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Assignments for 02/17/2020

Assignments due for the week of February 17th, 2020

Debate

Review the process of Inductive Reasoning on pages 20 and 21 in your notebook. Solve the “Detective Stories” on page 23. Write your solutions in your notebook. Continue to work on ideas for your commercial project to share with your group next week. Watch your email for the revised phone and email list.

Explorations in British Literature

Prepare for the introductory quiz on the life of Charles Dickens and the background for Oliver Twist. (pages 1-7 in your new study guide) Watch the following video giving reasons why you should read the novels of Charles Dickens. 🙂

No-Spin Economics

Prepare for a quiz on Chapters 3 and 4 of Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (You can study the notes you were given and/or reread the chapters. Watch the Crash Course Economics video #4 on Supply and Demand and complete the handout you were given in class.

Watch this video to reinforce the concept of TANSTAAFL.

Quick Looks at Great Books

Continue reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and answer questions 52-77 in your study guide.

Abridged version–Chapters 28-41
Unabridged version–Chapters 36-62

Watch for new settings and new characters in this next “episode”!

Watch this short video of current Carnival celebrations in Venice, Italy. This is the new current center of elaborate festivals just, as Rome was in the time of The Count of Monte Cristo. Disguise played a big part in the fate of the characters you read about.

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