april 15

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Today is Tax Day.  Paying taxes means that we made money, and that we provide funding for services like fire departments, police departments, roads, schools, and other public works that we couldn't afford as individuals.  So why do so many people complain about paying taxes?  What is your opinion?  What do you think Jean Valjean would think of taxes?  Would his perspective as a prisoner be different than his perspective as a businessman/mayor?

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Choose your own.

AGENDA:
1. Mindfulness
2. Journal
3. Les Mis
4. Big Question work

First: What a great bunch of questions!!


Now that you have an idea of your topic, it's time to learn more.  Here are three steps that will help you begin your research this week:

1. Go online and search the key words for your topic 
2. Identify at least 5 credible sources that have useful information
3. Create a post on your blog where you can copy and keep links to these sources

POST:
1. What did you find today?  How did you find it?  (title: MY BIG QUESTION RESEARCH; first sentences: "Some people think research is boring because they have to do it for a class, and it's usually about something that's not interesting.  But today I did research and it was awesome.  Here's how I did it.  _____")

2. Create a post on your blog where you can copy and keep links to these sources.
(title: MASTERPIECE RESOURCES)
You'll need to have this completed post on your blog by tomorrow, so that you easily reference and use the information to create your Masterpiece Academy lesson for us.  More on that tomorrow!