year but this case definitly increased the chances. I hope that with this case we can win this year and make up some crazy way to twist the case but make it believable, like last year when we made it sound like a conspiracy against the woman who called the cops to the crime scene. It will definitly be cool and i hope Mock Trial does good this year.

Quinn the Eskimo on new Social Studies Inquiry Weekly Assignment

Social Studies Inquiry November 3rd – 5th; Due Monday 11/9

Directions: Answer 45 points worth of questions, and consider the rubric below.



1. Locate two primary sources about your history day topic and cite and annotate your sources. (10 points) *This question may be repeated for every two additional primary sources.

2. Create an original website based on economics, politics, culture, or innovation. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (10-40 points)

3. Update an original website that you have already created. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (3 points per post)

4. Read an article related to social studies from the library selection. Summarize the article in one to two paragraphs. (10 points)

5. Contact an expert in your topic of study. (10 points)

6. Write a rough draft of your thesis. (10 points)*

7. (High School only) Go to http://www.coloradohighschoolmocktrial.com/ and read the our new mock trial case summary (pgs 53-57). Post your thoughts on the blog regarding strategy, etc. (10-30 points, 10 points for each paragraph that includes details on the case)

8. Go on a world history Socratic journey using a Thinking Triangle. You should find new learning to evidence in your triangle. (5 points)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Ally

i really dont mind halloween but when people start to dress up as Satanic things then thats where i draw the line. i once was told a story where this person came to a house and asked for a baby. somehow this family gave it up and this person used the baby's fat for the inside of a jack- o- lantern. i dont think it is true but who knows what happened. the pumpkin has come to symbolize the holiday as much as ghouls, goblins, ghosts, and witches. i guess it also depends on what you believe.

Quinn the Eskimo to Paige and Anne

Here is a link to a radio show I like. It's really funny and informational. -QE

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=3&islist=true&id=35&d=10-24-2009

Quinn on the History of Halloween

Check out this link on the history of Halloween. I would love to know your thoughts.- QE


http://www.history.com/video.do?name=halloween

Part of the history in flight













Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer


Pop-Tarts @ Everybody

Has anyone seen the new comercial for Pop-Tarts??? It stated that the filling in the pastries is real fruit. But if you look tword the bottom of the screen you can see that it says in parentesis,
(Filling Made of 10% Fruit). Thats, like, false advertising or something!!!-Dave

Quinn on A Must Read for History Day Participants

What Is the Difference Between Invention and Innovation?
Courtesy of Anne Edwards and Becky Butz
According to a dictionary definition, innovation is the introduction of something new (or as if new), something that deviates from established doctrine and practice. The act of creation, of making something new, is only the first step in a long path to historical change in materials and culture. What makes something innovative is not just that it is new, but that it takes root in some way, making changes in established cultures, doctrines, and practices, leading to historical significance.
The theme of innovation is one that requires depth of thinking, It is about examining ideas, methods, and inventions, and not merely about events and individuals. Students are expected to look at the need for change, how that change came about, the methods that were used to convince the public that it was necessary, and the impact it made. It’s not just the story of Eli Whitney and the invention of the cotton gin, Instead, it’s an explanation of why there was a need for the cotton gin, how people were encouraged to use the invention, and the impact it had on farming practices and the labor force. For instance, what happened to the slaves when they were replaced by the cotton gin?
Innovation implies much more than merely invention. Invention can be an aspect of innovation and, in fact, is often the first step in innovation. However, the crucial difference occurs between the relatively discrete creative act of invention and the far longer process of innovation. Innovation involves the process of convincing people to change their material or intellectual habits and replace old behaviors with new ones. Thus, the investigation of innovation inherently includes an examination of historical significance.
Historical context must also be included in an effort to understand how the innovation occurred and was implemented. Within this examination the consideration of innovation from the time and place may also be explored. An idea unearthed after being long buried or used in a new way may be innovative if applied to a new situation. For instance, consider Leonardo DaVinci’s invention of the helicopter. It was way before its time and thus was not an innovation during his lifetime. When times and technologies changed, and the idea of a helicopter could become a reality, it took hold and became an innovation.
Innovation also applies to the innovation of ideas: the divine right of kings or civil and human rights or scientific theories of heliocentrism or evolution or quantum theory. All of these were new when their proponents initiated movements in their favor.
Good student research will require examining prior precedents as part of the historical context. The innovation itself, the change of thought and/or actions, must be clearly delineated in the student entries. For example, if students want to trace nonviolent protest as an innovation, they will discover that it has a long and involved history. The origins are not in the 1960s, but with Christianity (turn the other cheek and the martyrs), Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, and Gandhi. American Civil Rights should only be the tail end of such a discussion. Students would be much better off tracing the evolution of the sit‐in. Where does it originate? How does it evolve?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

ADMIN

ADMIN notification: Posts stating your name with another name in parenthesis isn't going to work. Example- Fred to Jane- Jane (Fred) Who is posting? Please post as Jane to Fred or Jane @ Fred. If you are posting a new topic don't simply post "Afghanistan", post Fred on Afghanistan.

Thanks,
ADMIN9

Quinn the Eskimo (Rudolph)

Here is an article from the AP to help answer your question:

KABUL — Afghan officials would face a daunting task in organizing a runoff presidential election before the arrival of winter – including hiring unbiased staff and securing polling stations in areas under threat of Taliban attack.
The problems are unlikely to end there. Even if the Afghans were to pull it off, there's no guarantee that another ballot – which seems increasingly probable – would produce a reliable partner for the U.S. and its allies in confronting the Taliban-led insurgency.
Election officials are expected to rule within days on fraud allegations over the Aug. 20 election. The vote was marred by charges of ballot-stuffing and voter coercion, mostly to the benefit of the incumbent, President Hamid Karzai.
Preliminary results show Karzai won with about 54 percent. But if the U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission discards enough of the votes for Karzai, it could drop the president's total below 50 percent. That would force a runoff with the top challenger, Abdullah Abdullah.
The electoral tumult already has thrown the country into a political crisis and cast doubt on a key pillar of the NATO strategy in Afghanistan – partnering with a legitimate Afghan government capable of winning broad public support against the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies.
President Barack Obama is trying to decide whether to send in tens of thousands more U.S. troops and whether it is worth backing a government that has lost much of its legitimacy through corruption and alleged electoral fraud.
If the commission announces that Karzai does not have enough votes for a first-round win, Afghan law requires a runoff within two weeks. Election officials say it will take that long to prepare for a new vote.Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20091014/as-afghan-election/

Quinn the Eskimo (New Question)

Why do you think the US chose to go with more of a Representative Republic type government?

Dave (response to Quinn the Eskimo's question)

I think that the United states chose the represenative republic over a democracy because they didnt want the people overpowering the government and causing it to fall.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Just out of curiosity why does the Taliban attack elections or people who vote in Afgan?

Dave (unemployment)

My dad was recently laid off from Union Paciffic, he still gets unemployment for a couple of months but he said itll be tough couple of months. Around the same time last year my father got laid off from the same company and i am wondering why. Why do other people get to keep there jobs at the company and others get laid off???

Brickbat (Harley)

The United States is a representative republic. Each state is a part of the republic and each state is represented by elected officials to Congress. Each state has its own government and is an independent sovereign government under the supervision of the federal government. It would take some research to determine if England was a representative republic or not. When you figure it out, please let me know.

Brickbat (Banana Pancakes)

The first political cartoon said a lot about the feelings at the end of WW II. It was felt that an invasion of Japan would cost hundreds of thousands of lives and that the bomb would stop the war before the invasion was to take place. The Japanese had already made peace overtures through the Russians and the war would have probably ended before the dropping of the bombs, but we will never know. I do wonder if the bombs were dropped to see what their effect would be. Patience is always hard to find when dealing with the lives of those of our country and so the dropping of the bombs will always be a controversial decision.

The second cartoon deals with a lagging economic indicator. The stock market is always at least six to nine months ahead of job creation. The other problem we are having is that banks are leery of loaning money to small businesses, small businesses being the major employer in the U.S. It will be interesting to see at what point the jobs in the U.S. start to return. It is not a great time to be graduating from school or out of work.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Harley (To Quinn about Government)

Just curious. What's an example of a representitave republic? Would that be like the English Parliment?

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Library Materials

Thanks for taking the time to vote on the kind of books you like to have in the library. We seem to check-out more fiction than non-fiction and so I order more of it. I do try to keep non-fiction up to date but it does not have the turn over that fiction has nor as many new books published in that catagory. But Keep Reading!!! LL

Banana Pancakes (Political Cartoons)




I would like your opinion on these. Please do not fight over this, just state your opinion.




Banana Pancakes (Haney and Senator)

I like the toilet idea quite a bit, but I have one question to ask. What are the political and intellectual impacts of the toilet? that will be the one thing you have to really make your case on or else the judges will not like it.

Quinn the Eskimo (New Question, especially JH)

Why did the United States decide on, in terms of government, a representative republic rather than a democracy?

Dave (everyone)

Did you know, that if theres a small amount of Gold, they wont smelt it for a profit.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Quinn (Harley, Public Enimies)

http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/492571

Paige (brickbat)

I'm not sure how much video games actually impact people as a whole...i really think it kind of depends on the person who is playing them, most of us are hopefully smart enough to realize not to do the stuff on bad video games, i don't really think just because they play the game and they do it in the game they will go out and do it in the real world unless they had already had some kind of intentions of doing it anyway in some way. and age really makes a difference also.

Haney Video games

I personally dont think that video games could corupt a kids mind because I grew up playing grand theft auto and I dont feel like killing people...I also grew up playing need for speed and I dont feel like racing illeagly and running form the cops...its all a matter over your mental ability so to conclude my point i am still somewhat civilized yet routinely playing video games.

Ally

i really dont know if it has an effect on younger kids or teens because i usually never do video games...

Senator.

Let me know if you find anything wrong with my thesis or if you have any ideas that would make it better. This is sort of just my starting point, I hope to add a few sentences etc.

Haney Thesis

So the toilet could be easily named the greatest innovation for many reasons, such as preventing disease, because fieces has many dieseases and having toilets takes that away because we flush it away.

Senator (My input for Haney and I's Thesis)

The toilet, a very eminent choice for one of the world's most important or greatest innovations of all time, serves the human race as a disease preventive, a ease of access waste outlet, and much more.

koolkat

what happened to Mrs. P?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Quinn the Eskimo (Brick Bat)

I think age/maturity is an important factor in your question. Young children cannot always differentiate reality from fiction. If people understand that this video game is purely entertainment, I think the effects are different from someone that may believe the content is real.

Quinn the Eskimo (New Question)

What is the best type of government and why?

Quinn the Eskimo (Anne and Paige)

Check out this broadcast of "A Prarie Home Companion". http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=phc/2009/10/17/phc_20091017_64&starttime=00:00:00.0&endtime=02:00:00.0

You might also want to contact Garrison Keillor at http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/ . He would count as an expert.

Anne (Thesis to Quinn)

Radio was the innovation that held America together by comforting, educating, and entertaining the people during our nationwide struggles.

motor man (brick bat)

in today's world there really is no differents between violent video games and crime they could be considered the same thing. although many parents don't think that there children know what weapons are used and how some of the thing are done on the game, but many of the things that are being put in to the games are real weapon that the U.S. military use in combat. so if the child is in to a game that kills people and thing if in the right conditions that child could make a bad choice and they could start killing people and just think it is a video game. so under the right conditions that child could become a murderer becouse of that game

Brickbat (goober)

If I understand you correctly, playing violent video games causes the player to act out those crimes in real life. Do you really believe that if you play violent video games you will become a criminal?

koolkat (weird)

Did you know that KFC's honey is only 11% real? The other stuff is fake! Like the flavoring is artificial, it is mostly corn syrup and carmel coloring! That is pretty sad because honey is cheap. :(

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (Brick Bat)

I agree with Stonekid, just because you play viloent video games doesn't mean that will be translated to reality. I mean kids play Grand Theft Auto all the time and if that theory was true wouldnt there be a very sharp increase in crime every year.

iceman(Brick Bat)

No it is not all video games some game like James bond and Grand Torino mite do that to you but it is most about how much stress you have and if you are crazy to do that and blame it in the video games.

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schimdt ( Thesis: Please edit )

Walls and fences have greatly advanced the human species and are arguably the most important innovation ever conceived.

Kalogas [BrickBat]

Violent vedio games can be a way to let agression out or make it worse. For some people it may make their agression worse and may lead them to a life crimes. On the other hand some people, like me may play them to calm down, so yes and no.

Goober(brickbat)

I belive that they commit the crime to act like they are the same people on the video so that they can be just like them.

Quinn the Eskimo (Weekly Assignment)

http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/

High Social Studies Inquiry October 20th – 24th

Directions: Answer 45 points worth of questions, and consider the rubric below.


1. Read a book about your history day topic, a cite your book with annotation in Turbian Humanities.(10-40 points)

2. Locate two primary sources about your history day topic and cite and annotate your sources. (10 points) *This question may be repeated for every two additional primary sources.

3. Create an original website based on economics, politics, culture, or innovation. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (10-40 points)

4. Update an original website that you have already created. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (3 points per post)

5. Read an article related to social studies from the library selection. Summarize the article in one to two paragraphs. (10 points)

6. Contact an expert in your topic of study. (10 points)

7. Interview an expert on your subject, and be sure to site him/her in your biblography. (20 points)

8. Write a rough draft of your thesis. (10 points)

9. Go on a world history Socratic journey using a Thinking Triangle. You should find new learning to evidence in your triangle. (5 points)

10. Go to www.nationalhistoryday.org and pick a project. Read the rules carefully, and post your thoughts about how you will plan out our project. (20 points)

Rubric

11-12 Points (Advanced) Student demonstrated a thoughtful and personal quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear advanced, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

9-10 Points (Proficient) Student demonstrated a sufficient and relevant quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear proficient, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

7-8 Points (Partly Proficient) Student demonstrated a minimal and superficial quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear partly proficient, as evidenced by your use of words, sources, and depth of research.

1-6 Points (Incomplete) You have remnants of knew knowledge but did research provide the research necessary, effort, and thought.

stonekid "brink bat"

Violent video games are played everyday throughout the whole world, but i don't believe what we are playing makes us do the things we do. Here is an examples of one crime that is committed buy kids that might play violent video games. School shooting, many people say this is a result of violent video game. But I believe the kids that do this is because they are picked on a lot at school, or things are not going right at home. I also find it hard to believe that a kid thinks. "Hey I played Grand Torino the other night and I killed all those people and got away with it, so I should be able to do it in real life." We know right from wrong, and if someone is gonna commit a crime they will have a reason to commit it.

Brickbat (I am curious)

What is the correlation between violent video games and crime? I know what is said in the media but I would like to have your perspective on the subject.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Quinn the Eskimo (A Diiffent Kind of Conservative)

Check out this clip about Ayn Rand. Harely, you will probably especially enjoy Rand's views. I would love to know your thoughts.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-15-2009/jennifer-burns

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt ( Not My Job Award Winners )











Here are the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Not My Job Award Winners








John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt ( Awsome Pictures )






I was doing some research for a Thinking Triangle and I was looking at Mount Saint Helens and I thought that you guys might like to see how violent the eruption was.




























































































Thursday, October 15, 2009

paige(brick bat)

wow..i don't know what to say to the "what will we do" post. that is a scary thing that takes some deep thought into reconstructing how we live!

motor man (harley)


If people could do those things and do it right with out missing any thing up yes there would be a lack of that type of work. Although most people only know the basic knowledge of how to change and put in oil, power steering fluid and anti-freezes. In that regard they don't know how to do more deliberate work on a engine which give the mechanic more work and you have to under that many people do have engine problems more often then we know of. So there will still be plenty of work for a mechanic to do.

motor man (brickbat)


the problem with having the population double within 50 years and fossil fuel running low is that demand for goods is going to rise so fast that farmer will not be able to react in time and double there effort to keep up. with that being said it will be a big dilemma for the world future if we do not find a good alternative for fuel, and ways to keep the population at a manegeable number.

Dave (Thesis)

Since the beginning of time, flight has fasinated mankind, therefore there has been many different flying innovations including airplanes and the helicopter.

THE BOSS (My theses please edit)

The history of fight is a very important innovation which saves time and money in to send stuff around the world instead of using boats.

Mrs. P (John Jacob)

Creativity is relative. And I never spell anything wrong. Ever. But look at the attached for people who do. These photos are from the September 2009 March on Washington for Health Care. Do you think these are real or photoshopped? Why would someone doctor these photos and email them to a million people? I mean, besides being evil left wing crazies.











John Jacob Jingle HIemer Schmidt ( Mrs. P. )

Why can't you be more creative ehh? Oh and welcome to the blog... Anyway beware of flying pencils and don't spell anything wrong or the Fab Five will attack you. Seriously.
Mrs. P = Mrs. P. Creative, eh?

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt ( Harley )

I totally agree with you. At my family's buisness you can see that trend everytime you walk into the shop. The mechanics and engineers usually are men, ( even though we have had a woman ) and the book keepers and secretarys tend to be women.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer(Thesis please proof read it)

My thesis for a project on planes is many people have tried to get off the ground but the Wright Brothers were the first recorded flight in history.

Brickbat (What will we do)

The population of the world is suppose to double in the next 50 years. We already have dwindeling resources and starvation in many areas of the world. What is the answer to this delema?

Brickbat (Harley)

I liked what you had to say about education. I do think that it also teaches us to expand our horizons. We live in a small part of the world and without education, we would not be able to know and understand the outside world. As the world becomes smaller, it is important for us to build our tolerance and knowledge of the things and people around us so that we can make wise decisions that will affect more than just ourselves and our tiny part of the world.

Harley...Whew!

Whew! I think I'm finally caught up! Did anybody but me notice that the clock reading on the bottom of the texts is completely off? It's actually 2:15 a.m. Just a random comment. That thing about the meal of the day was the randomest thing I've ever seen! But Senator I love the picture with the McDonalds french fries it's Awesome! Here's a random poem:

Great is the Sun and wide he goes,
Through empty heaven without repose.
And into the blue and glowing days,
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
Though closer still the blinds we pull,
To keep the shady parlor cool.
Yet he will find a chink or two,
To slip his golden fingers through.
The dusty attic spider-clad,
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad.
And through the broken edge of tiles,
Into the hay loft smiles.
--Robert Louis Stevenson--

Harley (In response to Curious Brick Bat)

I think there are several different things that are of basic importence in our education. I would agree with most of the previous posts that person-person and person-community interactions are definitely a large part of our education. Also encompassed in this is the ability to listen. Another thing to consider is learning processes (particularly in math you must learn a process --your answer might be wrong but if you did the process correctly you have a grasp of the process. Another important lesson for students is to follow orders. America is a structuralized society (as are most others) you have a boss, you follow the bosses orders or you get fired. During your education career you are expected to follow orders or there will be reprocussions this is preparing you for a future career.

Harley (Motorman)

I have a question for you. What would all the mechanics be doing if everybody had the knowledge and skills to service their own vehicles? Thus tearing down a tier in American society and also eliminating a card from the proverbial house of cards?

Harley (Random)

Okay this is a totally random post but I told Quinn to look up this video and I was thinking a few of you guys might enjoy it too.

Harley (In response to Political Songs)

One of my favorite political lyricists was John Lennon =) --shocker I know-- but the political song I chose was "Gimme Some Truth"


Harley (In response to Gender Affects Job)

Haha naturally I'm going to be the one on here saying that yes there are certain jobs that are better for women and certain jobs that are better for men. NOT saying that men/women wouldn't be capable of doing both jobs. Here are a few examples:
--Cosmetology-- more likely to be women
--Social Workers-- more likely to be women
--Construction Workers-- more likely to be men
--Interior Decorators-- more likely to be women
--Roughnecks-- more likely to be men
--Mechanics-- more likely to be men
Would you agree that there are jobs that just jive better with men and certain jobs that jive better with women? Again, I am NOT saying that women/men cannot do all jobs. Men were built to be able to handle more labor intensive jobs than women I will admit it. However, I feel (like in the Social Worker example) that women are built better emotionally (NOT saying guys aren't emotional but I think you'll understand what I mean) for jobs that require one-on-one discussions about emotions, etc.

----As for the discussion about being sued for gender discrimination: How would that work as you're running a private business? Wouldn't it be similar to turning a customer away? "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."

Harley (In response to A Resolution for Afghanistan)

Sadly I'm feeling some touches of Vietnam here. There doesn't seem to be any clear winner here and everybody is losing troops and citizens and money. I don't think that there is a black and white way to go about this. America cannot pull all our troops immediately from Afghanistan because it would topple some of the structure we've managed to build there. However, we cannot keep supplying troops and troops and troops. Also we are in our own little economic crisis here and we cannot financially afford to keep this up. Another major problem (or so I believe) that America faces in the conflict with Afghanistan is where does this end? Afghanistan? Iraq? Iran? Most of the mid-East countries are in complete turmoil and defy most American beliefs (government, religion, etc.) However, if nobody takes action is the mid-East going to turn out like many of the African nations where nobody controls anything but everybody wants control over everything?! This is truly a predicament!

Harley (In response to the Ron Paul Interview Video)

Wow! This totally made me think! As many of you know I consider myself to be a capitalist. Capitalism is an economic theory which stresses that control of the means of producing economic goods in a society should reside in the hands of those who invest the capital for production. It is a system based on the production of goods and services for exchange rather than use. Private ownership and free enterprise supposedly leads to more efficiency, lower prices, better products. Some questions I had in regard to the video were:
**Would having a smaller government make globalism or protectionism the better capitalistic choice in the long run?**
**If the federal reserve was ended, would it make the American dollar worth more? Thus making the capitalists in our society more money because products would be worth more?**
**Who or what was the Halliburton's? And what's the link to Ron Paul's book?**
Interesting things I hadn't considered. I didn't even know there was such a word as corporatism. Corporatism is the political system in which power is exercised through large organizations (businesses, trade unions, etc) working in concert with each other, under the direction of the state.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Harley (Quinn)

I've been thinking about music from the 1920's and I've came up with a few different thinks...maybe Glenn Miller, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Benny Goodman. Will you listen to a few and bounce some ideas off me. For my thesis I'm thinking maybe something about economic crisis/government being the influence for organized crime. Maybe "The All-American outlaw was society's response an unreasonable amendment set forth by Woodrow Wilson." Or in place of the president maybe just the government I'm not sure. Give me some feedback.

Quinn the Eskimo (Page)

Check this out about Superman v. KKK:

http://www.stetsonkennedy.com/klan.htm

Ally

can you add some more on to my thesis... i cant really think of anything else that is open to all religions

Ally

ya we are

Anne

Hey guys are we still in 7th hour?

Ally

I am doing my innovation on faith. here goes my thesis...Humanity’s ability to believe in a higher power separates us from other orders of species

motor man ( brick bat)


the most important thing we learn today is how boring Stern part of an education can be but then we learn how much fun other prat of your education can be and how helpful those parts are in our every day lives and what we can do with those in the work place

jerk (brick bat)

the one thing that we are luring in school that is most impotent is luring to communicate with other people, and to lesion to there side of things and the way they think. In this life if you cant tack orders from others or listing to them you will never get far.

motor man ( john jacob)

I agree with your statement by how many time in the united state history have there been cases where a Clint has not had the chance to even have a attorney and yet those people have still gone to jail for a crime that he\she did not comment like in "Gideon's trumpet"
koolkat = Stephanie

Dave (First in Flight)

Hey, who was the first man in flight?
Should North Carolina change their license plates?


http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/493454

koolkat (thesis)

Hi! I was wondering if you could check my thesis for my history day project on psychology. Psychology has been puzzling the human mind since the caveman days and was first completely discovered in the late 1800's.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer(The Boss, Dave)

Check this out guys.


http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com/View/526248/play/true

quinn(edit please

Greetings. I am from the Fleming 8th grade, in a rural school in northeastern Colorado, and working a project on the discovery of flight for the National History Day competition. I was wondering if I could interview you and get some information about the history of flight. Do you have any quality primary sources? Also, I would love to ask you some questions in an interview, possibly over the internet. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Charles Park

Quinn the eskimo can u check this?

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THE BOSS

Brick bat (I am curious)

What do you think is the most important thing we learn in school and why do you think that?

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Quinn the Eskimo (Good Primary Source Link)

I just go this link from the state level. You should be able to find a quite a bit of primary sources for your project. Check it out, and tell me what you think.

http://ahivfree.alexanderstreet.com

Ally (Paige)

ya like me... i rather not have to change things that break down and sometimes i dont have the time to fix them. so it helps me save the time and energy by going to the Mechanics.

Ally (Paige)

yes i think i have heard of what happen on Oct. 30... i think its kind of funny that everyone believed him.

Paige (Motorman)

Well that is a trickier question. Some people just really aren't cut out to do the mechanics on their vehicle. It takes some kind of general understanding, schooling, or background from how you grew up, but even then people don't want to take the time to do it if they don't understand it enough or just don't want to. that's why we have mechanics though, it's a different concept than the little perks we get in our cars...this is kind of a necessity because some people can't or don't want to change the oil or diagnose what is wrong with the engine, ect.

librarylady

I am just checking out your blog. I have never blogged before and want to know how to do it. It looks like fun. It will be nice to see what everyone is thinking.

motor man (brick bat, john jacob )


in certain circumstances people should all way have a right to Argue or defend their case. then there is a circumstances that I think you should have a choose in. if your client had been in a suspect in a second degree murder 5 times I think that you should be able to decline that persons wishes to having you as their attorney be then you should have enough integrate to not bad mouth that person and there case

motor man (paige)


I agree with that statement that the unnecessary fetchers of a car are not need. they do make thing easier for us but at the same point it does make us lazier because we don't have to put a cooler in or we don't have to freezes our but off but that is the part of the cars of to day that makes people lazy.


then what are your thought on how a normal person is supposed to be able to service their own car and not have to take it to the mechanic and pay to have it serviced?
He or she still should have a fair trial even if you know he/she is guilty because if he or she had a twin bother or sister who killed or took millions of $$$$$, then it is not or it can be the men or girl that you have or do not have to charge with the crime. If you do the crime you do the time. if you do not do the crime you should not have to do the time

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt ( Brick Bat )

Yes, lawers should have to defend suspects that they even know are quilty because it is a right every citizen of the United States has. Even when you get arrested, they read you your rights which include the right to an attorney. Also, it is in the constitution that a criminal be judged by a jury of his/her peers. If an attorney just decided that he wasnt going to defend his client cause he "felt" that he was quilty that would look bad for that person, especially if he was innocent. Also you might have a case that no one would defend a man due to the overwhelming amount of evidence against them. There could be cases like in the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" where no one wanted to defend the man because of his race and it pitted one mans word against another's.

Brick bat (Banana pancake)

It would not be a bad idea to take time off and let everyone get well. The problem it creates concerns the number of days we must be is school. If we miss more days than we have available snow days, we must make them up. If we stay in school, the illness is passed around and we build up an immunity to it and will not have a problem with it for the rest of the year. This is a situation that has no great solutions. All we can do is take our best shot and hope we made the correct decision.

Brick bat (John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt)

You bring up a very good question in talking about the Boston Massacre. Should lawyers have do defend a person even though they know he/she is guilty?

Quinn the Eskimo (Junior High Especially)

Why did the First Continental Congress meet? What did they accomplish?

Brick bat (stonekid)

Finding out if you can change something is a good way to start. It is definitely beneficial to view sources you find in the article or blog. It is also good to look at sites that are given in the sources. We know that on the web, anybody can say anything and that they can find someone that agrees with them and lists them as a source. There is an old saying, "figures don't lie but lyers figure."

Brick bat (paige)

The War of the Worlds, even though it was stated that it was a story and not a real news release, confused many people. Radio was the media of the day and people listened to radio much like we watch tv today. This broadcast caused more than just people to board up their houses. There were many that admitted to affairs and were divorces. Armed mobs took to the streets and looked for Martians. There were even a few suicides. Because of all of the problems the broadcast caused, there were never any other programs like this put on the air. You can still find the program, probably on the net, and it is well worth listening to.

stonekid(brickbat)

When I am looking for information on the web, I look to see if the web site allows me to edit the info given, if it does allow this. Anyone can get on it and mess with the info. This may mean that not all of the info is true. I also check and see if they have listed any of their sources. Doing this allows me to know the info I am putting down on paper is reliable.

Quinn the Eskimo (Weekly Assignment)

High Social Studies Inquiry October 13th– 16th

Directions: Answer 45 points worth of questions, and consider the rubric below.
Please note that #6 is a requirement for this week.


1. Locate two primary sources about your history day topic and cite and annotate your sources. (10 points) *This question may be repeated for every two additional primary sources.

2. Create an original website based on economics, politics, culture, or innovation. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (10-40 points)

3. Update an original website that you have already created. Check with Mr. Conn for more details. (3 points per post)

4. Read an article related to social studies from the library selection. Summarize the article in one to two paragraphs. (10 points)

5. Contact an expert in your topic of study. (10 points)

6. Write a rough draft of your thesis. (10 points)*

7. Go on a world history Socratic journey using a Thinking Triangle. You should find new learning to evidence in your triangle. (5 points)

8. Begin design your history day project. Go to http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ to learn more. (10-30 points)


Rubric

11-12 Points (Advanced) Student demonstrated a thoughtful and personal quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear advanced, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

9-10 Points (Proficient) Student demonstrated a sufficient and relevant quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear proficient, as evidenced by your use of complete sentences, sources, and depth of research.

7-8 Points (Partly Proficient) Student demonstrated a minimal and superficial quest for the given subject. Your words and finding appear partly proficient, as evidenced by your use of words, sources, and depth of research.

1-6 Points (Incomplete) You have remnants of knew knowledge but did research provide the research necessary, effort, and thought.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Paige (just a question)

Since Halloween is coming up...has anyone heard about the radio broadcast that H.G. Wells put out on October 30, 1938 about the alien invasion that was just a hoax, but all of American freaked out and started boarding their windows?

Paige (senator)

He's not making fun of youtubers....he is stating that youtube is a big thing now and some people or teens might be using it for some wrong reasons...saying sometimes they do stupid things...and u have to agree..

Senator to Paige

Yea? Well I don't like him, his statement seems hypocritical. He makes fun of YouTuber's while mos tlikely expecting children to watch that very video on YouTube. Wow.

Existentialism

Existentialism – A DefinitionExistentialism in the broader sense is a 20th century philosophy that is centered upon the analysis of existence and of the way humans find themselves existing in the world. The notion is that humans exist first and then each individual spends a lifetime changing their essence or nature.

Quinn the Eskimo (Link to "This Land is Your Land")

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5223227265981711886&ei=n5fPSqzQJJLSqQLSt8ki&q=this+land+is+your+land&hl=en#

Paige (political song)

http://www.cmt.com/videos/toby-keith/426849/american-ride.jhtml This is my political song. American Ride- Toby Keith. I agree with this song the most because it's more of a patriotic song, and it really explains what is happening in the U.S. It tells about all the things that America is turning to or becoming, if it's good or bad not really sure, but it's not the usual American way. We are changing a lot in that we can't be the same because all these other political views are coming into play so like it says, "don't get caught singing christmas carols", someone might just get affended because we call it christmas. So I guess I'm a protectionist. "hate me if you want to, love me if you can" from the song Love Me If You Can-Toby Keith.
Love Me If You Can video. http://www.cmt.com/videos/toby-keith/159300/love-me-if-you-can.jhtml

Ally

ok so i tried to show the pictures but it didnt happen... the meal of the day would be a turkey and ham wrap with a vanilla carmel frap with whip cream. yummm

Hope Diamond (Anne)


Quinn the Eskimo (New Question)

What song describes your political feelings the most?

John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmidt ( Boston Massacre )


The boston massacre began when a group of rowdy colonists from Boston were grouped around a small, armed squad of British soldiers. There were high tensions between the two parties and the colonists showed their dislike by flinging snowballs at the troops. Even though the soldiers had extremely specific orders not to fire or engade the crowd, a slaughtering took place after a single soldier shot a man who hit him with a snowball which contained rocks. After the man took the shot, the rest of the troops opened fire thinking that they were given the order to open fire. During the trial of the troops and the captain of the soldiers, John Adams defended the British soldiers. He was defending law and order because the colonists had been yellin fire and also hurling snowballs at the troops. This case angered both side because civilians were killed on the colonists side and the British troops got off the hook without punishment. The British were angred because the trial that was held was unfair and unjust.