Thursday, December 8, 2011

“The News” – a current events report (20 points)

You are a news reporter for Mr. Schwartz’s class. Your assignment as a reporter is to go out into the world and find news stories that you feel will impact our society. Your news report will need to answer the following:

What is the main idea of the article or story? (4 points)
Can you explain to your audience what is happening in the story? (4 points)
How does this story relate to us as U.S. history students? (2 points)
What is your opinion of the events happening in the story/article? (2 point)
What facts or ideas support your opinion(s)? (2 points)
How would you solve the problem in the story? (2 points)
What do you think is going to be the outcome of the problem? Why? (4 points)

Friday, February 25, 2011

Welcome to our Blog!!!

WELCOME TO OUR US HISTORY BLOG!!! We're going to create our own history by using this blog to answer questions and discuss what we learn in class. Are you prepared to take US History into the 21st Century?