Cycle 5 - Project 2

1. Go to the following websites:

www.whitehouse.gov
www.cspan.org
www.bbc.com
www.cnn.com

2. Find a CURRENT EVENTS story with global or national implications. This cannot be a purely local story, and it has to be about politics or social issues, (not art, music, sports or fashion).

3. Print out and read materials on your chosen issue. You may also watch videos that appear on any of the above three websites to add to your knowledge of the subject.

4. Write a description of your issue. You may add your opinion at the end of your write-up.

5. Use your notes and materials to create a presentation on your issue, using PowerPoint. The presentations should have at least ten slides and should include pictures.

In order to attain credit, you must meet the following deadlines:
Write-ups must be completed by Thursday, April 30th.
PowerPoint presentations must be completed by Tuesday, May 5th.

Jose - modern-day pirates
Matthew - modern-day pirates
LaShaya - voting in South Africa
Hazel - Miss California and gay marriage
Andre -
Devani - Environmental jobs, green roofs
Isamar -

Where I’m From Made Me Shaya

Where I’m From Made Me Shaya

I am from my private space in my tub.
I am from my first heartbreak, hating love.
I am from the late night manhunt and slapbox.
I am from the stereo blasting with 112 & The Lox.
I am from the morena that speaks good Spanish.
I am from where around Lita & Buela my color vanishes.
I am from North Carolina & Dominican Republic.
I am from where both sides of my family can never get along in public.
I am from my first heartbreak being my father.
I am from because of this trusting guys is harder and harder.
I am from losing a grant man from an overreaction.
I am from losing out on my heart’s passion.
I am from grandma dying on my birthday.
I am from finding out about best friends the worst way.
I am from addiction to Saks 5th and Bloomingdales.
I am from a house where everyone yells.
I am from being born grown.
I am from losing my virginity alone.
I am from break it up, clean it up, collect the shells if you blast it.
I am from chipping in, don’t steam, just pass it.
I am from being a live wire, mean broad.
I am from where accepting my mother’s side of the family is hard.
I am from having my stomach cut open at 17.
I am from never living out my little girl dream.
I am from doing a bid because of a snitch.
I am from a motivation of society’s poor, but living rich.
I am from rubber grips, Smith and Wessons, and dirt bikes
I am from Range Rovers, fly guys, Polo v-necks and put in work right.
I am from slicing, stabbing, shooting, shocker and he still won’t die.
I am from losing my baby and I still haven’t broken down to cry.
I am from my daughter, basketball and rapping is my life.
I am from denying Curtis’ proposal to be his wife, twice.
I am from a heartbeat in my brain that’s constantly
beating, breaking,
breathing, bleeding,
hard, harder,
fast, faster,
loud, loud, louder.
Then it stops, just when I think it’s the end,
It replays in my mind where I’m from all over again.

- Shaya