The Marx Brothers: Duck Soup

Duck Soup



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Declaration of Independence - With Puppies!

Translate this passage from Jefferson's Declaration of Independence into modern English.



Original Text


We hold these truths to be self-evident,


that all men are created equal,


that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,


that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--


That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,


deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --   


Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

The Course of Empire

Take a look at these paintings by Thomas Cole.

Senior Seminar: States' Role in Setting Education Policy, Corporate Identity.

To find out about the 2005 Kansas Board of Education ruling about teaching Intelligent Design in classrooms, click here.

To read about graduate student Bobby Henderson's campaign to oppose the ruling, click here.

To read Henderson's letter to the Board, click here.

Read about how corporations are able to have some of the rights of citizens here.

Read a New York Times editorial about that same subject here.

Levels of Government - Who Represents Me?

Find your representatives using the web activity here.

When finished, play the Counties Work game here.

County Supervisors for Siskiyou County here.

Senior Seminar January 9

Debt Explained - Video

Debt Explained - Article

Debt Clock

The Beatles: The Early Years

Video links for early years of The Beatles:

 Title sequence from the film A Hard Day's Night

 Appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show

The Isley Brothers "Twist and Shout"

 The Beatles "Twist and Shout"

Questions for discussion:

1. What city were the Beatles from?
2. What style of folk music was popular in Britain during the early 1960s?
3. What was the name of the original band that later became the Beatles?
4. What is the role of a band's manager?
5. Who was the Beatles' first manager?
6. What is the role of a music producer?
7. What famous producer was an important part of the Beatles' sound?
8. What was the Beatles' instrumental lineup (what instruments did they play) in performance?