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1. Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect their president. The President and the Vice-president are the only official chosen by all the nation's voters. The value of using this source in the classroom is to enhance communication and students can compare and contrast the information with real situations. Also, students will examine what important events have happened since the last 80 years when radio and television brought these campaigns into the living rooms across America.

2. The achievement gap is defined as the differences between the test scores of minority and/or low income students. The student groups experiencing Achievement Gaps are: English Language Learners, students with disabilities, Racial and ethnic minorities, Boys & girls, students from low-income families.
One of the areas where I think my teaching style will fit is: a) Determine the Diverse groups served by your School; considering that San Diego is an area with a big Latin population is very important to create an eco-socio-cultural study that will give me important information in regards their back ground so I can try to fulfill the student's needs. b) Network with other schools that are developing and implementing culturally competent system; always is important try to be on top of everything because is necessary to be at the same level of other schools. I would take this as a "competition" against other schools so students and educator would put a lot more effort in everything. c) Network with parent, minority community, and faith based organizations concerned with the needs of diverse students; In my community, I see a very little parent involvement in school matters. Statistics have shown that students do a lot better when their parents are involved in somehow in school activities. As educator, I will work hard planning strategies in order to get as many parents as possible.

3. My total score 0-5 points: Cyber Saint.I got this score because I am not a "cyber" person but even on a regular life activities, I am totally opposed to bully someone else. One of the areas, I would like to work in my classroom will be: What methods work with the different kinds of cyberbullies. Students and the motives differ from each type, the solution need to address their special issue.Another area would be Community programs through tutorial, local speakers from corps of volunteer or local community events o maybe using programs to stop cyberbullying. Also, I would include in my classroom the area of teen angels. The teen angels are volunteers between the ages of 13 and 18,by using their combination of their abilities to speak to others have helped teens, children and parents.

4. One of the areas from "Subject Access" I am interested in is Throughout the Year Holidays and Celebrations. I really like and enjoy this area. We live in a country where many cultures converge. As a bi cultural educator it's very important to teach the students the importance of having two cultures, two languages. At a young age students get confused about their heritage. As part of my work, I will have hands-on activities and projects where culture and traditions play an important role in our future life. Another area is Tools for Change. The way in how a classroom is arranged causes an important impact in the process of learning. Everything in the classroom will be movable to allow for the best use of space, and students have access to many other tools to facilitate learning. As part of the tools students will be able to access technology and research using PPDs. With all these tools students will get the support to succeed in their future.

5. Naturalistic----------83%
Intrapersonal---------69%
logical-Mathematical--63%
From the video Multiple Intelligences Thrive in Smartville, I learned that there are 8 different ways people learn: Body, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Musical, Naturalist, Spatial. These areas were developed by Dr. Howard Gard. I also learned that we as educators have to realized that each person has his own way to learn so in order to be fair to everyone, lessons should be taught according to their strenghts and their weakness.

6.This lesson plan is for 9th grade students for Spanish Speakers I and ESL. The topic that I chose is Successful ESL Strategies.
Lesson Title: El Simbolismo (symbolism)
Class Level: Spanish Speakers I
Targeted Standards:
Communication, Culture, Connections
Objective:
Students will use symbols to describe what is happening in the reading.
Students will demonstrate comprehension by filling a worksheet of basic information.
Students will work in pairs.
Students will be able to work in groups collaboratively to present their group projects.
Materials:
Simbolismo worksheet
Song and video clip
Writing response: After the video and song students will have a chance to respond to it.

7. a) In a 2007 study, UNICEF rated the treatment of children in the 23 wealthiest countries in the world based on 40 indicators of Child well-being. Which two countries received the lowest rating?
I found this question interesting because is a question that I personally don't hear often. This is about the measure of a nation is how well it attends to its children; their safety, health, education, socialization and their sense of being loved and included in the families which they are born.
b)What portion of the U.S. Government budget goes to welfare and Social Security?
Over 60% of the current budget is being spent on matters such as: Social Security, welfare, medicare, housing, medicaid. I think the Government has a big responsibility in how they spend the budget especially in this time crisis.

8.Overal score 50%

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