November 8

Yesterday was the election, and clearly, voting made more of a difference than it has in quite some time. And yet, for some reason many people chose not to vote. Why do you think this is?
In your spiral, write down as many reasons as you can think of explaining why some people don't vote. See if you can come up with 10!

Class discussion

Quiz, Things They Carried, 111-154

Study Guide questions. The study guide page numbers are for the first edition of this book (brown one). If you have the black book, subtract approximately 7 pages from these numbers to find your pages. 117 is 111 in the black book. 162 is 155. 189 is 180
Pages 117-136: 3, 4.
Pages 162-188: 1, 2, 3, 4
Pages 189-218: 1, 2, 3, 6

PTSD. Watch both videos
Iraq Vet YouTube 
Iraq Vet 2 Vet YouTube

What is PTSD?
Statistics--PTSD Afghanistan and Iraq

6th Period
1. Students finish Reading Work Sample
*If you have finished your Reading Work Sample, you need to read the following:
What is PTSD?
Statistics--PTSD Afghanistan and Iraq
2. Watch the videos and read info on What is PTSD?
Iraq Vet YouTube 
Iraq Vet 2 Vet YouTube