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Thursday, March 17, 2011

When did the Irish come to America?




OPEN HYPERLINKS IN NEW TABS & LET LOAD FIRST

surnames for Irish heritage

1)Scroll down list and find a name--ancestor/ friend/ neighbor
2) Type name into search and find names of Irish person who came to America

Write in comment who this person may be--- example ( Mary Porter who was my great, great, grandmother came from Ireland in 1848.)
Some Imagination may be required!!!




Other Links

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Who are five(5) billionaires in 2011?




Use BILLIONAIRES Web site to respond to the following questions in essay form.

WRITE in WORD, then Post to comments

1- Who are 5 billionaires from the Forbes list

2-At least one female --one person under 40-- tell their ages, where they are from, and what they did to make their $$$$ money?


$$ BILLIONAIRE S$$


When Complete you can discover additional stuff about Billionaires or check out the below sites

Japan

NCAA

Friday, March 11, 2011

Dude!! Where's my interview??


--Use Below Link--
--Use WORD -- Insert TABLE (5 rows/4 columns) to collect information--
--Save to Flash drive as JOB --
1)Select any 5 companies
2) Find main office city location
3) Use GOOGLE EARTH--place mark city and find street address
4) Use street view and locate picture of building where you will walk into for the interview
5) What will you where specific to company selected

When complete

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

What are the most admired companies?






1--Access & Read Fortune 500

Bests Places to Work


2-List attributes of a good business on a WORD page

4-Select 3 businesses -explain using complete sentences-- what they do? on WORD page

List of Best Companies


5-Pick one and explain ( using 3 things from attributes list” why would it be a good place to work-- complete sentences

6- Copy and Post to comments


When Complete

Thursday, March 3, 2011

How do I save money at a bank?



Discuss activator

1- Access class blog

2-Follow blog directions

3-Open WORD give definitions to vocabulary and type questions

Vocabulary-- deposit & bank

Post to commenta

4- click on “Hands on Banking”follow directions Young Adult section

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

What current BILLS have been passed to become laws by WV legislature?


Research the Laws Passed listed at Web site.
Pick one Law-- they will be in the STATUS column as signed


Prepare a (3 paragraph)letter in WORD to your WV delegate (Dear Mr/Ms.
1- Find your Delegate
2-Why is the Law important/not important
3-Why is Law good or bad
4-What do you think?
--Copy and paste letter to comments on your class blog----

Web sites

WV House Bills -- Look for "signed" in the status

Web Sites for additional study

Monday, February 28, 2011

How do I sell a new investment?



Use the following sites to discover Investment stock
Select 1 stock
Create Power Point
1)Definition(What/where/who
2)Potential for making $$$$
3) Risk for losing $$$