SELMA – Getting Ready to GO!

Stephan B. Oate’s – Let the Trumpet Sound – If you do not have time to read the entire book, I have noted pages below where Oates covers Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. Try to read these for sure.

King comes to Montgomery 1954 (55 to 104)
Birmingham – Spring 1963 (209 to 243)
Selma and [...]

“COLLEGE Talk” with Nikki Foster

Muskegon Community College

Nikki Foster is a 2007 graduate of Oakridge High School and is currently attending Muskegon Community College. Nikki’s enrolled in the Macro Program which makes it so that all of the courses she takes at MCC will transfer to a University on the way to a bachelors degree. Nikki eventually [...]

MONDAY NIGHT Inaugural Article – Rework

PEOPLE ARE POSTING THIS ON THE OLD SITE.  THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT PLACE.  TYPE YOUR POSTING FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
OK – This was our first Blog Assignment for the Semester. Some of you did it and some did not. However, we had yet to go over the Blogging Guidelines in any of the Econ classes. With [...]

President Obama’s Inaugural Speech – Xtra Credit

This extra credit blog must be posted by 7:00 PM on Sunday night. It is worth 20 pts possible and will be graded according to Blogging Guidelines.
Inaugural- text and video – New York Times website. A very good video along with actual text of the Inagural speech.
The Assignment:
You all have done a nice [...]

LP’s – Jan 26 to Jan 30

Lesson Plans will be posted here weekly in PDF format. In order to access them merely click on the correct class. As changes occur to the plans during the course of the week, I will note those changes at the end of the post – not on the PDF original – so please keep [...]

Obama, YOU, and the World

First of all you must turn in your partnered assignment that we worked on Wednesday at the beginning of the hour today. If if isn’t done at the beginning of the hour it will be marked LATE.
TURN THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT IN ON PAPER ON FRIDAY…DO NOT BLOG IT!

I am sorry I cannot make [...]

The 44th President of the United States – Barack Hussein Obama

On Tuesday January 20 Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
I’ve selected four articles that revolve around the inauguration for you to read. Your assignment will be to comment on one of the four. You may choose to comment on more than one (for extra credit). [...]

LP’s – Jan 19 to 23

Lesson Plans will be posted here weekly in PDF format. In order to access them merely click on the correct class. As changes occur to the plans during the course of the week, I will note those changes at the end of the post – not on the PDF original – so please keep [...]

Selma Banks – Take a look

Below are your banks for Selma.
Print it out…if you see any discrepancy let me know. Your airfare is due by Ground Hogs day. That is February 2 for those unbelievers.
The airfare is $326. Just subtract your total raised from $326 and bring me a check made out to Oakridge High School.  At [...]

KIVA is SO COOOOOOOOOOOOL! Check out this youtube video.

You wanna know what to do to help make this a better planet? Open your eyes…wake up!
Check out this little ten minute video about KIVA. Click the box under the calendar to learn more about KIVA.
KIVA – Loans that change lives.