1. National Geographic March 2009 (page 122)-- writing prompt assignment

• Cattle are not a jaguar's primary source of food. What events lead up to the young jaguar eventually being forced to kill a newborn calf?
• Contrast what happens to the young male jaguar with what Alan Rabinowitz envisions would happen in a perfect world.
• What credentials does Rabinowitz have as a jaguar expert?
• What type of habitat does Rabinowitz think is crucial to the livelihood of the jaguar?
• Predict what type of problems a conservationalist like Rabinowitz is going to encounter in the years to come?

2. World Cultures - Gandhi quote assignment (30 points)

• Choose two quotes, one from Gandhi (either one we discussed in class or one you found on your own) and one from someone else. The second quote needs to be one you have found on your own, NOT one we discussed in class.
• Copy and paste both quotes into a blog entry on Mr. Schultz's wikispace, on the discussion board. Make sure you label who said each quote.
• Next, compare OR contrast the two quotes in your blog entry, explaining how they are similar or different (at least one paragraph).
• Lastly, read through your classmates' blog entries and comment on two of the entries you read

3. To help with the Henry VIII assignment (Edward VI)

http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/edward6.html

4. Go to the following website to play review games for the South Asia vocab

http://www.quia.com/jg/1653171.html

5. Japanese Haikus

- Students will be writing their own haiku, a Japanes poetic art form.

- Review the following websites to learn about haikus

http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/asiasite/topics/index.html?topic=Haiku+subtopic=Intro

Haiku example site: http://www.authspot.com/Poetry/Haiku/Examples-Of-Haikus.17338

- Your assignment is twofold:

1-find a favorite Haiku written by a famous Japanese haiku poet, copy the haiku and who wrote it into a word document

2-You will be writing your own haikus. You need to turn in three (3) haikus, one on each of the following topics: nature, yourself, and school

-Remember the following when writing your own haiku:

• Haiku is divided into two parts, with a break coming after the first or second line, so that the poem seems to make two separate statements that are related in some unexpected or indirect way. The break can be marked by a "cutting word" or punctuation. This two-part structure is important to the poetic effect of a haiku, prompting a sense of discovery as one reads or a feeling of sudden insight.
• Japanese haiku have seventeen syllables divided into three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables.

6. CFF online survey

-please go to the following web page and take the "STUDENT SURVEY" (located on the right side of the page)

-the site will ask you for a CFF id#, which is 0500179 (you can copy and paste this number into the space provided)

http://cff.psu.edu

7. Go to the following website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/

While you are there, look through the site at the different aspects of life in Ancient Greece. Choose 5 things that we haven't talked about in class and describe each one of them as if you had to teach it to the class.

8. Use the below website to choose a Roman Emperor to research.

http://www.ancientromanemperors.net/

http://www.roman-emperors.org/impindex.htm

On a PowerPoint presentation, describe your emperor and be prepared to teach the class about your Emperor. You should have a slide on 1-Early Years; 2-Experience; 3-Emperor Years/Accomplishments; 4-Decline/Death; and 5-Works Cited.

9. Learn about the Vikings at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/

Look for information on the following 5 topics and write down a fact or two about each one: 1-Vikings as raiders, 2-Viking myths and legends, 3-Viking ships, 4-Viking families, 5-What happened to them?

10. Letter to the President

First, read the article at the following website:

http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/chad-no-safe-place-women

Next, we will be writing a letter to the president. In this 3 paragraph letter, introduce who you are and why you are writing. Then, explain what you know about the situation in Darfur, Chad, and the refugee camps. Conclude with what you want the president to do about it (options: go to UN and demand action, enforce strict embargo/sanctions on Sudan and Chad, send troops to promote peace and stop the violence).

11. Renaissance artists

Using Inspiration on your computer, create a graphic organizer on the following Renaissance artists: 1-Michelangelo, 2-Leonardo da Vinci, 3-Raphael, 4-Niccolo Machiavelli, 5-Sir Thomas More, 6-Shakespeare.

In your textual information, describe the following: where your artist is from and what they are best known for.

Then attach a picture you find on the Internet that best represents the artist.

12. Henry VIII - Who was Henry VIII? Where was he from? Why is he so intriguing?

Create a powerpoint slideshow or Inspiration graphic organizer with a picture and description of each of the following people:

-Henry VIII

-Catherine of Aragon

-Anne Boleyn

-Jane Seymor

-Anne of Cleves

-Kathryn Howard

-Katherine Parr

-Edward VI

Make sure you describe who each person was and what happened to them in a slide or two, with a picture of each. It must be in your own words to receive credit for the project. You also need a works cited at the end. (40 point project)

13. Review the following websites about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during WWII.

http://www.vce.com/hironaga.html

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp02.asp

http://www.naturalnews.com/019176.html (read the Truth and Lies section at the bottom)

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/AtomicEffects/AtomicEffects-2.html

After reviewing the website, reply to the blog post about the topic.

14. Following is an essay from a teenager on the causes and effects of the Iraq war

http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/48766/The-Iraq-War-Causes-and-Effects/