In 2010 the National Governors' Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers presented national standards for math and English-language arts for students in kindergarten through high school. The federal government hopes states will use these standards instead of the varied state guidelines. But education is usually left to the states. Do you think a national approach is good or bad? Write a letter to your representative in Congress giving your view.

Ineed ! 10 more minutes until test is ! will give 15+ points and ! kansas history which is an example of popular sovereignty? a. the fugitive slave law enforces stricter penalties for people who runaways. b. the united states congress passes a bill limiting the slave trade. c. settlers in nebraska vote on whether they wish to make slavery legal. d. an abolitionist exercises free speech by publishing a newspaper.

Final exam: us history playlist project instructions: in lieu of a final exam you will have a project that is due thursday june 20 @ 11.59pm this exam is worth 60 points. you may choose to complete the traditional exam or this exam. they are worth the exact same score i will simply exempt one, and give you credit for the other you are to create playlist of songs from each era we studied this year you will have anywhere from 10.12 songs depending on how you view the year you may do it on powerpoint word prezi spotify, itunes or anything else you can think of assignment find a song that you can relate to a histoncal era we discussed in order to earn full credit you must submit the name of the song and artist 2 the lyrics to that song either a portion or all with the lyrics highlighted that you feel remind you of something we studied i will not go searching for these make sure you include them 3 a 3-5 sentence paragraph that explains why these lyrics remind you of the era we studied. this is your chance to make connections to what you have learned prove me to me you understand what was going on in the world during this time period see rubric for grading specifics these same songs mo mendy's example: see next page (note: the example is for a us history course you may not i would do an image like this yours would have more songo)

Who was the 12th president of the united states of american?