When the schedule indicates that you are to complete a response journal, you will be linked to this page.  Follow directions for the response.  You will be turning in this journal to Ms. Mich sometime during the semester.  Please keep your responses on the same page, separated by the date which they were assigned. Please DO NOT SUBMIT THESE UNTIL ASKED FOR! 

Response "A"

TOPIC:  Homeland Security and Civil Liberties:

Click here to view the cartoon on Homeland Security and Civil Liberties. Interpret this cartoon, then respond to the following. How has 9/11 changed the right to privacy and freedom of speech in the United States? Have the administrations of President Bush and President Obama differed on the interpretation of the right to privacy and freedom of speech? Explain your answer.

Response "B"

Topic:  Congress:

Click here to view the cartoon on Congress, Health Care, and President Obama. Interpret the cartoon. What does "GOP" stand for? What is a Blue Dog Democrat? Did the speech the President Obama gave on September 9 change public opinion polls about supporting the president's health care?

Response "C":

TOPIC:  The Presidents & Foreign Policy

View the cartoon about former President Bush; interpret the cartoon in terms of how Bush felt about the issue and dealt with the issue of foreign policy when he was President of the US.

Response "D":

TOPIC:  President Bush & Weapons of Mass Destruction

View the cartoon about George Bush and the Weapons of Mass Destruction.  Explain the cartoon, including the controversy of WMD.  Add your personal opinion; is the criticism of Bush justified?  Why or why not?

Response "E":

Topic:  Presidential Election

Click here to view the cartoon about the 2000 Presidential Election Interpret the cartoon. Why was this particular presidential election so complicated?

Response "F":

TOPIC:  The Federal Bureaucracy

View the cartoon about the Federal Bureaucracy; interpret the cartoon, considering these points: