Example resume

Here's the resume I showed you in class on Monday, April 29 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_kSgccj4zngd8UGO944ZNpDwlrJOKmPZuEbjyq7nkZQ/pub

The formatting got messed up in the conversion to Google Docs, but you get the idea.

Homework: Professional resume

Date assigned
Monday, April 29


Assignment
Create a professional resume.  Include your contact info, education, professional objectives, and experience.  If you're not comfortable putting your real contact info on this assignment, make some up.  If you have no experience, make some up.

If you need help formatting your resume, check out the following links:

http://mashable.com/2013/01/13/effective-resume-tips/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/resume-tips-ways-to-stand-out_n_2092363.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/02/05/6-tips-for-avoiding-the-resume-black-hole/
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/msn/category.aspx?categoryid=CL
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/category/resume-tips/
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/resumetips/tp/resumetips.htm
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/resumetips/Resume_Tips.htm


Due date
Friday, May 3
OR Monday, May 6 if Friday the 3rd is senior skip day

In class/extra credit: The Secret History of Credit Cards

The PBS Frontline episode about credit cards can be found here.

You can take notes for extra credit.

In class: Gay marriage, Boston bombing, WMDs, and drone strikes

"French parliament allows gay marriage despite protests" - http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/23/us-france-gaymarriage-idUSBRE93K08B20130423

"Why Should I Care That No One's Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?" - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/04/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_and_miranda_rights_the_public_safety_exception_and_terrorism.html

"What rights should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get, and why does it matter?" - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/20/boston-marathon-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-mirnada-rights

"What happened to the Miranda warning in Boston?" - http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2013/04/what-happened-to-the-miranda-warning-in-boston.html

Attorney talks about Tsarnaev's Miranda rights: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/04/22/dershowitz_authorities_will_regret_not_reading_boston_bomber_miranda_rights.html

Homemade bombs = weapons of mass destruction: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/22/boston_bomber_weapons_were_not_wmds

Senate testimony on drone strikes: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/24/as_obama_shuns_hearing_yemeni_says

Space!

In class/homework: Stonewall Uprising

Date assigned
Friday, April 19


Assignment
Finish watching the documentary "Stonewall Uprising" (link here) about the Stonewall riots in New York City in June 1969.

Period 5 - 1:17:00
Period 6 - 1:22:00
Period 8 - 57:30

Write a response of 2 pages (typed) or 3 pages (handwritten) to the film.


Themes you can choose to focus on if you want:

1) prohibition, its effectiveness, and its effect on society (alcohol in the 1920s, homosexuality in the 1960s, marijuana today)

2) how far we've come in the fight for gay rights, and how far we still need to go.


Due date
Wednesday, April 24

Supplemental: 101 ways to save money

http://www.beingfrugal.net/101-ways-to-save-money/

Supplemental: How to write a check

http://www.moneylifeandmore.com/how-to-write-a-check-917/

Supplemental: College expenses worksheet

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lcpPtJjKnsaIRNZj5_vzbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTU1NQ--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/finance/2013-03-25/48921f0c-54d5-423e-b671-62adfc23e450_BF-AE614_23offe_G_20130322194204-1-.jpg

Supplemental: Loan payment calculator

http://www.financeformulas.net/Loan_Payment_Formula.html#Calc-Header

TEST: Review questions

The 3rd quarter final exam will be Wednesday, April 10th.


Review questions are located here.

Homework: Personal budget

Date assigned
Wednesday, April 3


Assignment

1) Track your personal income and ALL of your expenses for the next two weeks.

2) Categorize your expenses (food, recreation, transportation, personal care, etc.)

3) Indicate which expenses you think are necessary and which you think are optional.

4) Indicate which expenses are variable and which expenses are stable.


Track ALL of your expenses.  Keep a piece of paper in your pocket, keep all of your receipts, or better yet use your phone keep track.

I encourage you to create a budget spreadsheet on Google Docs (link here).  If you need help learning how to do this, please come talk to me at lunch, during tutorial, or after school.  This is especially helpful if you have a Google Docs (also called Google Drive) app on your phone.

You may also do it by hand if you want.


Due date
Wednesday, April 17