Week 15 is due today.
Our course ends Friday, August 12. We have 7 days left in our course! If you are behind, you need to make a plan and catch up. If you wish to finish early, go ahead and look at Weeks 17 & 18 so you are mentally preparing for your final exam activities. Week 16 is our last week of new material so you are only a few modules away from finishing the classwork portion of the course. You got this!
Be sure you read the announcement about Final Exams in the Daily Announcements.
What presidential decisions do you think had the biggest impact on US History? Check out the slideshow found at the site below. Do you agree? Why or why not? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-j-craughwell/10-presidential-decisions_b_643569.html#s113439&title=Thomas_Jefferson_Purchases
I heard a great dialogue on NPR's Talk of the Nation a few years ago about how government leaders handle crises. To hear Americans discussing the words of American presidents from Johnson to Reagan to Bush to Obama, go to the link below, click on "Governing During Threats to National Security" and listen to the podcast:
Your final exam activities ask you to do what your daily assignments asked you to do -- reflect on your leadership journey. When you complete the 3 activities, remember to include that journey in your answers. Discuss what you have learned about leadership as well as about yourself. Use the content (i.e. personality results, Maxwell's articles, quotes, etc.) as evidence to show your strengths and weaknesses -- the content can back up or it can be refuted based upon what you think. Include your strategies for overcoming your weaknesses and using your strengths in your school, your community, and your profession. Think about what you would put into a leadership course (i.e. more hands-on activities, less writing, etc.) and include those things in your guidebook proposal.
Tips for Your Guidebook:
The guidebook proposal is based on how companies like Amazon as well as Barnes and Noble advertise books online. Go to one or both sites, search for your favorite book, and then review the guide. Notice how you see an overview...just enough to interest you and get you to buy the book. Remember that you are the author of the book you are making a guide for -- you are not writing each chapter but you are trying to get teens to buy the book by including information that will interest them. The requirements are listed in the module and a template with further details is posted there as well. The last frame of the template includes ideas to help you go above and beyond -- one of the ideas is to write a few pages from a chapter to use a preview so let your creativity and your knowledge of leadership guide you!
Need help?
Message me in the course using the inbox on the left of the screen, text/call me outside of Canvas at 9196-435-2008, email me at melissa.dettman@ncpublicschools.gov, or message me using Remind. If I do not answer right away, I will answer as soon as I can and definitely within 24 hours. You can also get help using the Peer Tutoring Center -- click on the PTC quick link on our homepage.
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