May 19, 2016

Welcome to our AP Government class blog! Our activities on the blog will be in the green box located below. Read the activity and follow its instructions. When you are ready to answer the questions required, scroll down to the bottom of the blog page and click on add comment. Type your answers in the box that pops up and at the end of your answers, include your name. You MUST have your name in the comments box or you will NOT receive credit for your work. This is just like putting your name on your paper! ALSO, you must click anonymous from the drop down boxes listed below the comments box, since the comments are submitted to me for review and not published. If you leave the box for Google ID checked, your answers will be lost in space for all eternity (until you redo it!). If you have ANY questions, please let me know! Tip: If you have any doubts or fears about losing your work, do as I do, and copy and paste your answers into a Word document, Notepad, e-mail to yourself, etc., so you have an electronic copy as backup. I will be posting to the class blog on a weekly basis from now on, so stay tuned and check back frequently.

We got married on May 18, 2016!

Activity:

Be reminded that you lose participation points when you are caught on YouTube, Facebook, and similar sites. You may listen to music on a site like www.grooveshark.com that does NOT have videos. If music starts to interfere with your ability to complete your work or stay on task, you will lose that privilege.AP Government –Here are the objectives for today: I can read articles about racial integration in Lansing and identify trends and make comparisons with other Michigan communities. I can make predictions about the future of racial integration in Michigan in the future. Tasks: Click on the following link to read an article from the Lansing State Journal about racial integration in Lansing. When you are done reading the article, write a one paragraph response as to whether or not you agree with the findings and statements from the article. Do you accept and believe everything you read? Why or why not? Do you think the future of Lansing will be more integrated or less integrated? What do you feel will be the future of our country regarding civil rights? Are people being treated more equally over time? Are things getting better? When you are done, click on the following link to read another article, this one from theGrio.com about interracial relationships in Lansing. After reading the article, write a 1 paragraph response in the comments section of the blog. How does this information compare with that of the previous article? Is it reliable? What do you think this article says about Lansing or the future of race relations in America? Are things getting better everywhere?