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I have created my wikispace using my compass odyssey log in and password information.

**Explain the benefits of using the worldregions wikispace for home and in school assignments and what challenges you may face. **

**There are many benifits of using the worldregions wikispace for home and in school assignments. For example, we can use the computer, and many more people are comfortable doing that. Also we can conversate with other students, just in case you have any questions. I dont think we will face much challenges using wikispaces. The only problem we would be facing in general is technical difficulties with the computers. So in counclusion wikispaces were a great idea and I look forward to using them. **

Nice job! You seem to be missing tonight's assignment. Ms Flood

**Write a small paragraph on your understanding of the policy and that you understand that you will need to follow the districts guidelines.**


 * I totally understand th policy about wikispaces. I understand that I need to be appropiate and follw the rules. It makes perfect sence to do that because if you dont, your not just putting a bad image on yourself, but on the whole wikispace website. Also you`ll just get your wikispace tooken away, and you will have to do homework the old fashioned way! So, in conclusion I will always follow the rules on the wikispace website so I can keep using it. **

Me to I agree and totally agree with the policy Friend, Gabby D or so called Abby

Reflect on the following quote:
 * "Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand **


 * A list of cultural influences that are present in your local area: **

**The sports that I play like football and basketball, the clothes that I wear cool clothes and sneakers like Nikes and Jordans, the kinds of food I eat mostly southern like fried chicken and maccoroni and cheese, the kinds of things that I do like having cookouts and family parties.**

** American values shared by different cultures ** There are many American cultural values shared by different cultures. For example music, food, and clothes. Music is one of our values and it's apart of our culture, it shows our culture and explains alot of it. It's the same in other countries too, for example the Chinese has music and it shows alot of their culture also. Another one of our values are food. That also explains alot of our culture. Our food tells about what we feel and it's just like that in other countries to. For example in places like France, they have alot of dessert foods, that shows that they like to be happy. Lastly, are clothes are cultural values shared be different cultures. Our clothing has a style different than others and it definatly shows a ton of our culture. In conclusion many American values are shared by different cultures. **
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 * Find an article (or watch the news) to find something that relates to our Unit //One People, Many Cultures.// **

**I think I have found a great article, and it refers to the topic descrimination. My topic was the issue about African American farmers, and the injustice they are getting from the U.S Agriculture Department. You see, in 1997 the case U.S Agriculture Department Pigford v. Glickman was settled out of court. When President Obama was still a senator, he sponsored the Farm Bill, that reopened the case, it was called Pigford II. Back in February the Obama adminastration spent $1.25 billion settlement for Pigford ll but congrees missed a March 31 deadline, now the new deadline is near, it's May 31. Like I said, this event relates to descrimination, I dont know about you but I 'm going to stay updated on this topic. By the way, I got this info from CNN politics at CNN.com.**

Please provide more information about the U.S. Agriculture Dept. vs. Glickman. Tell us what it's all about!

This is a good reflection. I don't think anyone else will have it. I have never even heard of it before. I think it could use a little more detail though as to what they were being descriminated for. (Race, job, gender?) I really think that this would be an interesting topic to read up on. Great job!! :) Crystal

I think this is a good topic for your reflection, but i would like to know more about the case. How were the African American farmers being discriminated? "erica"

I think that you picked a great topic.Also my mom was talking about this and she really liked the fact that you picked it to. Sincerly, Kylie

**Now I will tell you about the case about USDA vs. Glickman. Since you know about most of the deatails, I will tell you some of the rest. First of all, the Black famrmers felt that the USDA was descriminating them because they failed to answer the complaints of black farmers during the time period of 1983-1997. At first they just said that the farmers were sending in their complaints late, and they were. Then, when Pres. Obama was a senator he created the Farm Bill, that stated that any claimant in the Pigford decision who had not previously obtained a determinationon the merits of Pigford claim to petition a in civil court to obtain a certain determination. Then as you know the USDA failed to pay at the deadine and the new one is coming up. Also, I found out some other information, over 50,000 black citizens are wanting in on this lawsuit. Also other races like American Indians, Asians, Hispanics and whites have all filed, or are ready to file, separate suits alleging discrimination and incompetence at the hands of USDA agencies. Thanks for reading, I hope I gave you more info on the case!**

Reflect on the chiense quote:


 * This quote is pretty confusing, but I'll try my best to explain it. I think it's telling you how to do something. For example, it could be teaching you how to play football. It's saying if you tell me how to play football I will forget, if you show me how to play football I just might remember, but if you let me play football i'll understand completely. I think it relates to what were learning in class because it's telling one culture how to do the things of a different culture. Were learning about different cultures in school. I hope that helped explain the proverb, I helped myself! **

I really like how you used playing football as an example. Good job! !Chris!

Read/Listen carefully to We Shall Overcome. Write another verse to the song that expresses how we should strive to live together in this country.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">We shall Overcome is a very storng song, and I think it has a very strong meaning. Since African American slaves wrote it think it meant that one day we shall finally be free from slavery, and we strongly belive in that. And for the next verse the song already has a pattern so i'll just put the new words in **: **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">We are all equal, We are all equal, We'll be all equal some day, one day I do belive, We'll be all equal some day **


 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Since I wasnt at field day this year, I will reflect on how EMNS can improve field day. One thing was can do is have an army drill relay. I saw it on some movie, and it was very cool! You have to do alot of things like climing up a rope, riding a bike and racing. Another thing we could do is just have more sports games. Like we could have a soccer game basketball game and football all at the same time! one last thing we could do to improve field day is to get a pool at ENMS to cool down at after we do all of that playing! So I hope this gave you many ideas, P.S Ilike the last one the best. **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Research President Obama's Cabinet. What positions and what individuals occupy seats in the Presidential Cabinet? List each position and the person's name

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Vice President of the United States <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Joseph R. Biden <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of State <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of the Treasury <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Timothy F. Geithner <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Defense <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Robert M. Gates <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Justice **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Agriculture <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Commerce <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Gary F. Locke <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Labor <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Hilda L. Solis <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Health and Human Services <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Kathleen Sebelius <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Housing and Urban Development <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Transportation <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Ray LaHood <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Energy <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Steven Chu <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Education <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Arne Duncan <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Veterans Affairs <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Eric K. Shinseki <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of Homeland Security **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Here are the positions,and individuals that occupy the seats in the presidential cabinet:
 * Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Department of the Interior
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Secretary Janet A. Napolitano **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">What were the pros and cons of using this site?


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">There are many pros and cons of using this website, and this paragraph will tell you about them. First I will start with the pros, the good things: we get to share and communicate with teachers and students outside of school. We can share our ideas with other people without actully seeing them face to face. Plus we can even stay in touch with the things we are doing in school without even coming! Now I will talk about the cons, the bad things: sometimes you computer is messed up and you cant even get online to do your homework. In addition sometimes you delete something on acident and you cant get it back because there is no undo button. In conclusion those are the pros and cons of the wikispace website. **