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This is Obama's speech from last Tuesday night.
Make sure you write your paragraph after you have listened to your topic in it's proper context. This paragraph is in your own words and your own opinion.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Creating a Mind Map out of your agenda
Now that you know what agenda item you chose, you will have to create a mind map out of it. Your mind map must contain the following:
A. Important aspects of the agenda, who it claims it will benefit, how it will benefit, how much it will cost.
B. House and senate bills in the past that are related to this agenda item, but that the agenda item will improve upon or directly against the agenda item. (Find one piece of legislation and explain it in detail.) You can start your research here.
C. Last but not least, who within the corporate world, or policy arena are behind this agenda, and why they are pushing it.
You will work on this today and two days next week.
Since you are working in groups of two, at the beginning, one person will need to learn how to use the mind map software, while the other person starts to research.
You will have to register for a basic at Mindomo
Next week, you will both need to work on research and putting it together on the mind map.
Here is a sample of the branches of government, which I am sure you will be assigned later.
When you are finished, you will post it as a link by commenting within this post.
A. Important aspects of the agenda, who it claims it will benefit, how it will benefit, how much it will cost.
B. House and senate bills in the past that are related to this agenda item, but that the agenda item will improve upon or directly against the agenda item. (Find one piece of legislation and explain it in detail.) You can start your research here.
C. Last but not least, who within the corporate world, or policy arena are behind this agenda, and why they are pushing it.
You will work on this today and two days next week.
Since you are working in groups of two, at the beginning, one person will need to learn how to use the mind map software, while the other person starts to research.
You will have to register for a basic at Mindomo
Next week, you will both need to work on research and putting it together on the mind map.
Here is a sample of the branches of government, which I am sure you will be assigned later.
When you are finished, you will post it as a link by commenting within this post.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Obama's Agenda
As a warm up for a civic activity, please do the following survey. If you need help with figuring out how far it is to get to school from your house, by car, public transit, or walking, consult Google maps. In the directions, put in your address and Kennedy's Address. (39999 Blacow Road, Fremont CA, 94538)
Please go to the White House site and read your assigned topic from the Obama Agenda page.
You have fifteen minutes to look over the list of agenda items, there are 24 total. With a partner, select your agenda item and post it in a response on this blog. Please explain in a paragraph why you chose that specific agenda item.
If you post before 15 minutes is up, you will not get that agenda item and it will be left to my discretion which agenda item you will research.
Make sure that before you comment, you create a google account, as you will need one to post a comment. You will need to go to this site to register. Please click get started, and make sure you use your first and last name as the user, otherwise you will not receive 20 points credit.
Please go to the White House site and read your assigned topic from the Obama Agenda page.
You have fifteen minutes to look over the list of agenda items, there are 24 total. With a partner, select your agenda item and post it in a response on this blog. Please explain in a paragraph why you chose that specific agenda item.
If you post before 15 minutes is up, you will not get that agenda item and it will be left to my discretion which agenda item you will research.
Make sure that before you comment, you create a google account, as you will need one to post a comment. You will need to go to this site to register. Please click get started, and make sure you use your first and last name as the user, otherwise you will not receive 20 points credit.
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