Optional Blog Post (Extra Credit) - Thanksgiving Week

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-tirado/why-poor-peoples-bad-decisions-make-perfect-sense_b_4326233.html

Blog Post of the Week -Due Friday

John Green on Health Care Costs in the U.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSjGouBmo0M
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/opinion/the-shame-of-american-health-care.html?src=me

1. Post an educated opinion on the issue.  Use at least one quoted reference from the video or articles in your response.

2.  Extra credit- comment on a classmate's post.

Articles of the week

Your thoughts on Veteran's Day...
Please read and make reference to the articles in your response.  You may also wish to comment on any of the discussions you may have sat in on today.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chris-marvin-for-todays-veterans-service-isnt-over-when-the-uniform-is-put-away/2013/11/10/98ad9ab0-48b9-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html?hpid=z3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/keeping-veterans-off-the-unemployment-rolls/2012/05/06/gIQA5xoY6T_story.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/help-veterans-by-taking-them-off-the-pedestal/281316/

John Green Talk...

Feel free to begin a conversation about the links posted on Edmodo.

Article(s) of the week- ALL CLASSES- Due Friday

1. Read the articles.
http://www.newsweek.com/halloween-racism-went-viral-1523
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/fashion/a-halloween-risk-racism-in-disguise.html

2. Post an educated opinion on the issue.  Use at least one quoted reference from the articles in you response.

3. Extra credit- comment on a classmate's post.