Cleveland History Blogs

Use this website to find the information you need for your country: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Look up the following:

1) Population, Life expectancy

2) Location (bordering nations)

3) Government type

4) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Post your letter connecting the 47th anniversary of the “I have a dream!” speech, the election of President Obama, and your future in the comments section below.

jshons wrote a new blog post: Fundraiser Monday, March 15

Fundraiser to Elect Justin Hons Member-at-Large, Seniors/Specials
Monday, March 15th
7-9pm
Bac Bistro and Lounge (my friend’s new restaurant)  -  http://www.bactremont.com
2661 West 14th Street
Tremont in Cleveland

Suggested $5 donation with special happy hour dinner [...]

  5 months, 4 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Vote for Justin Hons!

Keep CTU strong, elect an experienced fighter for what is right!
Elect Justin Hons for Member-at-large, Senior/Specials
Member-at-large, Senior Highs/Specials
An experienced fighter for your union rights!
Let’s beat back the attacks on our union and all teachers and paraprofessionals. It’s time to stand up, speak out, and demand our rights!
The CTU [...]

  5 months, 4 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Utilizing the Digital Humanities in the Urban Classroom

In the last two years I have incorporated a variety of concepts and ideas into my urban classroom in Cleveland in a unique manner. Traditional historical scholarship, historical thinking, 2.0 digi-mocracy, social networking sites, primary source investigation, diy styled methodology, dialectics, and engaged historical learning are amongst the tools utilized.   I have recently written about [...]

  8 months, 3 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: A Critique of Harvey Milk

1. Make sure you watch and pay attention to the movie Milk in class for the opposite view of this article.
2. Read “Drinking Harvey Milk’s Kool-Aid” by Daniel J. Flynn.
3. Post a one paragraph summary and response to Flynn’s article in the comments section.

  9 months, 1 week ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: The Case of Lynne Stewart

1. Watch the documentary on the case of Lynn Stewart below.
2. Write a one paragraph response/opinion to the documentary.  Explain what you think about the case against Lynne Stewart and why.
3. Write at least one sentence responding to another student’s paragraph.  Do you agree or disagree with them and why?
Click here to watch the [...]

  9 months, 1 week ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Questioning the Anthony Sowell Situation

Read this very well written piece by Plain Dealer coulmnist Phillip Morris: A Serial Killer Made Women Disappear Because No One Went Looking.
In the comments section below, post some of your thoughts on this situation. Address the following questions:
1. How much responsibility do the victims have in their murder by Sowell?
2. How much responsibility [...]

  9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’s Future?

Read the article linked below and do the following:
1. On your own sheet of paper to turn in: Explain why the author thinks it is politically feasible for the Obama administration to repeal DADT.
2. Post your opinion of the article in 2-3 sentences in the comments section below.
Article:  Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Next [...]

  9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Political Cartoons and Gays in the Military

1. Check out the following political cartoons related to the topic of homosexual and bisexual Americans serving in the military.
2. Explain what you think the point is for each one in the comment section.
3. Respond to one thing that another student has said about these cartoons.
GO!
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  9 months, 4 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post:

Check out the comic below. It is about the historic Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
1. Read the comic
2. Summarize the case in your own words. Turn this in on your own paper.
3. Use the internet to find an interesting detailed fact about [...]

  9 months, 4 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: How a Bill Becomes a Law

Watch this video from Schoolhouse Rock and explain, in your own words, how a bill (a proposed law) becomes a law. Turn your explanation in on a sheet of paper.

  10 months ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Debate over Same Sex Marriage

Watch this debate over same sex marriage between Perez Hilton and Dennis Prager.
1. Explain who you thought made a better argument and why in the comment section below.
2. Respond to the person who left the last comment before you.
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  10 months ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Issues on the Ohio Ballot

Take a look at the main issues that will be on next week’s ballot in Cleveland.  Issues 1, 2, and 3 are Ohio wide and issue 4 is just here in our city.  Turn in a secret ballot, on paper, to Mr. Hons for these four issues.  Make an argument either FOR or AGAINST one [...]

  10 months, 1 week ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Issues on the Ohio Ballot

Take a look at the main issues that will be on next week’s ballot in Cleveland.  Issues 1, 2, and 3 are Ohio wide and issue 4 is just here in our city.  Turn in a secret ballot, on paper, to Mr. Hons for these four issues.  Make an argument either FOR or AGAINST one [...]

  10 months, 1 week ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Global Issues’ Students at the City Club

  10 months, 2 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Court halts Ohio execution, cites injection flaws (AP) – Oct 5, 2009

CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court has halted the execution of a man who strangled his 67-year-old neighbor, citing last month’s failed attempt to execute another inmate in Ohio. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Monday to delay the execution of 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds until a federal judge has time to [...]

  10 months, 2 weeks ago · View

jshons wrote a new blog post: Gay Marriage

From the Ohio Constitution:
§ 15.11 Marriage Amendment

Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage [...]

  10 months, 2 weeks ago · View