5-21

Domestic Violence law
Anti-immigration law in Alabama
Health Care policy for women
Legalization of pot
Nuns in America

Find a topic you care about - these are editorials. To decide whether you agree with them, you will need to do research and find unbiased and balanced articles as well as editorials from the other side. Write a paragraph explaining whether you agree with this person's stance, citing other articles too.

5-18

Summary

Opinion - Good decision

What the polls say

Why do you think Obama made this announcement? Do you think it was a good decision personally and politically?

5-9

Leadership:
Filner
Dumanis
DeMaio
Fletcher

Wrap-up of some recent stories on Voice of San Diego

Links to political sections of:
Voice of San Diego
Union Tribune
KPBS

I read about Mayoral candidate _______________ (name)'s opinion about _____________ (topic). He/She believes ________________. I agree/disagree because __________.

5-7

Looking at the article from last Friday, write up a paragraph telling their opinion and whether you agree with them.

Mayoral candidate _______________ (name) wrote about the topic of ___________ in the Union Tribune. He/She believes that ________________. I agree/disagree because __________.

5-4

The Union Tribune asked the four candidates to write articles about four different topics: proposed stadium, education, neighborhood needs, pension reform.

Pick one of the articles to read. Briefly summarize the candidate's view on the issue and whether you agree or disagree with them and why.

Pick a candidate and an issue to keep researching! (Can be same candidate and issue you read about today or another one.)

The topics covered in the clips yesterday were:
Taxes
Potholes
Labor Unions
Crime
Education
Border with Mexico
Social Justice
Homelessness
Solar energy
Public transit
Veterans
Pension plans
Chelsea's Law

5-3

Videos

What are two things you want to remember about DeMaio?

What are two things you want to remember about Dumanis?

What are two things you want to remember about Filner?

What are two things you want to remember about Fletcher?

Topics covered in these videos:
The candidate's background/experience/temperament/party
Taxes
Potholes
Labor Unions
Crime
Education
Border with Mexico
Social Justice
Homelessness
Solar energy
Public transit
Veterans
Pension plans
Chelsea's Law

Which of these do you want to find out the other candidate's opinions on?

4/23

Proposal to Mrs. Brandl due TOMORROW.

To get to the 5 article headline you submitted, click here . To submit 5 article headlines click here.
To see your individual summaries, click here. To submit an individual summary (I only have 10!), click here.

When your group is done with that, you will fill out a group summary of findings/opinions on paper.