Lessons Learned

Lesson One – RALPH This year we have a new coveted prize on our cross country team. It’s not a trophy or any type of award, but rather a simple t-shirt that says “RALPH”. This shirt is known as the RALPH shirt and someone earns it by “throwing up” during a run…pleasant I know. The…

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Create a Country

Blake, Jacob, and Jack (kinda) explain their roles on their create a country project. Students are using Google Docs to create a presentation for their project and Google Sketch-Up to create a map of their country. Mr. McClung

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What Was Your Score?

Yesterday in class we took some time to debrief the meanings behind our scores that we received from our political compass test we took on Tuesday. Students took a test in which they were asked to share their thoughts and beliefs on certain issues that are popular around election time. After they took this test…

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Create Your Own Country Project

Students, today you will be starting a project that is going to require you use the information you have acquired from our lessons about economy and government to create your own country.  There will be two parts to this project, a map and flag section and a Google Doc presentation. Google Doc Presentation Your presentation…

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Civic Duty

Today in class we will continue to talk about political issues in America as well as the most important duty that a citizen has in a democracy…voting. And what happens you NO ONE votes. Mr. McClung

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Political Compass

Today in class we continued with our talk about civics and government by discussing debatable topics in American politics. Students were asked to develop a list political topics in America and after they composed their lists, we then began to discuss the topics and how they ultimately help decide what side of the political spectrum…

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Picture This

On Monday we started our week by reviewing our notes from last week about the Isms. This term refers to the different political ideas and theories that exist in the world. Students were given 7 different pictures that were hung all over the classroom and they were asked to identify the what term the picture…

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Siloam Springs Recap

To be blunt, this has been a very busy weekend all the way around. However, that didn’t stop us from turning out to Saturday’s meet at Siloam Springs. On Saturday we had a pretty good showing considering the fact that we were very short handed with conflicts in schedules and injuries. Some of the highlights…

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Google Docs Prep Work

Students, this week we will be using Google Docs to submit some of our assignments. Google Docs is an application that allows users to share documents on a web-based platform…there are two ways to set up an account for Google Docs. Creating an account – No Gmail Account Required To create a Google Account, just…

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Two Weeks

Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear. The band employs traditional and electronic instruments. Their sound has been categorized as psychedelic pop, folk rock, and experimental, and is dominated by the use of vocal harmonies. You can hear their song titled, “Two Weeks”…

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