September 24th 2008

Journal # 10

Explain your proudest accomplishment in your life.  How has this accomplishment changed your life?

September 25th 2008

Journal #11

As a teenager what is the biggest obstacle that you face on a daily basis?  What steps have you taken to overcome that obstacle?

September 29th

Journal #12

Pretend you are an indentured servant who has just landed in America.  Write a diary entry that expresses your hopes and fears knowing that the next seven years of your life are going to be very hard.  What promise awaits you after your service is complete?

October 1st

Journal #13

If you were a Virginia farmer would you have joined in on Bacon's rebellion against Governor Berkley?

Oct. 15th

Journal 17

Why do we pay taxes in the United States?  What would happen if thee were no taxes?

Oct. 16th

Journal 18

What "outside" sources are most influential when shaping  your views on the world?**** There will be a journal check today for journals 16-18.

Oct. 20th

Journal # 19: "Point of View"

Choose an issue that you and you parents are constantly arguing over, Write a five sentence explanation of your point of view on this issue.  Skip two lines and write a five sentence explanation of your parents point of view on this issue.

Nov. 3, 2008

Journal #23

If you were an attorney could you defend a person accused of a crime even if you knew that person was guilty.

Nov. 4, 2008

NO School

Nov. 5, 2008

Journal #24

After the last several weeks of examination do you feel that the colonists were justified in declaring their independence from England?  Please give two concrete reasons why you feel the way you do.

Nov. 10, 2008

Journal #25

Under what circumstances are people justified in rebelling against their government.  Were the American colonists justified in their decision to wage war and declare their independence from Great Britain.