VooDoo Doll

Put a "spell" on a historical person or thing by creating a paper voodoo doll.  You will be given instructions.  Read the handout for more details.  Use the people or events from chapters 15-25 of your textbook.  Be ORIGINAL!  Avoid people like Adolph Hitler.  Decorate your doll.  Due date: May 27 - Friday.

Is your notebook ready?

C-period NOTEBOOKS will be collected on Thursday - February 24.  Is your notebook ready?  Check the TOC or White binder for contents of your notebook.

Notebooks due February 24 - Thursday!

Check your Spring 2011 Schedule.  C-period notebooks are due Thursday.  Give me either your notebook or an A.G.C on Thursday - February 24.

Good luck!

Hickenlooper's state budget hits education, parks and prisons

Some teachers are most likely be laid off and colleges would get less money and in Colorado state parks and a prison will close because of governor John Hickenlooper budget he is submitting. It will take away 257 million dollars going to fun education for k-12. Higher education would see a 125 million dollar decrease from the current year. They will also have to move all the prisoners in jail to another prison. One of the reasons for this cut in money was so that the state's general fund will be in reserve.

I think that this is a bad decision by making all these cuts because it is taking away the education from a lot of kids who need the help to succed, and do well in their future. Doing this will cause a lot of harm and most schools need a lot of help so every student will get the help they deserve which is why the governor should not do this budget cut.

Grades? Grades? Grades?

Grades will be POSTED outside L-2 BY or before January 28 - FRIDAY.

Repeal of Health Care Overhaul Advances in House

by Atticus

Topic: Health
Title: Repeal of Health Care Overhaul Advances in House
Writer: Alan Silverleib
Publication: CNN
Date: 1/7/11
Length: 480 words
Posting 2

The now Republican controlled House of Representatives set in motion an effort to repeal Obamacare, which will be finally voted on next Wednesday. The vote to vote passed 236-181, with almost every republican for it and almost every democrat against it. Republicans aim to fufill a campaign promise by eliminating Obama's socialist health care bill, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana swearing to "consign their government takeover to the ash heap of history where it belongs." Democrats sharply criticized Republicans for being rash and not stopping to consider any amendments and focusing on repeal of health care rather than jobs and the economy, citing a CBO (congressional budget office) report that concluded the repeal of health care would cost $230 billion over the next 10 years. Republicans say that after a recent survey 54% of Americans oppose the new law. However, only 37% of Americans oppose the law because it is too liberal, the rest agreeing with parts of the legislation. The repeal ultimately stands little or no chance of surviving both the democratically controlled senate and presidential veto.

Republicans believe that Obamacare is the wrong way to go about health care and want to replace it with clean solutions. Democrats consider Obamacare a major step against insurance monopolies. The friction these disagreements are causing is distracting the legislative branch.

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Last day for "missing" work - January 7, 2011

Hand in those "missing" assignments by or before January 7 - Friday.  "Missing" = posters, postings, Harlem Renaissance work.