. Definitions – Chapter 9 – pg. 190 – pick any three and discuss the controversy and subjectivity of the defintion.
College sports programs have become big businesses.
The District of Columbia should not have all the privileges of an American state.
Burning a nations flag is a hate crime.

3. Evaluations – Chapter 10 – pg. 218 – complete the activity choosing one object category you know a great deal about and another that you would have to research to understand better. May be completed in chart form and in bullets.
Choose one item from the following list that you understand well enough to evaluate. Develop several criteria of evaluation that you could defend to distinguish excellence from mediocrity in the area. Then choose an item that you dont know much about and explain the research you might do to discover reasonable criteria of evaluation for it.
digital cameras – U.S. vice presidents – NFL quarterbacks – organic vegetables social networking sites – hot water heaters – TV journalists – spoken word poetry video games – athletic shoes – fashion designers – country music bands – Navajo rugs – hip-hop bands