Make-Up Work for Missed Classroom Time

CURRENT EVENTS SUMMARY

Mrs. Collins—Social Studies and Youth Court

2007-2008

Sometimes students will miss classroom time due to an illness, family trip, or any number of excuses. These lectures, guest speakers, classroom activities, videos or films and class discussions cannot be repeated in the depth that a student will get in class. Therefore, I am offering an alternative current event assignment, which can replace missed points for excused absences. This make-up work must be handed to me by the Friday two weeks before the end of each quarter. The deadlines this year are as follows:

1^st quarter—October 5th

2^nd quarter—December 7th

3^rd quarter—February 22nd

4^th quarter—May 9th

**These specific guidelines must be followed in order to receive make-up credit. All papers must have a complete heading—full name, date, assignment, missed or extra credit (only 2 accepted), class period, and titled either Make-Up Work or Extra Credit.

NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE ARTICLES (10 points each) **

(1) Newspaper or magazine articles must be stapled to the summary paper and the important information needs to be highlighted with a highlighter pen (yellow is preferred).

(2) Summaries must in paragraph form and be typed (12pt font) or in ink

(3) Your written summary must include:

1^st paragraph (min. of 3 sentences)—answer WHERE you found the article, WHO wrote the article, WHEN (date and name of the paper, internet site, or periodical and discuss WHY you chose the article, and HOW it relates to your topic or everyday life

2^nd paragraph (3-4 sentences) a brief summary of WHAT the article is about, in your own words

3^rd paragraph (3-4 sentences)—your OPINION about the article

(4) No sports articles will be accepted, sorry!

(5) The cut out article must be at least 4 paragraphs in length

(6) If you are doing more than one article, please choose from a variety of different types of news: local, state, national, world, educational, etc. NO SPORTS!

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COURT HOUSE VISIT DURING AN INSERVICE DAY (10 points each) **

(1) A minimum of 4 hours must be spent viewing a variety of courtrooms (i.e. arraignments are held at 9:00am and 1:30pm daily, jury selection, trials, holding cells, visiting with court clerk or attorney, etc)

(2) A calendar of the day’s activities is located just past security in the lobby. Have an employee of the “calendaring office” write me a note stating how long you visited and what you were able to see.

(3) Include the following information in your one page summary: courtroom number, judge’s name and what you observed there

(4) Don’t forget to use a proper heading and write in ink or type (12pt font)**

ANCHORAGE TOWN MEETINGS (10 points each) **

(1) Attach an agenda to the one-page summary you write (in paragraph form)

(2) Your summary should be typewritten (12pt font) or in ink with a proper heading**

(3) Include your opinion about the proceedings and why you attended

(4) Get a signature from another person attending the meeting as well as their profession and their brief opinion on one of the topics

FIELD TRIP SITES (5 points each) **

Remember: The visit must take place after the first day of school this year.

(1) Possible places to visit:

-Anchorage Museum of History and Art (121 W. 7^th Ave.)

-Alaska Public Lands Information Center (605 W. 4^th Ave.)

-Begich-Boggs Visitors Center (Portage Glacier)

-Crow Creek Mine (Girdwood)

-Mt. McKinley National Park (Denali)

-Seward Sealife Center, Kenai Challenger Space Center, Homer

-Others are acceptable (check with teacher)

(2) Make a sketch of what can be found in this building or site and include it with your one page summary of what you observed in this location, why you went, who you went with, record the date you visited this site, and why you believe this would or would not be a valuable place to take visiting friends. Do you have any suggestions for other sites?

(3) Your summary should be in ink or typed (12pt font), in paragraph form and a proper heading**should be on your paper.