Education and Federalism

Should education and environmental policies remain primarily a state and local government concern, or should the federal government be involved? What are the arguments for the federal government to be more involved in education and environmental policy? What advantages do states have in maintaining their responsibility in these policy areas?

Domesticates as History

Choose a domesticated food animal or plant and write a 1500-word essay about it.  Some things to include: where and when your subject was first domesticated (archaeological evidence), what it was used for, how it is important culturally (food rules, rituals, gods), where its grown and used today. Think about the benefits and drawbacks of raising this domesticate, how efficient it is now and in the past, and the effects of modern factory farming on it (if any). Describe some recipes both traditional and new that include this domesticate. Have you ever eaten it? Is it familiar or foreign to you? If there is controversy over its continued use, how do you feel about ending its exploitation?

**Attached is a pdf of the official instructions

The Goddess

Movie The Goddess,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMIiv3ZF2WQ&t=2000s

Purpose: to cultivate the habits of critical reading by making arguments and providing evidence

Content: identify an argument (not merely a topic) from a required reading (with direct quotations and page numbers) and discuss it in relation to the designated film of the day

Focus: your ability to articulate someone else argument and state your interpretation of a film in relation to that argument; mere factual information or plot summary wont count as argument

advocate for children’s right to play outdoors using the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

Choose three articles from the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (https://www.unicef.org/rightsite/files/uncrcchilldfriendlylanguage.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. or https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.)
Create an information resource advocating for childrens right to play outdoors and in support of your three selected articles.Your information resource might be (but is not limited to) a:
Poster
Infographic
Information sheet
Flyer
Booklet
Article
Blog post
Be creative!