Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Night and Fog



An Amazing film that is included in the Modern World History Curriculum Guide

Monday, April 13, 2009

Money As Debt

This is an interesting primer on the "Fractional Reserve Banking System". It sounds "A Bit" consperitorial but the basics are represented well. The other 4 videos that go with this can be found at THIS YOUTUBE LINK

Enjoy,

Monday, March 9, 2009

CURRICULAR CHAOS FORUM

As part of your building "Instructional Facilitation" meeting you should be discussing a provocative article that I provided your IF titled "Curricular Chaos" from "Results Now" by Mike Schmoker.

This is a forum to discuss the following... Please make a comment and take part in this discussion

What do you think are the primary implications of the thesis of this article...
  • For our Students.
  • For our Classrooms
  • For our Schools


Thursday, January 22, 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

GOVERNMENT/ ECON. COMMON ASSIGNEMNT PROMPT IDEAS

The following are some specific "Persuasive Essay" prompts some of you sent in for "Government OR Econ." There are some great ideas here. Please post your ideas as comments to this post and share the wealth.


1. Write a letter to congress on the topic of the electoral college. Discuss and evaluate multiple proposals. Recommend one proposal. Defend your position using evidence.

2. Write a persuasive essay about some aspect of economics. Such as free market theory, corporations, advertising, etc. Discuss multiple perspectives on one of these issues.

3. Urban growth. Should the boundary be expanded, limited, or kept the same? Explain multiple perspectives on the issue and defend one position, citing supportive evidence.