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I created a digital timeline showing how a bill (The Hyde Amendment) became a law.


Below is a link to my dropbox which contains my digital timeline.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1984868/AmGov_T.Reid/Am_Gov_HydeAmendment.flv


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Bibliography :

 

1. N/a, . "Report: Hyde Amendment not enforced." UPI.com. UPI, 09/28/2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/28/Report-Hyde-Amendment-not-enforced/UPI-31121285685508/

 

 

2. Franke-Ruta, Franke-Ruta. "A new push against Hyde amendment faces some high hurdles." The Washington Post. The Washington Post, 03/22/2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/a-new-push-against-hyde-with-h.html

 

 

3. Kissling, Frances. "Pass healthcare reform -- then repeal Hyde!." Salon.com. Salon, 03/21/2010. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/03/21/repeal_hyde_amendment

 

 

4. Eggen, Dan. "Abortion Opponents Criticize Health Reform Bills." The Washington Post. The Washington Post, 07/23/2009. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072201583.html

 

 

5. The Oyez Project, Harris v. McRae , 448 U.S. 297 (1980) 
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_1268)

 

6. Abramowitz, Elkan. "The Hyde Amendment: Congress Creates a Toehold for Curbing Wrongful Prosecution ." National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. NACDL, 03/1998. Web. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.nacdl.org/CHAMPION/ARTICLES/98mar04.htm

 

7. The Oyez Project, Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113 (1973) 
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18)

(last visited Tuesday, November 9, 2010).

While studying The Scarlet Letter, Juno, and Easy A, our Sexuality and Society in Literature class examined the thematic connections between the three "texts" and crafted creative projects (accompanied by written self-reflections) that sought to capture a major theme from the works. 

Senior Brett Chapman chose to focus on the idea of an individual feeling ostracized by the larger society based on choices she/he made.  He states, "For my thematic project, I chose to focus on social outcasts and use a teen lens. Fabricating t-shirts, each with a different message, I explored choices some teens make that lead us to judge and isolate them. Thus, each t-shirt is an expression of an outcast in the 21st century.  The following pictures are of teenagers who have volunteered their time to participate in this photo shoot. The statements printed on the shirts do not display factual information of the models." The T-shirts and photos are displayed on the third floor outside of Room 303. http://teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=203282&title=Brett_Chapman_I_Am_Video

Senior Beth Knibbe chose to write an original song with lyrics to explore the themes of intellect vs. passion and love deeply rooted in true emotions. In her self-reflection, she expresses "I tried to start writing some lyrics [for my project] but I was coming up with nothing. I decided to think of some places in The Scarlet Letter where I saw these themes most prominently. The first part was the scene in the forest where Hester is watching Dimmesdale walk along the path before she approaches him. This got the ball rolling for me." Inspired by the text, Beth composed a listless guitar melody to match Dimmesdale's state of mind.  The rest is up to you to relfect on.  Download her song and take a listen for yourself.

Check out Sam and Xavier's iWeb for our history benchmark.

For our first quarter benchmark in American Government, we were tasked with telling the story of one bill's journey to becoming a law.  I chose to research the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, which sought to overturn President Bush's 2001 policy, which halted federal funding for stem cell research on new embryos.  The story contained a few twists and the journey was influenced by many outside parties.  

Below is the link to my comic book.  Once it opens, simply click the thumbnail to view the entire book. 

H.R. 810: The Story of a Controversial Bill's Fall from Grace:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1954347/H.R.%20810%20Comic_Valentine/Launcher.html

My first quarter benchmark is a prezi that tells the story of how Copyright became a law. Hope you enjoy. Prezi

How The American Clean Energy and Security Act bill became a law

​Bill H.R.2454

How The American Clean Energy and Security Act bill became a law

​Bill H.R.2454

How The American Clean Energy and Security Act bill became a law

​Bill H.R.2454

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​In this benchmark, I chose to talk about H.R. 17 which would allow the American people to protect themselves in an event of a robbery and/or break-in in their home or business. Below, you will see my presentation on what this bill is, who started it, who supports it, and a personal note on what I think about it.

My first quarter benchmark is a prezi that tells the story of how Copyright became a law. Hope you enjoy. Prezi

Click the thumbnail to view an illustrated history of the Volstead Act.



BILL COMPLETED FOR ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION. 27 Jun. 1919. The New York Times. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

Mendelson, Richard. From demon to darling: a legal history of wine in America. 2009. Google Books. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

Moore, Mark, and Dean R. Gerstein. Alcohol and public policy: beyond the shadow of prohibition.  20 Oct. 1981. Google Books. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

PLAN STRICT ACTION ON DRY BILL HERE. 29 Oct. 1919. The New York Times. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

PROHIBITION ACT PROBABLY HELD UP UNTIL JULY 7. 28 Jun. 1919. The New York TImes. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

"The Prohibition Era." historicpatterson.com. Historic Patterson, New York, n.d Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

Tumulty, Joseph. Woodrow Wilson as I know him. 1921. Google Books. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

For my benchmark I researched the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 law. In order to tell the story of how this Act became a law I used a website named Xtimeline in order to create a visual time line. On there you can also look at the event list and read about each individual event that took place over time. You can see the time line section here while you can see the event list here. Also under each event you can see some of the resources I pulled from to craft my project.

<iframe height='390' width='928' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0'scrolling='no' frameborder='0' src='http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Animal-Fighting-Prohibition-Enforcement-Act-of-2007/embed/928/390'></iframe>

Me: 1. What motivated you to vote?

Ms. Boykin: My grand daughter goes to Temple and told me Joe Sestak was personally handing out flyers. That showed dedication I had to go vote.

Me: 2.  Do you vote every election?

Ms. Boykin: I vote at every Presidential Election.

Me: Do you know why we vote on Tuesday's ?

Ms. Boykin: Yes! Because they assume I don't have anything else to do. Just kidding, I remember asking my dad why, and I think he said something like way back , people went downtown all the time on Tuesdays to go to the markets. It was the most busy day so they kept it on Tuesdays, to keep a strong vote turnout.

Me: Where do you encounter the most campaigning ads?

Ms. Boykin: On Tv and on my dag' gon porch!

Me: Did you learn about voting in school?

Ms. Boykin:Nope!

Me: Are you always sure of who you are going to vote for when you walk into the booth or do you deliberate in the booth?

Ms. Boykin: Most of the time I know because I mainly go vote during Presidential Elections.

Me: Thank you so much for your time Ms.Boykin.

Ms. Boykin: No problem.

Nuestro grupo creó un podcast que explicaba la experiencia Latina Americana en los E.E.U.U.  Usamos partes de las historias de tres mujeres latinas, quienes migraron a los EEUU: Yolanda García, de "Como las muchachas Garcías perdieron sus acentos", Negi, de "Cuando era Puertorriqueña", y la madre de Natalie. Es es un cuenta de progreso y éxito.

Aqui está. :)

Que lo disfrutes. 
 

This is my quarter 1 American Government Benchmark. For this assignment I had to pick a bill and explain the process it went through to become a bill. The bill i picked was vetoed by the President. This made my project a little more interesting. To present my assignment I decided to create a Prezi.
Here it is.

I did a song to successful about the girl scouts coin that was passed by the House of Reps and congress and eventually signed by the president. In this song I talk about the process and the main sponsor and what he had to do to get the bill passed.

*The purpose of this project was to TEACH NOAH SPANISH!
*For this project, we wanted Noah to be able to: 

(1)...say where and when he's been to places. 
(2) be both informative and entertaining in speech.

These were are goals as well, but we also wanted to be able to:

(3) create a video that clearly explains the past preterite tense in a clear way.


*We decided these goals because we believe that they include all of SLA's core values, and that they are the key fundamentals to the unit.
*And for our questions to Noah? 


Why did you choose to move to Spain without knowing Spanish? 
Did you enjoy our video? 
Which video have you seen that was the most informative?

Nuestro grupo hizo un poema de tres partes que convertimos a un podcast. Jaccar fue el voz de Negi, Jhonas fue el voz de Yolanda y Josh fue el voz de Superman.

Jackie Garcia
Jhonas Dunakin
Joshua Martin-Corrales