Re: [LM_NET] current events ideas

[BettyTX <bhamilt@HUGHES.NET>]

Becaue I belong to several discussion groups about current events, I 
occasionally find a really interesting web site. Here is one that would 
provide LOTS of discussion topics for current events classes. The teacher 
can go to this site and choose topics for class discussion or if students 
have access to computers and the internet (hah! you can tell it's been 10 
years since I retired!), the teacher can direct them to this web site and 
tell students to find a change that they would like.

One that caught my attention is providing the first two years of community 
college tuition-FREE for graduating seniors. Students could discuss the pros 
and cons of that idea. Students may even think of something that he/she 
would like to see changed and suggest it on that site.
What's Your Big Idea for Change in America?
Ideas for Change in America is a crowd-sourcing competition that empowers 
citizens to identify and build momentum around the most innovative ideas for 
addressing challenges our country faces.

The 10 most popular ideas will be presented at an event in Washington, DC to 
relevant members of the Obama Administration, and Change.org will 
subsequently mobilize its full community to support a series of grassroots 
campaigns to turn each idea into reality. Read our FAQs »

 http://www.change.org/ideas?order=top


Betty Dawn Hamilton (Using her retired years to keep up with current 
events!)
LMS (Middle & High School)
Brownfield, TX       bhamilt@hughes.net

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