Today in Arkansas we continued our conversations about Manifest Destiny and the continued removal of Native Americans and the ongoing conflicts that took place out west in the 1800’s. During this conversation we took one of our AVID strategies called philosophical chairs. In this activity students are given a statement and asked if they agree…
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In class on Wednesday we will be taking a look at Manifest Destiny and the contrasting views on whether or not it was the divine right of our nation to spread democracy from sea to sea. First we will watch a simple video from School House Rock about the topic then we will look at…
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Butch Walker (born Bradley Glenn Walker on November 14, 1969) is an American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the metal band SouthGang from the late 80s to early 90s as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for rock band Marvelous 3 from 1997 until 2001. You can…
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Lesson One – Quit Playing Games With My Heart This week we had our semi monthly advisory period to help prepare for our course selection for next school year. In my advisory we tend to celebrate our coming together with food, and Wednesday was no exception. We had a Valentine’s themed meal on Wednesday and…
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Today in class we discussed population growth by looking at the most recent US Census data. We looked at our own state and discussed the factors that lead to population booms and dying communities in our state. The link to the website with an interactive map can be found by clicking here. Mr. McClung
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Mr. McClung
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Today in class we will be discussing the discussion of Arkansas to become apart of the Union back in 1836. In addition we will be talking about the idea of leaving the Union as well…as we build up to our studies of the Civil War. Today we will be reading article that speaks about the…
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Wouter “Wally” De Backer (born 21 May 1980), also known professionally by his stage name Gotye, is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. De Backer is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics, who…
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Lesson One – LMS Monday was a tough day at school. Not necessarily because anything bad happened, but mainly due to what was going on outside…snow. Several school districts around us had closed due to road conditions, however we did not and that did not set well with the kids. We had many absences that…
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