DUE DATE: Sunday, June 22nd at 9:00 p.m.
Why was Alaska knows as the forgotten war during WWII? Do you agree or disagree with it being called the forgotten war? Why? Explain. Be sure to include in your answer the following components:
Alaska-Canadian Highway
African Americans
Japan
Russia
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Fun Facts!
DUE DATE: Sunday, June 15th at 9:00 p.m.
This will be an easy but challenging blog for you!
Each one of you has to come up with 10 facts on Tokyo and 10 facts on Okinawa. Sound easy? Here is the catch - this is a group project blog. Why? Because NO TWO facts can be the same. For example, if one student says that Tokyo is in Japan, another student cannot have that same fact. Have fun!
GOOD LUCK!!!
This will be an easy but challenging blog for you!
Each one of you has to come up with 10 facts on Tokyo and 10 facts on Okinawa. Sound easy? Here is the catch - this is a group project blog. Why? Because NO TWO facts can be the same. For example, if one student says that Tokyo is in Japan, another student cannot have that same fact. Have fun!
GOOD LUCK!!!
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Compare and Contrast
You guys need practice (and I need to grade a million blogs before Friday)!
For this week I would like you to choose a topic that interests you - whether it be sports, school, coaches, teams, etc. and work on evaluating your answer, being VERY specific with facts to back-up your responses.
For example, I think the Yankees are better than the Red Sox, but can I say that stands true for last year? No, the Red Sox (Dead Sox) won the World Series whereas the Yankees were lucky to even finish off the year. Overall the Yankees are better than the Red Sox in terms of championship wins...but then my question/statement would have to read: The Yankees are better than the Red Sox in terms of the number of years winning those titles. Does this make sense? I would have to dig deep into researching why exactly the Yankees performed better - was it their pitching, coaching, batters, etc.
What makes the coach for the Lakers better than the coach for the Celtics? You would have to look at the number of years each coach has worked with their teams, the number of wins, where did each team finish in that division, etc. Hard core facts of what makes this compare and contrast blog true.
Please do NOT give me a simple simon answer - take this seriously. It is definitely different than your other blogs because you are free to choose your own topic. The one main issue you all had across the board with your Annotated Bibliographies was the lack of specificity along with comparing and contrasting your authors.
Have fun!
Oh!!! I will be updating the Alaska blog with your e-mails and you may be posting to that soon as a test.
For this week I would like you to choose a topic that interests you - whether it be sports, school, coaches, teams, etc. and work on evaluating your answer, being VERY specific with facts to back-up your responses.
For example, I think the Yankees are better than the Red Sox, but can I say that stands true for last year? No, the Red Sox (Dead Sox) won the World Series whereas the Yankees were lucky to even finish off the year. Overall the Yankees are better than the Red Sox in terms of championship wins...but then my question/statement would have to read: The Yankees are better than the Red Sox in terms of the number of years winning those titles. Does this make sense? I would have to dig deep into researching why exactly the Yankees performed better - was it their pitching, coaching, batters, etc.
What makes the coach for the Lakers better than the coach for the Celtics? You would have to look at the number of years each coach has worked with their teams, the number of wins, where did each team finish in that division, etc. Hard core facts of what makes this compare and contrast blog true.
Please do NOT give me a simple simon answer - take this seriously. It is definitely different than your other blogs because you are free to choose your own topic. The one main issue you all had across the board with your Annotated Bibliographies was the lack of specificity along with comparing and contrasting your authors.
Have fun!
Oh!!! I will be updating the Alaska blog with your e-mails and you may be posting to that soon as a test.
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