Constitution Day 2007

Welcome back!! Please address the following issues:

1. What is the relationship between rights and responsibilities?

2. How is the Constitution still important over 220 years after it was signed?

3. What is the responsibility of citizens of the United States to protect the ideas of the Constitution?

I look forward to reading your comments. Remember, be thoughtful and give me quality comments. The standards for grading comments are increasing with this post – Quality Counts!!

Assignment Completed

The blog assignment on 9/11 is now closed. Those that responded - and it was all but a couple - did a good job. Most did a great job - others not so great. Next time, I'll grade more closely with regards to quality comments.

Look for the next assignment soon - maybe next week.

Have a great weekend!!

--Mr. Veliz

Reaction to 9/11 (and our video)

I hope everyone has found the video this week on the events of September 11, 2001, informative. I also hope that you agree that it is important that events such as this are remembered long after they occurred.

There are a couple of questions that I want you to comment on here:

1. What are some of the ways in which life in the United States have changed since September 11, 2007?
2. How will 9/11 be remembered by kids 50 years from now? Will it remain as important event as it is today? How should it be remembered?

Please comment on anything else (within this topic) that you feel is important to share.

This link will take you to the Wikipedia articles dealing with 9/11. Please feel free to use it, as well as other resources, to learn about the events of 9/11/01. Keep in mind that sources such as Wikipedia are largely formed by personal opinions of the authors. Be careful what you consider facts.

To receive credit for this assignment your comments should be posted by Friday (9/14) morning.

Welcome to the 7th Grade Geography Blog

This is where you will find posts dealing with issues relating to 7th grade geography. Read the post, and then add your comment. You can comment more than once.

Directions for commenting:

1. Click on the word comment at the bottom of this post.
2. Type your comment in the box provided.
3. Below the box choose the identity "other".
4. Type only your first name and last initial in the name box.
5. Click the button - "Publish Your Comment".

Before posting, read the ground rules along the right-hand column. Please follow theses rules!!

Your first assignment is to just leave a test comment. Simply follow the steps above and leave the following comment: "Geography is cool!"

See you in class.