American Civil Literacy Quiz.  I got 84.85%  I’ll be retaking AP History and Economics next session.

Remember, Google is your friend.  Or is it?

On video games:

Violence, Social behavior, Intelligence (and here, here…)

On teenagers:

Excerpt from Nancy Redd’s book, Pregnancy, Identity, Body Image, Media Impact, Horror Movies (that last one is strange…)

Gladwell:

On Stereotyping, Excellent review

Minimum Wage:

All the resources you’ll need

LA Creole:

History, Language (take it slow with this one, but worth the read)

Marijuana, etc.:

Activism, Google results for news

There was a brief mention in class today about a conservative=conformist/ liberal=rebel bias.  While I don’t such a strict division could be accurate (there are no absolutes when discussing humans), it made me think of this video from TED.com.  We’ll talk about it tomorrow in class.

Or maybe Wednesday; we have a lot to discuss.

After you watch, you might want to check out YourMorals.org to see where you rank.

on Mercury Theatre.  Check out the Mercury Theatre website for streaming audio and downloadable versions of radio programs from the 1930’s.

Hear Dracula, War of the Worlds, Treasure Island, and, at the bottom of the page, an interview with Wells by Welles.

• War of the Worlds audio book here.
• The Island of Dr. Moreau audio book here.  (This one’s computer-read, not sure of quality.)