Take your first timed exam on Blackboard in the next week...it is open book, of course, please do your own work, though. A study guide is also available. I WILL GET THIS UP BY THURSDAY, 9-8 AND YOU WILL GET EXTRA TIME!
More importantly, here is some info on the Louisiana situation, fyi:
Donate Spare Change
Donate Now to the American Red Cross at Coinstar machinesYour Spare Change Makes a Difference!
Just by bringing your spare change to the grocery store, you can help the American Red Cross bring relief to disaster victims in your area and across the country.
Approximately 130 million Americans live within 2 miles of a Coinstar machine. If even half of those American donated just $1 in spare change to the Red Cross, it would raise more than $65 million to support American Red Cross lifesaving services in communities nationwide!
Find the Coinstar machine nearest you. (Please note that some Coinstar machines are not yet equipped with the donation option. To confirm that your grocery store can accept donations to the American Red Cross, please call 1-800-928-CASH.)
How Can $1 Make a Difference?
66 pennies: Allows us to give a child any one of 11 "after the disaster" coloring books and a box of crayons.$1: Buys one family expert safety information.$3: Buys a comfort kit with toiletries for one disaster victim.$6: Buys one blanket for a disaster shelter.Quarters: Add up to dollars and $ 30 buys a pair of shoes for a disaster victim. Dimes: Add up to dollars $ 65 buys a winter coat for a disaster victim. $10: Buys one day of groceries for a family affected by a disaster. $20: Buys a home clean-up kit for a family affected by a disaster.
Your next blog, to be posted by a different person from your group, must describe, using data, claim (with a qualifier) and a warrant, an argument about the Katrina after math and what you propose (in a proposition/resolution) to do about it, as a group or our class as a whole. Then, we will use some class time to carry out your proposition, so make it do-able, realistic and local. Will it be fact, value or policy? HInt: We need ACTION! Visit the Red Cross Website soon, at http://www.redcross.org/index.html
