Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Essay prompt for letter on Sonia Sotomayor nomination to Supreme Court


Write a letter to your senator arguing for or against confirming the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor

•There should (should not need to be) be equal representation of all gender, race and ethnicity on the Supreme Court to ensure that laws and the constitution are interpreted fairly and applied fairly. Sonia Sotomayor has (does not have) a background/faced obstacles, education, and professional experience and legal decision making that has prepared her as well as any candidate for this office. Therefore she should (should not) be confirmed.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Schedule for Final Projects FYI

1.PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLAN and essay due no later than June 5th.
•Include reflective Essay: 200
2, Complete this PRODUCT LAUNCH work by May 29: business plan, logo and brochure, website, product design/graphics
•Presentations will be June 3-5;
•explain the Branding Laws you used to plan your advertising;
•60 second sales pitch with product information/visuals,
•web site,
•30-60 sec. video advert or 3 print ads
•STOP WK. Senior Grades due June 8th. 500 points

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

College Essay #3 Due next Monday

Read: 472-479
You are an adviser to Barack Obama. There are several ideas in this chapter that you think can be used to help our economy.

Write an introduction: Dear Mr. President....

Create a set of ideas (tariffs, quotas) that could help our economy or more specifically the automobile industry. Explain tariffs, quotas, protecting domestic jobs, keeping money at home
Explain the benefits or problems of the WTO and NAFTA during this economic crisis.
Use terms such as protectionist, free trader, balance of payments

Finish 2 assignments; Tues and Wednesday THX!


•HW: Read p. 74 Answer 1-2 BRANDING
•REad P. 177 COLA WARS answer 1-2