PM GED Class 1/12/16

Find a picture on the internet that you feel represents the dropping of the atomic bomb.  Post your picture and reason why on the google doc page.

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Social Studies Essay

Part 1:
Go to Google and search for the person that made your quote, and fill out this form.

Part 2:

Go to the USA Today opinion page, search for an article related to your enduring issue, and fill out this form.

Life is so good - Chapter 15

Respond the questions in this form

Write at least one paragraph for both questions.

Life is so Good Chapter 1

Respond to these questions about chapter 1.

Researching a speech

If you haven't already chosen a speech to research, you can find one here:
Great American Speeches

Once you have a speech, fill out this form: Researching a Speech

Use these websites to find information about the person who gave the speech and the context of the speech:

www.history.com
www.wikipedia.org

GED 4/28

Fill out this GOOGLE FORM

Important vocabulary

Find an article you like on this WEBSITE

Read the article one or two times.

Copy and Paste the article to this WEBSITE

Answer these questions:

1.  What are the most important words in the essay?
2.  Why are these words important to the essay?
3.  Are there words from the Academic Word List?  What do they mean?
4.  What words are new to you?  Use an online dictionary to look up the words you do not know.

Find a famous quote here

Search for the topic of the quote on Google News

Write a paragraph about the topic and how it applies today and in the past.

Finding Primary Sources

You can Google search for just primary sources!

Infotopia is a website to search for primary sources.

You can find historical pictures at the Smithsonian Picture Archive 

Research a topic

Use these websites to begin your top search:

procon.org

idebate.org/debatabase

http://www.usatoday.com/opinion/

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/

January 6th

Read the article HERE

An fill out this FORM

Thanksgiving stories

Read the Thanksgiving story from the following sources and answer the questions on your handout:

Thanksgiving told by popular, mainstream history:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/first-thanksgiving/

Thanksgiving told by a Native American:
http://www.purewatergazette.net/nativeamericanthanksgiving.htm

School start time debate

Read this article

and fill out this form

Make sure to include multiple arguments from both sides of the debate.  Paraphrase each argument in your own words.

Debates

Choose a debate to read about:

Should tobacco be banned?

Should religion be taught in schools?

Should kids be required to wear school uniforms?

Should marijuana be legal in the U.S.?

Is space exploration a waste of money?

Should wealthy people pay higher taxes than the poor and middle class?

Read about your debate, and then fill out THIS FORM

Finding the Main Idea

Click HERE to fill in your form explaining your main idea and supporting details.

Click on the links below to find an article to write your report about:

Pioneer Press Opinion Pages

Star Tribune Opinion Pages

USA Today Opinions

Questions?

Click on this Google Doc to type questions that you have for MN Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.

Summarizing Fiction

Choose a short fiction story from this website:

http://fiction.eserver.org/short/

And write a short summary on Word document.

Some summary tips:

- Use your own words

- Think of the 5 W's

- Use the plot vocabulary from class (conflict, climax, resolution)

Vocabulary in Context

Use this website to complete the activity on your handout:

http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

Internet Research

A list of sites to start with:

Encylopedia Britannica

Internet Public Library 2 - provides reliable sources of information from the web

Wikipedia - you can't use it as a source in college, but it has lots of useful information

Typing Practice

Practice your typing skills - use Microsoft Word, practice for 2014 GED test.