Mrs. Ritter
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  • Home Page
  • US History
    • Argumentative Essays
    • Unit 1
    • Unit 2
    • Unit 3
    • Unit 4 WWI, 1920's
    • Unit 5 New Deal/ WWII
    • Cold War Unit
    • Modern Era
  • World History II
    • Unit 1 Intro
    • Unit 2 Exploration
    • Unit 3 Absolutism
    • Unit 4 Revolutions
    • Unit 5 Industrial Revolution
    • Absolute Monarchs Essay
    • Unit 6 Nationalism and Imperialism
    • Unit 7 WWI, Interwar and WWII
  • Psychology
    • Intro Ch 1 and 2
    • Personality
    • Unit 3 Abnormal
    • Unit 4 memory
    • Development Unit
    • Stress and Health
    • Consciousness
  • Sociology
    • Culture Ch 3
    • Society
    • Deviance
    • Glogster project: Influential Sociologists
  • Civil War projects
    • B Period
    • D Period
    • F Period
    • F Period 2016
    • Unit 1
  • Untitled
  • World War II / Cold War Projects
    • B Period
    • D Period
    • F Period
   Mrs. Ritter

Essays

Essay 1 Nuclear power: See below for documents packet and power point overview.
Friday Aug 31- View video clip and read over directions. USE YOUR TIME WISELY. YOU WILL NEED TO DO SOME AT HOME. ​Read, annotate and highlight the first source provided. Talk to someone else  about source 1 before you leave.
HW: Please read Sources 2 & 3 and mark. This is  the minimum you must have done.  By end  class 2 plan to have the docs/ videos finished.

Monday- Holiday

Tuesday/Wed/TH: Move onto other sources, complete organizers and then start to fill out funnel and planner. Planner due next class.

3. Friday 9/7 - Finish typing. Final Draft of Essay Due by end of class, email tritter@rsd17.org or share on Office 36:  I will collect the document packet, planner, and receive the essay. 


nuclear_power_lesson.pptx
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argumentative_writing_performance_task_number_one_nuclear_power_2017.docx
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3_-_capt_planner_-_funnel.doc
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Essay 1 resources

The Solutions Project Website
Drone Footage from Chernobyl
Ted Talk: Does the world need nuclear.....
cartoon-1_orig.jpg
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Nuclear Energy Explained
Fukishima Meltdown
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Essay 2: DOcuments below to write argumentative essay on compulsory Voting. 

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voter_participation__essay__reg_ed_2016.pptx
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voting_persuasive_essay_2016__version_2.docx
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3_-_capt_planner_-_funnel.doc
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Due Dates: Move quickly
1. Friday 3/23  HW is to - Read, annotate and highlight the sources provided. Watch the video clips and answer the questions in the Essay packet.
-Due by Class 2 next week( Tuesday 3/27 for  per B & D, Wed 3/28 for F per)


2. BY Friday 3/29 - Have outline completed by end of class this day and checked off. This means that for HW you are filling out planner and finishing and prep/ activities we did in class 3. 

3. Rough Draft is typed in class and due Monday end of class 4/2. Save on 365.  

4. Peer Edit and finalize in class 4/3 for B &D and 4/4 for F. 
Share  on 365 with teacher tritter@rsd17.org
 by end of school day.
5. Late points awarded for the day after. 


Essay 2 Sources you will need to use:

Some stats
Pros and Cons list
Fair Vote

ESSAY 3

ESSAY 3 documents and resources

CLick above for  some added docs- class overview of essay power point and optional organizer as you read docs. (All other docs- click ob above link)

argumentative_writing_juniors_2016_sbac_3.pptx
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dbq_organizer_juniors_essay_3.doc
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argumentative_essasy_planner__1_.doc
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Link to all Essay 1 documents and materials
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