Cool Sites and Summer Readings

Students!  If you would like to do a little summer reading to keep mind working I would like to recommend the following Authors:
Howard Zinn, Daniel Quinn, Wendell Berry, Eduardo Galeano, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Naomi Klein.
Please contact me if you would like specific reccomendations.
Also I the photo from a very cool infographic site here.
A few great resources to keep your mind sharp can be found:
Kahn Accademy
Annenberg
It was great having you in class this year and I look forward to your return next year!
-Mr. Ellsberg

Great Examples of Recent Student Work!

I had some great work turned in recently in both Geography and 7th Grade Social Studies.  The first is a Tsunami disaster planning pamphlet and the second is a Community service project. Congrats to Alex Myers and Savannah Lehman for your outstanding submissions.

Human Trafficking Essay

Here is a report written by our very own Seventh Grader: Chiavan Christiensen, who gave it as a speech for the contest Miss Three Rivers.  Awesome job Chiavan!

Every Girl's a Princess!

Preventing Human trafficking one girl at a time

Christian Students United

Via Michael:
Hello I am one of your fellow freshman students, Michael Podarelu. I just wanted to tell you about my CSU club. It stands for Christian Students United. We meet at the school every Tuesday at 12:00 to 12:30 for fellowship, a little bit of the word and some prayer. I started this club so we can all get to know each other and try to make a difference in our school. I hope that you can come to the club, and I look forward to meeting everyone.

SS French Revolution CD Covers!

We had some great submissions for the French Revolution Extra Credit Assignment to create your own CD Cover.  Here are some of my favorites:

Where do I find that?

A question raised more often than not in any one of my Social Studies courses is how to find information about any number of a wide range of subjects.  Most students default to a Wikipedia Search, or asking me to Google something for them.
One great resource is supplied by our very own Gresham Public Library (which boasts free Wifi and is a great place to study!)through the Multnomah County Library System.   You might do yourself a favor by checking it out through this wonderful Powerpoint brought to you by our very own Savannah Lehman.

And don't forget to cite your sources in APA!

A Little About Web Browsers

        We browse the web all the time, we research, check our email, and even do our school work online. There are many different web browsers that can be used to view the web, some of them work pretty good, others are not so great. In this document I will tell you about what I have found to be the best web browser to use for working on school.

Never Lose or Forget Your Documents Again!

We all hate it when our computers give out or fail. It can be devastating to lose important data, such as school files or photos. Although the hard drive doesn’t always fail, without proper tools and things it can be impossible for you to get your data without the help of a tech. Backups will prevent you from loosing data and will make it accessible to you if your machine up and dies. Now I could tell you a few different ways to backup your machine, but I’m only going to tell you a fairly easy and efficient way to keep your school documents safe and accessible on any computer with an internet connection.
View the rest of Taylor's Article here
How to create folders.
Navigating google docs.
Uploading to google docs.
How to download google docs.
How to delete google docs.