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Audio Assignments & Semester Project

Choose 1 for each 6-weeks

First 6-Weeks (due by Sept 24)

1.  We're Drowning In Plastic Trash - NPR, July 2018

   • Separating PLASTIC: What is recyclable?​

2. Summer Melt: Why Aren't Students Showing Up For College? - Hidden Brain, June 2018

3. Please take away my Kid's phone - NPR, Aug 2018

4. Media play - 2 sides to the same story: CNN and Fox News hosts react to Trump’s ‘s***hole’ remark - Jan 2018

 

Second 6-Weeks (due by Oct 29th)​

1.  Should You Get That Scan (for Cancer)? - NPR, Aug 2018

2.  How to Raise your Child to Do Chores: Mayan Culture - NPR, May 2018

3. How to Raise a Parent? SLATE Podcast about things our Kids can Teach Us

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Poss. Non-Traditional Instruction Activities

1.  Can you predict the future? BBC Crowd Science explores super forecasters, Aug 2019​

2. Vaping & Smoking: NPR Here & Now story: June 2019 (link)

   • Truth Initiative​: Facts about vaping & E-cigarettes

   • Senator McConnell "special friend" of tobacco

3.  Antibody Tests For Coronavirus Can Miss The Mark: NPR Morning Edition, April 2020

4. KY high school seniors willing to wait for Graduation ceremony

   • Lane Report Article​

Future Possible Topics

1.  Mortality vs. morbidity

2.  Disparities of wealth in U.S.

3.  Social Media & Bullying

4.  Stress from School & demands of success

5.  Gun Violence & U.S. Culture