Bonus Question – Industrial Revolution

Draw a picture of any of the inventions from the Industrial Revolution. On your picture include the inventor and th name of the invention.

Bring in this Bonus Assignment tomorrow (Friday, November 14) and receive 50 bonus points!

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Bonus Question – The Enlightenment

Who wrote each of the following pieces of literature during the Enlightenment?:

The Wealth of Nations

Leviathan

The Declaration of Independence

What is Enlightenment?

Two Treatises of Government

Bring in the answer to this question tomorrow (Thursday, October 30) and receive 50 bonus points!!!

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Bonus Assignment – Lenin’s Writing

From class today we know that Vladimir Lenin wrote Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. What are two other books that Vladimir Lenin wrote?

Bring in the answer to this question tomorrow (Tuesday, October 21) and receive 50 bonus points!!!

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Bonus Assignment – Mississippi Legislature

Read the article below and take notes on it.

http://clarionledger.com/article/20081009/NEWS/810090377&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

Bring this in tomorrow (Friday, October 10) and receive 50 bonus points!

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Bonus Question – Henry Paulson and Friends

1) Who is Henry Paulson?

2) What was Henry Paulson’s job before his current one?

3) Which corporation and their employees are the biggest campaign contributors to Barack Obama?

Bring in the answer to these three questions tomorrow (Monday, September 29) and receive 100 bonus points!!!

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Bonus Question – College Essays

Make a list of three colleges that you have heard of or are thinking of applying to. What are the admissions essay prompts for those schools? List the schools and their essay prompts.

Bring in the answer to this question tomorrow (Thursday, September 25) and receive 50 bonus points!!!

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Bonus Question – K’naan

Today in class we listened to a rapper named K’naan. Answer the following questions about K’naan.

1) Where was K’naan born?

2) What was the name of K’naan’s first album?

3) Why did K’naan and his family leave his homeland?

Bring in the answers to these three questions tomorrow (Thursday, September 11) and receive 50 bonus points!!!

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Bonus Question – Cause and Effect

What caused the majority of contestants at the Mr. and Ms. HCHS Pagaeant to dance or rap?

What effect do you think this had on the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors?

Bring in the answers to these questions tomorrow (Friday, September 5) and receive 50 bonus points!!!

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***Bonus Assignment – Obama Speech***

Watch Barack Obama’s Democratic Presidential nomination acceptance speech tonight and document the number of times he mentions each of the following:

Iraq/War on Terror

John McCain

Healthcare

Change

The economy/jobs

Bring your answers in tomorrow (Friday, August 29) and receive 100 bonus points!!!

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Bonus Question – No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

How many sections (or “titles”) is No Child Left Behind divided into? Name each one.

Bring in the answer to this question tomorrow (Tuesday, August 26) and receive 50 bonus points!

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