English 2A

American Heritage Dictionary

Research Links

***News IQ Test*** Statistics ***Bureau of Justice Statistics*** Statistical Resources on the Web List of Poll Links PollingReport.com (pretty exhaustive comparison of polls on many issues)

Propaganda Readings

Propaganda Methods ***For Tuesday March 13, 2007*** Wikipedia Propaganda Methods Barry on Beer How vulnerable are you to propaganda? Take this test and find out. Ads Winston Winston Jingle Beverly Hillbillies Winston Flintstones' Winston LBJ Pres. Johnson Ads Obama Ads Superbowl Mother Same McCain Ads Global Never Surrender Obama Celebrity Other Candidates Bush Sr. Ads Bill Clinton Ads Ross Perot Ads Coca-Cola Mean Joe Green I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Coca -Cola Christmas: Arctic Beach Party Pepsi You've Got a Lot to Give Simply Irresistable Britney Spears Litter PSAs Crying Indian Woodsy Owl: Who Will? Unsecured Loads: Litter and It Will Hurt Print Ads Pick an era & 3 ads for same product

Cause & Effect Essay Readings

Single Moms MTV's 16 & Pregnant Daddy Free World TV's Unwed Moms Welfare, Kids, and Single Moms Happy Iraqis Readings ***all Iraqis readings*** Spring 2004 Gallup Poll Iraqis Rate CPA Government Iraqis Want View of Invasion View of Occupation Coalition Provisional Authority Poll Iraqi Interpreter's Anguished Life Iraqi Oil Our Plan for Iraqi Property Arab view of United States ***Pew Poll of Arab & World Opinion of US*** ***Zogby on Arab Opinion of US*** Who Dies, Who Pays, Who Profits Iraq Body Count Nukes Effects of nuclear explosions in Wikipedia Nuclear fallout in Wikipedia Nuclear weapons effects calculator Effects of Hiroshima Bomb An A bomb survivor's story Nuclear bunker buster video Foreign Terrorism ***Osama Tape 10/2004*** What We Did in Iran US in Lebanon in the 80s transcript BBC brief overview of US in Lebanon Frontline:  Interview with Osama bin Laden Timeline of US intervention in Middle East General Zinni Our Plan for Iraqi Property Domestic Terrorism   Interview with Tim McVeigh Oklahoma City bomber Cynanide Bomb Plot in Texas Interview with Weather Underground left wing terrorists

 

Examples Essay Readings

APE IQ S P A C E  C H I M P S Baby and Chimp Raised Together scientist teaches chimps sign language 'Talking' Chimp Baffles Scientists A Voluble Visit with Two Talking Apes Koko's Dead Kitten Animals with Tools Chat with Koko the Gorilla Online Koko Signing chimp prank phone calls   chimp air prank counting chimp smoking chimp chimp hunting with spear ****Koko's webpage**** ***Researchers Journal of talking to Koko*** ***Washoe's webpage*** ***Orangutan Language Project*** ****Great Apes Trust**** Studying Wild Gorillas The Jane Goodall Institute Ape Prank Chimp Experiment with AIDS & more Ape Makes Fire & Draws symbols (click to see video) Kanzi with Lexigrams SUV Why Oil Sheiks Love A Good Hummer US made cars that get better MPG but NOT sold here Make your own diesel at McDonald's Sugar in your tank Willie Nelson's solution Run Your Car on Pond Scum A Better SUV Plug-in Hybrid Hybrid vs. Regular SUV Toyota's 1,000 Range Mile Battery? Better than Batteries for Electric Car? Compressed Air Car "Free" power for electric car? PBS:  Cars of the Future on the Road NOW PBS:  Car of the Future: transcript A Better SUV SUV FAQ 2004 Rollover Data Current Rollover Data charts I want my SUV! Hybrid performance cars Plug-in Hybrid SUV LINKS Ford Testing 120mpg Plug-In Hybrid SUV Plug-in Hybrids Might not Need New Power Plants Chevy Vot plug-in hybrid

 

NEWS

The Guardian (publicly funded paper in UK) BBC (a source the rest of the world trusts) Al Jazeera (like the BBC, but closer to the action) Democracy Now! 90.7 FM 6-7 am, 9-10 am, M-F The best hour of news everyday it's on Frontline (documentary series on PBS, lots of foreign policy, corporate issues, etc.) History News Network should more accurately be called history AND news.  Historians and experts  post articles on both. Pick a President Project Vote Smart (a good starting point for  comparing candidates records)