Country #3 - Canada - Due Friday Feb 27th @ Midnight

Country #3 - Canada - Due Friday Feb 27th @ Midnight
Choose a news article about an issue the country above is facing and answer the following questions:

1. Introduce the nation's form of government: What form of government do they have (Democracy, Theocracy, Federal Republic, Socialist, Communist, etc) and define what that term/form of government means? Any additional information on the country/organization/leaders of the country will count as additional information:)
2. Site and summarize your article in a paragraph making sure to focus on the problem at hand
3. What choice/options do these nations have to make to solve the problem?
4. What solutions do you think could best resolve the problem?
5. What predictions do you have regarding the future of the situation/problem?

CLICK HERE for definition on FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

COMMENTS - Comments will count towards your classroom participation score. Remember not to repeat stories already featured by other students.

COMMENTS - will be moderated and reviewed so do not use inappropriate

SIGNING: remember to leave your first name, last initial and period at the end of the posting

What Can We Learn From A Penguin?

As you watched "March of the Penguins" you were asked to write notes on what you learned about penguins and their environment. Using your notes, respond to the following: "What lessons did you learn about penguins, their families, their community and their environment (summarize and use specific examples/details)? How can those specific lessons apply to human life, our families, our various communities and our environment(s) (be specific)? In short, what parabolic lessons can we learn from penguins?"

Please answer the entire question. Your score will be based on:
Answering the entire question.
Your ability to use specific examples from the movie to demonstrate lessons/similarities
Your ability to demonstrate analysis, synthesis and complexity of thought.

CURRENT EVENT - REGION #2 - Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica DUE MON FEB 23, 2009

REGION #2 - Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica




Pick any nation in this region, find an article on that nation and read it and then simply answer the following questions:

1. Site and summarize your article in a paragraph, making sure to focus on the problem at hand
2. What nation(s) are involved in your current event and what form of government do they have (Democracy, Theocracy, Federal Republic, Socialist, Communist, etc) and define what that term/form of government means?
3. What choice/options do these nations have to make to solve the problem?
4. What solutions do you think could best resolve the problem?
5. What predictions do you have regarding the future of the situation/problem?

CLICK HERE for definition on FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

COMMENTS - No set number of additional comments are required, but comments will count towards your classroom participation score. Remember not to repeat stories already featured by other students.

COMMENTS - will be moderated and reviewed before posting live

SIGNING: remember to leave your first name, last initial and period at the end of the posting

CURRENT EVENT - MIDDLE EAST

WE WILL TRY SOMETHING NEW...

Instead of doing a current event on any international topic of your choice, I will be having you choose a current event from a different region each week.


REGION #1 - The Middle East
Any nation in the middle east will do. Simply answer the following questions:

1. Summarize your article in a paragraph, making sure to focus on the problem at hand
2. What nations are involved in your current event and what form of government do they have (Democracy, Theocracy, Federal Republic, Socialist, Communist, etc)?
3. What choice/options do these nations have to make to solve the problem?
4. What solutions do you think could best resolve the problem?
5. What predictions do you have regarding the future of the situation/problem?


COMMENTS - No set number of additional comments are required, but comments will count towards your classroom participation score. Remember not to repeat stories already featured by other students.