APUSH - America's Debt and Indebtedness

As we move further into the 20th century and America's rise to global domination as the singular superpower in world history, it will be important to keep economic concerns in mind. This is a Presidential election year, so there is much that will be said both true and false, both good and bad about any and all candidates and incumbents. One of the most popular refrains is that China owns the United States. Read the following article and then compose a Complex-Split Thesis introductory paragraph for an essay about the article (no, you are not writing the essay, just composing a solid, complex-split thesis introductory paragraph that would start off such an essay). DUE: Thursday, March 1 by midnight.

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/21/who-owns-america-hint-its-not-china/

APUSH - Eliminating the Penny

In a developed body paragraph of at least 200 words, defend or refute the claim that the Penny should be eliminated from the American economy. Draw upon the information provided in the article linked below as well as your own experiences with the use or non-use of the 1 cent piece in everyday life. DUE: Tuesday, February 28 by midnight.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/17/opinion/whalpes-pennies-economics/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

English 10 - Michelangelo & U2

Select a stanza from the song, When I Look at the World by U2, and explain what it is talking about in terms of the video and where that stanza occurs in it. It will be important for you to decide before writing your response who it is that is singing it in the video as well as to whom it is being sung. Draw upon what you have learned about Michelangelo and the Renaissance in both English and World History to help develop your commentaries. Minimum expectation is a 200 word, developed body paragraph (click on the picture above to go to the virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel online).

Here is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q099989SbMg

Here is the link to the lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/u/u2/when+i+look+at+the+world_20141408.html

SHAKESPEARE PLAYS

As we discussed in class, we will be focusing on three key Shakespearean plays, though drawing upon many others in our study of The Bard. I provide here the three "trailers" for the film versions of the plays:

COMEDY = Much Ado About Nothing

TRAGEDY = The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

HISTORY = The History of King Henry V