On Friday my 4th period class was officially crowned the champions of this year’s class competition for our fundraiser benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Their class raised $700 and won the right to shave my head during class on Friday…here’s how it went down. In phase one you can see that I started with…
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Jack White, often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. He was best known as the guitarist, pianist and lead vocalist of The White Stripes until they split in February 2011, as well as a member of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. He is…
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I felt like it was important to write a finale blog post giving proper thanks to all those that have helped us reach the total of $1,645 that has been donated to Susan G. Komen for The Cure. Although we did not meet our goal of $2,500 but it is still an incredible amount of…
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Lesson One – Ridiculously Photogenic Guy A few weeks back I ran my 2nd half marathon ever…while I am not fast at all, I was proud of my performance that day. Right about that time I had a student telling me that I looked like this photogenic guy that has been on the news lately….
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As we continue our conversations about prohibition and the current day configuration we have with wet and dry counties in Arkansas, we will discuss a study that was conducted by the University of Arkansas over the economic value liquor sales would have in Benton County. Mr. McClung
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Today in class we will be reading a article about Benton County, Arkansas and the recent movement to make retail sales of alcohol legal. We will read the article embedded above and discuss the possible implications of this becoming a law. Mr. McClung
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Watch Roots of PROHIBITION A Nation of Drunkards on PBS. See more from Ken Burns. Today in class we will be discussing the prohibition and temperance movement that took place in the US in the early 1900’s. To guide our conversations we will be using a PBS program about prohibition to help lead our discussions….
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In class yesterday we took a look at an article that was produced by PBS that spoke and race relations in Harrison, Arkansas. In this article a wide variety of issues were covered from the presence of the KKK in Harrison to the pride and history that many people invest into the confederate flag…the entire…
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is an American indie-pop band from Detroit consisting of Daniel Zott and Joshua Epstein. Zott and Epstein met each other while playing in other Detroit music projects and began recording in Zott’s basement in Royal Oak, MI. The group is known for high energy live performances and for placing harmonic vocals…
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