Function Blog 4-29-10

I commented on Matt from GEHS and also on Nick from GEHS.I commented on Matt because he talked about what he has finished.I commented on Nick because he talked about his presentation and how he used the internet to make his presentation better.

Function 4-22-10

Stephen and I are teaching about the Freedom of Expression, which is the first amendment. I would say that the hardest thing to teach about was the questions for the car scene.First we had to find facts for the car scene and then we had to make questions from the facts. Finding the facts was not hard, but thinking of the questions was quite hard.I thought to put this in our game so that the player will know what the Freedom of Expression is.We figured that if we gave them facts it would make the game a little more easier and interesting.After the facts and questions are given to the player he/she will arrive to the court and have to pick who they thought wasn't guilty by using the knowledge that they got from the facts that we gave them.The link to my page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/User:Bolen96.

Function Blog 4-15-10

This week I was asked to make a blog about the way news and other sources might similalry manipulate information about civics.I believe that people try to show their own opinion, but sometimes they lie.If you are looking for some research don't write down the first thing you come to.Right now I don't have any advice for anyone besides work hard and if you do any more research look around the web before you write down anything off one site.

Function Blog 3-31-10

This week I was asked to pick someones game and compare their game demo to their paper prototype.I'm supposed to talk about the changes they made and the development of their game and some advice to help them with their demo.This week I choose team Tigers.The students in this team are Cassie and Heather.Their game is called Supreme Basketball.Last week I did my blog on Aaron and Andy.Their game title is "Hitler vs Stalin: Who Shall Win?".Here's the link to their team page http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/Team:A-Team2. I think that when Cassie and Heather's game is finished it will be very helpful in civics.The game's topic is Freedom of Expression.When Cassie and Heather finish their game I think it will be great and I would love to play it again.The link to Cassie and Heather's team page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:Tigers.

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I think that the "Hitler vs Stalin: Who Shall Win?" game is the best.The students who created this game are from South Harrison High School.The creaters of this game are Aaron and Andy.The link to Aaron's projects page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/User:Aaron.underwood4. The link to Andy's projects page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/User:A.Merrill3434. I think that this game teaches about Adolf Hitler,Nacism,Facism,Socialism,and Democracy.The link to their team page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/Team:A-Team2.%20. During the Holocaust six million people got killed.

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I am going to share the most fun and easiest work from my team page.The easiest thing was probably the paper prototype.I picked this because it was fun and me and Stephen(Teammate) worked really hard together.The paper prototype relates to civics because it is about the Freedom of Expression.I think that our game relates to the function community because in the first scene you are in a car on the way to the court and facts will pop up about the Freedom of Expression.Then in the second scene you are still in the car, but this time instead of facts popping up it will be questions about the facts that we gave them.In the third scene you are at the court and the judge will tell you information about the case and then the lawyers are going to tell you their side of the story.In the fourth scene you are still at the court, but this time you just have to pick who you thought won the case.I think that me and Stephen worked together because I would do one scene and he would do the other.If one of us needed help we would be there for each other.Sometimes we would argue a little but we would eventually get through it and agree on something.I think that working with Stephen really made me realize who he really was.

The Presidential Cabinet

The duties of the Secretary of State carries out the President's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the United States. I got this Information from http://www.state.gov/secretary/.

The Secratary of the Treasury was concerned with national security and defense until 2003.The Secratary of the Treasury is head of the United States Department of the Treasury.I got my information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury.

The Secratary of Defense is concerned with the armed forces and is head of the United States Department of Defense.I got my information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense.

The Attorney General is concerned with legal affairs and is head of United States Department of Justice.I got this information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General.

Every citizen in the United States has to be 18 or older to vote.