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What is a U.S. President web sites

Mr. Sigler — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:53:33 +0000

We have been studying the Constitution and the this week. Here are some links to site to help understand the functions of the.

What Does the President to? ebook

If you Were President game

7 Hats of the President game

Election 2012 special coverage

Tour of the White House and its history

What is the House actually describes the job of all 3 branches of government

What is Congress gives more detail about the 3 branches

One thing the Legislative Branch does make laws. This site tells how it’s done.

What does the Judicial Branch, especially the Supreme Court, do? Find out here.

Here is a description of the plan for our government, The Constitution.

Ben describes for us the symbols of our nation.

There is also the birth certificate for our country, the Declaration of Independence.

Visiting these sites will help give some background for our government unit.

Public Services here vs. Nigeria

Mr. Sigler — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:14:28 +0000

During our Economics unit we will learn to identify public goods and services. This video compares public goods and services here (actually California) verses Nigeria, Africa.

Public goods in California and Nigeria

Opportunity Cost

Mr. Sigler — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:12:55 +0000

Opportunity Cost is what you give up when you make a choice. Here is a video to help explain.

What is Opportunity Cost?

Building Communities

Mr. Sigler — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:02:17 +0000

We have been studying maps and communities of different sizes. We are currently learning about urban, suburban, and rural communities. Next week we will build communities starting with rural and building to urban communities.

Rural Community

Urban community

: Suburban community

I think we will use this online city-building simulation game to build these communities. You can also try them at home.

Episode 20 – Mike Flanigan

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:02:12 +0000

Our State representative, Tom Flanigan visited our class to talk to us about his job and how our government works in the state of Missouri.

Episode 19 – Black History Month

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:56:25 +0000

February is African American History Month. We recorded this episode of our guest speaker coming in honor of this month. Kelvin is a good friend of one of our students came in to tell us a little about his heritage. He also answered many questions.

Main Idea Wordle

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:47:20 +0000

What is the main idea of this Wordle?

President Obama’s Speech to students

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:30:51 +0000

President Obama addressed students on Tuesday about setting goals for their education and staying in school. This is a Wordle word cloud of his speech. The words that occur most often appear the largest. Can you tell the main idea and 3 most important points in the speech?