SS42_MCCORMICK

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • News forum
• General
  

  General

  • Course Syllabus File
• Unit 1: Human Rights: Egypt
  

  Unit 1: Human Rights: Egypt

  • New York Times Egypt Topic Page URL
  • BBC Egypt Topic Page URL
  • Al Jazeera's Egypt Topic Page URL
  • Frontline: Revolution in Cairo URL
  • Speech Rubric (for Presentations) File
  • Pew Research Political Test URL
• Modern Middle East History
  

  Modern Middle East History

  • 21st Century History of the Middle East File
  • "A Brief History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict" File
  • Read and Summarize Readings Assignment

    Please read the MSWord document and summarize it down into one page.  Also, begin reading the longer PDF.  Written notes for this should consist of answers to any question that appears in the subheadings (bigger print). 

  • Turn your assignment in here! Forum
  • JUST GO TO PAGE 8 ON THE PDF!!! Assignment
• Human Rights Unit
  

  Human Rights Unit

  • Human Rights Individual Project Assignment
  • Human Rights Project Turn-in Site Forum
  • Human Rights School Survey URL
  • Amnesty International Human Rights Report/China URL
• Future Work Place Unit
  

  Future Work Place Unit

  • The World is Flat (summary of Friedman's book) URL
  • Tom Friedman talk (video) URL
  • Bureau of Labor Employment Data URL
  • "The Three Laws of Future Employment" URL
  • Future Employment Projections URL
  • "The Future of Work" (Time Magazine) URL
  • "The Future of Work in Advanced Economies" URL
  • My Future Career Report Assignment
  • Future Career Upload Site Forum
  • "What Will Future Jobs Look Like?" (YouTube) URL
  • Future Career Education Plan Assignment File
  • FAFSA Website (Financial Aid Application) URL
• Civic Engagement & Communitarianism
  

  Civic Engagement & Communitarianism

  • Up in Arms (Nations within a Nation Map) URL
• Legal Marijuana Debate Unit
  

  Legal Marijuana Debate Unit

  • Pro/Con Site URL
  • Argument Against URL
  • Arguments For and Against URL
  • Summary Article on Arguments URL
  • Wikipedia on the Issue (Very Good!) URL
  • Freakonomics: Who Does Legalizatin Hurt? URL
• Politics in the U.S.: The Basics
  

  Politics in the U.S.: The Basics

  • Political Survey: Take the Quiz URL
  • Conservative v. Liberal Beliefs URL
  • Democratic Party Platform URL
  • Republican Party Platform URL
• The Tea Party Phenomena
  

  The Tea Party Phenomena

  Libertarian Populism in the Obama Age

  • Background Wiki on The Tea Party URL
  • Salon's Michael Lind's take on the Tea Party URL
  • New York Times: G.O.P. History v. The Tea Party URL
  • Libertarianism Wiki URL
  • Tea Party Reading Assignment
  • David Brooks Opinion Piece URL
  • Charles Blow Opinion Piece URL
  • Turn in late Tea Party Stuff here! Forum
• General Civics Concepts and Federal Budget Unit
  

  General Civics Concepts and Federal Budget Unit

  • Federal Citizenship Practice Quiz URL
  • 100 Things You Should Know About Our Government URL
  • Federal Budget Assignment Materials URL
  • Budget Worksheet URL
  • Budget Simulation Site URL
  • Office of Management and Budget Site URL
  • Center on Budget Policy Priorities Site URL
  • All Assignments for Federal Budget Unit Go Here! Forum
  • Wiki General Overview of Federal Budget URL
• Sochi and The Ukraine
  This topic
  

  Sochi and The Ukraine

  Update on the former Soviet Union

  • Background Research Assignment
  • BBC Ukraine Update Assignment
• Social Media Explorations
  

  Social Media Explorations

  How are social media changing our lives?

  • Create a Meme Assignment
• Spring News Feed
  

  Spring News Feed

  Post new links and descriptions here. You should post at least one link and a full paragraph description of the context, which means the following:

  1. What is happening?

  2. Who is involved in what is happening?

  3. Where is it happening?

  4. Why is it happening? 

  5. Why is it important to know about it?

  • News Feed Forum
• Edmodo News Blog
  

  Edmodo News Blog

  https://www.edmodo.com/home#/group?id=7941633

  • Edmodo Link URL
  • CWP Blog Forum
• Tinker Case Links
  

  Tinker Case Links

  ...

  • Short Tinker Case Summary URL
• Final Project
  

  Final Project

  Engaging in the Political Process: Immigration Reform

  • NPR's Borderland Website URL
  • Migrant Labor Study Site URL
  • How the U.S. Immigration System Works URL
  • How To Write a Letter to Congress URL
  • Guest Worker Program Wiki URL
  • CBA or Legislative Letter upload site Forum