All of life is a foreign country.

                                 - Jack Kerouac

March 23, 2008

Class documents: Self-defense vs. vigilante justice

Filed under: Archive: 2007-08 — Mr. Tripodi @ 6:09 am

selfdefense.jpgSelf-defense packet (PDF, 41 kb)

This packet invites you to explore the difference between defending yourself and taking the law into your own hands.

Answer the questions, respond to the hypothetical scenarios, and decide for yourself: How far would you go to defend yourself, your family, and your home?

March 18, 2008

2008 NCAA map

Filed under: Archive: 2007-08 — Mr. Tripodi @ 10:43 pm

I love maps.

I love March Madness.

If you agree with me on either of the above, I think you’ll find this interesting.

Imagine how smart you’ll appear this weekend, when someone in your family wonders aloud where Winthrop is, or what state Butler calls home, and you have the answer at your fingertips.

Obama on race

Filed under: Archive: 2007-08 — Mr. Tripodi @ 8:11 pm

March 4, 2008

Class documents: War of 1812 Gazette

Filed under: Archive: 2007-08 — Mr. Tripodi @ 11:06 pm

Several of you have asked for a printable, full-color version of the newspaper your class wrote and used on the unit test.

You can download it here:

The War of 1812 Gazette (PDF, 298 KB)

March 3, 2008

Extra credit assignment

Filed under: Archive: 2007-08 — Mr. Tripodi @ 8:32 am

Web-only extra credit:

For five extra credit points, find the 12 U.S. Presidents who were slaveholders. If no one finds all 12, then the student with the most presidents on his or her list gets the points.

Due Tuesday, March 4, by the end of the day.