Thursday, September 2, 2010

9/3(F)

Assignments Due Today:
1. Chapter 3 Homework
2. Current Event (Local)
3. Own Declaration of Independence

Learning Objective – 9/3(F) Students will learn the origin of Labor Day and its significance today.

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010).  The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City.
Source: Wikipedia

Extra Credit:
1. How much does the State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation want to reduce the prison guard number by?
2. How much money would the proposed cuts save?
3. Name to local prisons that would be impacted.
4. List two positions that would not be eliminated.
5. How many people were injured in the CIM riot in August of 2009?
6. What is the problem with cutting the total number of prison guards?

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