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Stonestreet has had the superstar mascot for many years. While many in the school community still prefer the mascot, many are looking to update the image of the school with a mascot change. The school is looking for student input and ideas about the satisfaction with our current mascot. Task: Write an essay to communicate your ideas about whether or not the mascot should be changed. Be sure to include your perspective about the importance of a school mascot, what you think the mascot should be and your reasoning for the new mascot. STEP 1: SPAT it out!!! STEP 2: Create an outline!!! STEP 3: Creat Dred Scott (1795-1858) was a slave who sued for his freedom in court, since he had been taken to a "free" state (Wisconsin). He lost his case in St. Louis, Missouri, but won it on appeal. His case was again appealed and Scott lost. The results of his court case led to major political upheavals in the USA and, eventually, the Civil War. Scott's case went on to the Supreme Court : Dred Scott v. Sandford, presided over by Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, a staunch advocate of slavery and the expansion of slavery into new US territories. On March 6, 1857, the Court ruled against Scott on the basis that slaves were not citizens of the United States (and could never be citizens) and did not have the right to bring a case to court - since blacks were "property." In this decision, Taney wrote that blacks "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit. He was bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever profit could be made by it." Referring to the Declaration of Independence (and the phrase, "all men are created equal,"), Taney wrote, "it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration..." The Court did not rule on the original question of whether or not Scott had a claim to freedom - they dismissed it.
Associate Justice Benjamin R. Curtis (from Massachusetts), disagreed so strongly with Taney's decision that he left the Supreme Court in protest. Shortly after the Supreme Court's inhuman and shameful decision, Scott was sold and then freed by his "owner." Scott died from tuberculosis about a year later. The decision in the Scott case imperiled all fugitive slaves and led to the nullification of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This nullification allowed the expansion of slavery into formerly free territories and strengthened the growing movement against slavery. The Dred Scott court case was a pivotal event in American history, eventually leading to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the US, and to the Civil War (1861-1865), during which over 300,000 Americans from both the North and the South were killed. The questions brought up in the Dred Scott case were not settled until the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (freeing slaves in 1865) and the 14th Amendment (making former slaves citizens of the United States in 1868). Borrowed from enchanted learning on 3/26/13 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/scott/ CLICK ME TO WATCH A QUICK BRAIN POP VIDEO. Correct the following sentence fragments by completing them... in an interesting, albeit appropriate way.
1: While the dog sat on the porch 2: After the terrible thunderstorm the dog 3: Finally the boy found out 4: Because of Mr. Holley 5: The wizard I can write knowledgeably about a topic. Scenario: Louisville is considering following in the footsteps of New York City and wants to try and pass legislation that limits the size of soda and sugary drinks that people can buy at drink fountains (these are non-bottled sodas). The idea behind the legislation is that the unlimited size drinks are allowing citizens to become unhealthy due to a lack of limits on their sugar intake. Aside from the weight effects; illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes are prevalent among those who consistently over indulge in sugary soda. Task: Create an essay that tries to persuade city council to see your side on this issue. You must present balanced arguments that include the benefits as well as hindrances (problems) of the proposed drink law. Make sure your writing is to the point and has well supported arguments. Writing Process Reminder!!! Prewrite (Make an outline)
Draft (Get all your ideas on paper) Revise (Reread the task and add or take out irrelevant information) Edit (Fix spelling, grammar and punctuation errors) Task and checklist!!!
School nutrition: A kid's right to choose Last fall, Los Angeles took a hard line on school nutrition. In an attempt to mold better eating habits in kids, the Los Angeles Unified School District eliminated flavored milk, chicken nuggets and other longtime childhood favorites. But instead of making kids healthier, the changes sent students fleeing from school cafeterias. There have been reports of a thriving trade in black-market junk food, of pizzas delivered to side doors and of family-sized bags of chips being brought from home. Garbage cans are filling up with the more nutritious food, even if kids aren't. The lesson? We cannot simply bully kids into eating healthful foods and take their lunch money. As the federal government prepares to launch a similar, though less sweeping, effort to cleanse lunchrooms of troublesome foods, it's important to analyze what works — and what doesn't — in trying to get kids to eat more nutritious food. Under new nutrition standards announced last week by the USDA, fruit and vegetables will have to be offered with every school cafeteria meal. Additionally, some traditional lunchroom favorites, such as 2% white milk, will be eliminated; tater tots and pizza will be severely restricted, and may not even be recognizable. The federal government should think twice about this approach. As the Los Angeles example makes clear, trying to teach students to eat more healthful foods by removing other choices can backfire. When children (or even adults) feel restricted or forced into a decision, they naturally rebel. Consider the example of two schools we studied in Utah. One required that all school lunches include the vegetable or fruit of the day; the other served the fruit or vegetable only when it was requested. Children at the first school were served 60% more fruit, but we found that kids only consumed 1% more than those at the school where it was optional. Pushing healthful foods on the unwilling only makes garbage cans fatter and creates expensive waste. Nationally, many schools have tried to demonize and ban processed foods, soft drinks, pizza and chocolate milk. Though such dramatic efforts can have rhetorical and emotional appeal, they are probably not achieving the goal of guiding children to better eating habits. Choice is important to children, and having the ability to choose can have profound effects on behavior. For example, our research at Cornell shows that when given the choice of either carrots or celery, 89% of children will choose and eat carrots. But if kids are instead given only carrots without a choice, just 69% will eat them. Instead of taking away choice, a better solution is to guide a child's choice. At one school we studied, kids had a choice of eating in the regular cafeteria line or in a healthy express line stocked only with healthful sandwiches, salads, fruits and vegetables. We found that simply placing chocolate milk in that line along with the other foods attracted far more kids, and therefore decreased the less nutritious foods (such as French fries and cookies) on cafeteria trays by 28% and increased healthful choices by 18%. This happened because we kept chocolate milk, but also because kids had a choice. They didn't have to abandon school lunch altogether if the healthful fare on any particular day was not an acceptable option. Assignment:
In our classroom discussion we described bias as being "Favoring one side, position, or belief – being partial, prejudiced" Read the following segment and look for vocabulary, phrases and opinions that show how the author views a topic or what their key points are. New York City sugary drink ban won't affect just Big Gulps
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader once said: "If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists." New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't share Ralph Nader's higher-power (if tongue-in-cheek) rationale for a sweet tooth, as residents of the city's five boroughs have learned. The sour taste from that lesson begins Tuesday. That's when the ban on sales of sugar-laced drinks larger than 16 ounces — a ban he championed for months and got approved by the city board of health — goes into effect. The regulation has drawn national attention and the wrath of many New Yorkers — polls show up to 60 percent disapprove of the ban — and of people who don't even live in the Big Apple. Red from New York wrote on nytimes.com: "What is next, no neckties because they are a known choking hazard? No white shirts, they require toxic bleaching? No dry cleaning, it spreads dangerous solvents?" Of course, there are those who say they support the ban, even in New York. Cee from New York wrote at nytimes.com: "You are what you eat ... given the alarming percentage of Americans who are overweight and the impact that has on our healthcare system and cost, we should be happy that there are those out there trying to address the public health problem." So which drinks will actually cause city consumers to suffer the sugar blues? What places will be forced to stop selling those super-sized Slurpees? And does a tall-half-skinny-half-1-percent-extra-hot-split-quad shot (two shots decaf, two shots regular) latte with whip from Starbucks have to be pried from someone's lukewarm — and likely sugar free — dead hand? That all depends. The ban hits sugary drinks like sodas that come in more than a 16-ounce container. Those super-sized, 32-ounce drinks and beyond will no longer be sold in most places. The big sugar drink ban applies to restaurants, fast-food chains like McDonald's and Burger King, movie and stage theaters, delis and office cafeterias. However, sugar lovers take note: There are some sweet spots still left open. Those are convenience stores, drug stores and supermarkets. They can keep selling any kind of sugary drink in the larger sizes. So, while a delicatessen or a Dunkin Donuts can't sell a sugary drink larger than 16 ounces, a Duane Reade pharmacy down the street can sell a 20-ounce drink ... a 26-ounce ... a 32-ounce ... a 64-ounce ... or a 120-ounce, if they have it. And anyone who buys a 16-ounce drink from a place that's banned from selling larger sizes will be allowed to refill their cup, depending on the place where they get it, and won't be forbidden from buying more than one drink. Two key exceptions to the ban are diet sodas or fruit juices. Those can still be sold anywhere at any size. Also exempt from the ban are any alcoholic beverages. Where the ban gets somewhat complicated is at coffee shops. Coffee drinks that are 16 ounces in size or smaller are unaffected. But cups of java that are larger than 16 ounces can only be served if the barista adds no more than three to five packets of sugar to it. The number of packets depends on the size of the cup. The smaller the size the fewer packets can be put in. Once a consumer has the drink in their own hands, however, they can go sweetly crazy and add as much sugar as they want. Coffee lovers who need their sugar fix handed to them in large amounts might want to think about adding milk to their brew instead of having it black. That's because the ban does not apply to coffee concoctions that are more than 50 percent milk. The city considers milk a source of nutrition, even if it's drowned in sugar. NOTE THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRE ARTICLE... We will finish it tomorrow... taken from NBC @ http://www.nbcnews.com/business/new-york-city-sugary-drink-ban-wont-affect-just-big-1C8781253 Task 1: Find Afghanistan on a map using your social studies book or on google earth/ google search.
Describe the physical environment of Afghanistan. Task 2: Read the article "Back to Schol: Education = Hope for Afghan Children." Explain the Authors Key Points. Task 3: Use your key points to describe the Author's Point of View. |
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