AP Prep

Go to the Moodle and find some additional resources.  You will get a packet tomorrow of some key concepts & terms, plus sample essay questions.  I uploaded the same thing to the Moodle.  I also put a vocab list on the Moodle as well.  CHEW SOME GUM!!!  If I can find it, we'll be watching South Park: Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride tomorrow for Day of Silence purposes.

Wal-Mart: Good, Evil, or Simply Misunderstood?

So, we started a documentary today, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Living. We will finish watching it on Thursday, but I need everyone to watch a Frontline episode about Wal-Mart (60 minutes, viewable online, read an excerpt here.) that is more objective.  Also read a critique by Tucker Carlson here.  Please do so BEFORE Friday.  On Friday, we'll watch a Penn & Teller BS episode (I have to edit it during playback) that attacks the documentary. Here is a review of the P&T episode. You'll have to write a SHORT paper, due Wednesday.  If you are interested in what I showed in class today, check out the Target Virus and Wal-Mart Virus.  And please remember that we have the FInal Exam in 2 weeks, while you AP test-takers have less than 3 weeks to test day.  Chew some gum!

Circular Arguments & Ideology

I hope you learned something today - or at least thought about what was presented.  For those of you interested in sharing what we read, you can find the article from The Economist here and the AP article about 47% of US households not paying federal income taxes here.  We'll watch something about Wal-Mart tomorrow (maybe they're not so evil after all?), escape from one another on Weds and come back for some more Wal-Mart stuff on Th-Fri.

And Conan on TBS?  WT...???

And since we regularly use this, I thought you should know about the changes...



And the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for photography (pic is link to story):

Go Tax Yourself

The plan for the week looks like this: 
Monday:  Read about Taxation, write a reflection, and discuss.
T-W:  Wal-Mart Analysis
Th:  1040EZ and 1040A taxes
F:  TBD (Day of Silence, so discussion is out).

The AP Govt final will be moved to Tues/Weds (final week of April).