Sep 17
Unit One Study Guide
Mr. McClung
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Sep 15
Alternatives to Lecturing
I hate lecturing….and one of the biggest challenges I have been faced as a social studies teacher is how to present the curriculum to my students in a manner that does not involve lecturing everyday. So, this past week I have introduced to my students a different approach to acquiring knowledge and does not involve…
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Sep 14
Google vs. China…Revisited
Today in class we will be taking a look back at an old class favorite from this past year, Google vs. China. This goes along with our on going conversations involving economy and government. Today we will be using Google vs. China as an example of what can happen when a company decides to expand…
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Sep 13
More Money Talk
As we continue to have our conversations about the various kinds of economies and the positives and negatives that are associated with them, I felt this was a great opportunity to throw in a plug for my favorite radio show. This American Life is a weekly pod cast that brings a wide variety of topics…
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Sep 13
Where It’s At
Beck (Hansen) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst…
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Sep 12
Elkins Invitational Recap
The start of the boys 2 mile race on Saturday. We officially opened up our cross country season on Saturday in Elkins, Arkansas. Overall our first meet was a huge success, our kids really showed up and competed hard on Saturday. There are many reasons to celebrate our meet on Saturday, just a few of…
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Sep 10
The Friday Song
It’s a Friday tradition in my class…the Friday song. At the end of each week we take the time to celebrate the week by doing our weekly Lessons Learned segment and jamming out to Arcade Fire’s song “Wake Up”. The video clip above is from my 4th period class enjoying the music. Mr. McClung
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Sep 10
Lessons Learned
Lesson One – Remembering 9/11 This weekend marks the 9 year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Like many other classrooms across America we will be spending a portion of class today to discuss the events of that day in September. This will be my 3rd year…
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Sep 10
Remembering September 11th
Today in class, like thousands across America, we will be observing the attacks of September 11th, 2001. As we move further and further away from the date of the original 9/11 attack on America, it becomes more important that we not only observe this day but also teach to our students exactly what happened on…
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Sep 9
Mo Mosque, Mo Problems – Pt. 2
Students, in continuation of our discussion about the current mosque debate in New York we will be discussing in class on Friday the recent decision by the pastor in Florida to call off his self proposed “burn a Quran day”. Mr. McClung
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