Pandemic Flu- Get the Facts

Research Budget / Taxes /Services

Choose one area from Phila Budget Challenge and research the PROS and CONS of each argument (raising taxes or cutting services).

Create a Powerpoint or Pages presentation which discusses the various issues involved, as well as a definition of your topic and place it in teh larger budget (If X is cut by y% , then Z will affect a, b, and c).

Balanced Budgets

Objectives:
Students will understand the basics of revenue and expenditures for our city government
Students will attempt to create a balanced city budget.

Activity
http://economyleague.org/budget
Fill out the form and click NEXT

1. Review Revenue sources at http://economyleague.org/budget_challenge/sim/popups/revenuepie.html
2. Review Expenses at http://economyleague.org/budget_challenge/sim/popups/expensepie.html
3. Click Next and review 'How the Budget Challenge Works'
4. Click Next and begin making your selections
5. Take SCREENSHOTS of each choice (Teacher demo)
6. When complete, write 5 things you learned about our city's revenue, and 5 things you learned about expenditures.
   
7. Post your thoughts to your blog, along with your final number
   

Assessment:
Post to blog 5 things you learned about our city's revenue, and 5 things you learned about expenditures.

Assessment on Personality Projects

Please post to your blogs 3-5 facts you learned about ALL 4 categories

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Extroverts VS Introverts

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Overall thoughts about personality and our discussions. CHOOSE TWO and write a paragraph for each.

1. Do opposites attract, or is it easier to have relationships with your own type? Explain.
   
2. In schooling, should students be grouped homogeneously (same personality, backgrounds, skills) or heterogeneously (different personalities, abilities, cultures)? Why?
   
3. How large a part does personality play in who you are? Explain.
4. What did you learn about yourself from this project? What did you learn about others?
   

Personality Presentation

Objectives:
1. Students will work individually or in small groups based on their personality type.
2. Students will research their type to create a presentation (Powerpoint, iMovie, skit) or information source (newsletter, brochure, iWeb, poster) for their group.
3. Students will receive 20 point per day for research, participation, and project construction. The end project will be 100 points (rubric will follow).

Activities
Work in groups based on your personality type to design a presentation on your type.

• What is Personality? How does it affect us?
  
• Overview/summary of your type
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Percentage of Population
• Subcategories
• Study Skills
  
• Career Possibilities
• Famous Faces of Your Type
• Symbols of Your Type
  
• Compatible Personalities
• Conflicting Personalities
• Conclusions

Research
http://www.davenevins.com/personalities/
http://www.4temperaments.com
http://www.typelogic.com/

Work: http://www.keirsey.com/personalityzone/wz2.asp
School: http://www.keirsey.com/personalityzone/cz1.asp
Relationships: http://www.keirsey.com/personalityzone/lz1.asp

Personality Overview: http://psychology.about.com/od/overviewofpersonality/a/persondef.htm

Resources
You may use any of the following
Powerpoint, iMovie, ComicLife, iWeb, Microsoft Word, Pages, Garageband

Presentations will start on MON. APRIL 13.

Personality Inventory (Tuesday)

PERSONALITY TYPE INDICATOR

Go to http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

Answer YES or NO to the 72 Questions. SEE ME with questions/definitions/clarifications.

READ the KEIRSEYand BUTT/HEISS TYPE ASSESSMENTS and look at the career and famous people by clicking on the links



To answer the following questions (Email me your responses).

Can be found at http://www.keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=1&c=overview http://typelogic.com

QUESTIONS
1. What is your type? Example- I am a ENTP

2. What was the strength of each preference?

I or E = %
S or N = %
F or T= %
J or P = %

3. What does the Keirsey description call you? Ex. ENTP are inventors

3. What does the Butt and Heiss type description call you? Ex: Clever professor

4. What are 5 personality traits common to your type? Ex; ENTPs are quick witted, love to argue, innovative/ingenius, problem solvers, optimist, but gets frustrated by small obtacles.

5. What 3 famous people share your type?
EX. Michaelango, Walt Disney, Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison share my type

6. What are three careers that are good for your type?
Natural sciences, high school education, and computer science are all good careers for my type. As a high school computer teacher, I have to agree!

7. Do you agree with the results? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree because I love to argue a point, and I consider myself innovative and clever.

8. Add any additional comments or questions (EC)
I learned a lot about what type of person I am, but where can I go to learn about other types?

Learning Style Inventory (Monday)

Learning Styles

Answer the 70 questions at
http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/questions.asp

NOTHING like YOU = 0
A LITTLE like YOU= 1
A LOT like YOU = 2

After Q70, Click SUBMIT

Fill out the GENERAL Information

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PRINT PAGE 1 of your Results:


Go to http://www.learning-styles-online.com/overview/

Read the Top 2 or 3 (in Example this is Verbal and Aural)

Email mgt2011@gmail.com

1. What are your main learning styles?
2. What did you find out about your styles?
3. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
4. What changes can you make to improve your learning?