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Assignments for 02/24/2020

Assignments due for the week of February 24th, 2020

Debate

Be prepared to present your 30 second commercials next week illustrating the logical fallacies you were assigned. Begin your research for the historical debate concerning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Bring all your research to class to contribute to your group.

Research options:

  1.  Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. The Warren Commission report, the “magic bullet”, J. Edgar Hoover said public must believe Oswald acted alone, Twenty reasons to believe Oswald acted alone, etc.
  2. Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in the assassination. JFK assassination, grassy knoll, Oswald patsy, lone gunman, single bullet theory, etc.

Every member of each team should contribute his research and any other “evidence” he or she found. Do some searching on your own! 🙂

Explorations in British Literature

Begin your reading of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Read Chapters 1-14 and answer the corresponding questions in your study guide. Be prepared to identify the characters you meet in this section.

No-Spin Economics

Great job today examining our dollar bill as well as all of our coins. Review Crash Course video # 4 and be prepared for a quiz on it next week. We will go over the handout before the quiz. Review the information of the Coin & Currency Handout to be familiar with the material for an upcoming quiz. DON’T FORGET TO BRING A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO CLASS NEXT WEEK.

Quick Looks at Great Books

Continue reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and answer questions 78-82 in your study guide.

Abridged version—Chapters 42-53
Unabridged version—Chapters 63-81

Note the web that is being woven with the characters of Major Cavalcanti and his son and start following the clues to the mysterious murders taking place in the Villefort home! The plan for revenge is in full play, and there will be lots of new surprises and mysteries to solve.

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