Monday, November 29, 2010
Being Thankful
Welcome back from our Thanksgiving break. Before we jump right back into the content of World History I think it important we take a couple minutes to acknowledge Thanksgiving and why we had three days off of school.
Watch President Obama's address on Thanksgiving (at least the first two minutes worth, then it gets a little political).
-What do you personally have to be thankful for in your life?
-Obama says Americans "... come together and do what’s required to make tomorrow better than today." What steps are you taking to make tomorrow better for yourself, your family, or our community? If you aren't why aren't you and what could/should you be doing?
-What was your overall impression of Obama's message (support your answer with one or two things you liked or disliked)?
[guiding questions]
How did the geography of China effect its growth?
How was Ancient China organized?
How were the rise and fall of leadership in China a cycle?
[vocabulary]
Mandate of Heaven
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
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I'm thankful for my family
ReplyDelete-What do you personally have to be thankful for in your life?
ReplyDeleteMy family, my awesome parents, my friends, videogames, being alive now instead of the 1800's.
-Obama says Americans "... come together and do what’s required to make tomorrow better than today." What steps are you taking to make tomorrow better for yourself, your family, or our community? If you aren't why aren't you and what could/should you be doing?
Well, I can't say I am. But I am trying to eat heathy and act kindly towards others, and think before i speak, so I am somewhat trying to better myself.
For my self i am trying to do good in school so that i can be successful.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful for a house, food, clothes, food, school and good food. The steps I am taking to make a better tomorrow for myself is to do my homework so I can get good grades. It will benefit me in the long-run.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm thankful for nearly everything I have. Why shouldn't I be? I'm also thankful I don't have any blasted hiccups right now, that I'm healthy, that my family is still alive.
ReplyDeleteI guess what I do to make tomorrow better is going to sleep on time and thinking about it.
I'm thankful for my family. I'm working harder in school.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful for my family and friends that I have today. I am also thankful for school. I try to think positive and I think that sometimes I should live in the moment and not the past. I can't answer the last question.
ReplyDeleteWhat im thankful for in my life is in my mom and my dad.I am also thankful for is my hosue and all of my family and brothers and sister and cousin.I also thankful for my clothes. What could be doing im my future is being a writer by writng and fousing in school
ReplyDelete-What do you personally have to be thankful for in your life?
ReplyDeleteI am thankful that I was not born in a third world country. I am thankful that I am able to volunteer to help others, rather than the other way around. I am thankful that I get the chance to enjoy the boundary waters. I am thankful that I am getting the chance to work in a kitchen doing dishes this summer. I am thankful that my family has enough money to get by. I am thankful for my flight benefits. I am thankful that I am alive. I am thankful that I am aware of what is going on in the world.
-Obama says Americans "... come together and do what’s required to make tomorrow better than today." What steps are you taking to make tomorrow better for yourself, your family, or our community? If you aren't why aren't you and what could/should you be doing?
I am in the volunteer group M.E.S.S, a group of high school and college students that go out in the community to help make the world a better place. I volunteer at the YMCA. To help making my family better, I stopped asking to meet my grand father, and I help out while my grandmother is in the hospital.
-What was your overall impression of Obama's message (support your answer with one or two things you liked or disliked)?
I liked that he is having people think, which is something a lot of Americans and people all over the world do not do on a daily basis.
I am thankful for my family and friends,
ReplyDeleteI am staying positive in my life and trying to focus more on my goals and how to reach them instead of thinking to deep into lifes mishaps and bad circumstances.
Umm i didnt really get obamas message because the video was bad and didn't play all the way through.. so i disliked that
1. I'm thankful for everything i have everything that has happened to me to tell you the truth i can have it worse then what i have it now and i always have to remember that.
ReplyDelete2. the steps of trying to be more positive.
3. ?
Ariana Warren
-I am thankful for everything and they way my life goes!
ReplyDelete-The overall speech to me was boring because he was just sitting there talking and I had no interest in it or the politics.
1. I'm thankful for everything that I have in my life.
ReplyDelete2. The steps of trying to be more positive.
3. Obama's speech was good. It sounded more like a political speech to me but other than that it was good.
My family, a home, money to be able to buy what I want. Friends, good food and an education.
ReplyDeleteI am going to school every day, helping out others when they need it. Being kind and helpful to others in my family and community.
I felt like he got his message across well as usual and it was interesting to listen to. As far as his actual speech I would like to see more variety in his tone and speaking voice to make it more interesting.
1. I personally have to be thankful for all the basic things in my life. Also having someone that understands me and cares for me. caleb :)
ReplyDelete2. I am talking more and asking for help when I need it.
3. His message was not robotic it felt like he was actually trying to connect.
I'm thankful for what I have in life and my friends.
ReplyDeletei believe I'm helping tomorrow for myself by doing what I love and trying to be happy. (:
I thought Obama's speech was very nice and formal. The family touch made him seem more of an average person rather than a president.
Personally, I am thankful for the security in life. I am thankful that I have a family to come home to. I am thankful that I don't have to think about how I'm going to get my next meal. I am thankful that I don't have to worry about freezing to death in the cold. Basically I'm thankful for the great wealth that I was blessed with. I'm not exactly sure what I did in a past life.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of working towards the future, I'm not sure I am doing much. I do think ahead, always. I am always planning ahead and I guess my actions reflect that, but I can't think of an example.
The video was pretty good all in all. I'm glad that the President is making an effort to be more connected with the people. The language is typical president/Barack Obama talk; not exactly normal. I knew it was prepared when he used the word "emblematic".
OH WAIT well I am fixing up my bike, I suppose that's working to better myself in the future since it's good exercise and reduces my "carbon footprint". so yeah.
-What do you personally have to be thankful for in your life?
ReplyDeleteI have EVERYTHING to be thankful about !!!! I love everything in my life , I couldn't ask for anything better !!! (=
-Obama says Americans "... come together and do what’s required to make tomorrow better than today." What steps are you taking to make tomorrow better for yourself, your family, or our community? If you aren't why aren't you and what could/should you be doing?
Im trying to get a good education, so therefore when I make it in this cold & crazy world I can help my family out more.
-What was your overall impression of Obama's message (support your answer with one or two things you liked or disliked)?
It was okay. Im not really into all the political crap. So to me it was kind of boring.
I am thankful for being able to see another day and having a get together with the family.Signing up on the honor I liked how Obama was talking about Thanksgiving because it was not like he was reading a script it looked like was just saying what he felt.
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