First Response

Please respond to the following in a few paragraphs, making sure you clearly identify an issue and provide examples or reasons for your response to get full credit. You response is due by Friday evening.

What do you feel is the most important issue facing Americans today?

Some recent polls.

The Gulf Oil Spill and BP

How should the government deal with BP and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?

Spill Drags On
Effects of Spill

Responses due by Friday am.

Memorial Day @ Arlington National Cemetary

V.P Biden & Mrs. Biden Attend Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Memorial Day

How do you think about veterans on Memorial Day? What does the day mean to you?

Due Friday am.

Who would you nominate?

If you could nominate any living individual to the Supreme Court, who would it be and why? Due Monday by 2:00pm.

Immigration

How should the US deal with the issue of immigration? What changes would you make to US policy and why? Be sure to use specific evidence from the articles and video clips in support of your answer.

Responses are due by Friday AM.

White House Correspondents Dinner

Jay Leno hosts the 2010 White House Press and Scholarship Dinner.

The USA PATRIOT Act and the War on Terrorism

Respond to any combinations of the prompts below. Responses are due Friday am.

- How do we fight an enemy like Al Qaeda?
- Are principles and security mutually exclusive, at least to a degree?
- How much power to investigate Americans should the government have?
- Are you willing to give up some degree of privacy to fight the war on terrorism?