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Assignments for 04/25/2022

Assignments due for the week of April 25th, 2022

Field of tulips

Debate

Great job on today’s debates!! We will go over the results and discuss ways to improve your methods in next week’s class. For our next debates, here are the teams and subjects. Begin working this week on researching your new topic. We will discuss our scheduling in our next class.

Debate on May 2

  • All Supreme Court justices should serve with term limits: Emily, Nick, Lily, Darrin, Ariel
  • All Supreme Court justices should serve for life: Lucy, Emma, Cianna, Samuel, Olivia

Debate on May 9

  • The right to vote should be extended to citizens 21 years and older: Josie, Sol, Colin, Devon, Natalie, Cyrus
  • The right to vote should be extended to citizens 18 years and older: Sara, Abigail, Macy, Benny, Kierstyn

Explorations in British Literature

We went over the assignments for the day. For next week, read the first five chapters of Animal Farm. We will work on the pages in your study guide that pertain to what you have read so far. We went over the pages that prepare for reading this animal allegory. Also, read George Orwell’s essay (“Shooting an Elephant”) in your notebook and be prepared to share your response in class. Complete the sheet you were given as a quiz on Sherlock’s “The Red-Headed League”. You may refer to the story as much as you need to. See last week’s assignment to access the story.

Watch this brief clip to illustrate the anthem for the animals in your reading.

No-Spin Economics

We took a quiz today on Penny Candy Chapters 7-9 and Crash Course Economics #7. We went over the handout you did for Crash Course #9. For next week, read Chapters 10-12 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Also, complete the worksheet for Crash Course Economics #10.

Crash Course #10

Watch this video to view how much a trillion really is.

Watch this visualization of our 30 trillion dollar national debt.

Quick Looks at Great Books

Complete your reading of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee by reading Chapters 15-31. Also, complete the corresponding questions in your study guide.  Bring to class any questions you have on your reading before we take the quiz. We will discuss the rest of the book as well as the “surprise” ending. Enjoy how everything is connected in the ending!

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