60-seat Majority?

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a long-time member of the Republican Party, announced today that he switched to the Democratic party.

In Modern World this week:

Monday:

• Current Events quiz
• HW: Create a 1o-pt multiple choice quiz (a, b, c) in preparation for tomorrow's exam.

Tuesday:

• 30-point exam on the Middle East, including Ch.20Sec.3, Judaism Vocabulary, and map of Israel. There will a short essay comparing the monotheistic religions. There will be NO word bank.

Wednesday:

• We will go over the answers to the exam so you know your grade. We will also work on a map of India.

Thursday and Friday:

• Notes / PowerPoint presentation on Ch.21Sec1: The Challenges of Development.

Inside with the A/C on?

Good. Then you have time to read the news for this week!

• First, there was the bird flu, and now, this.
• Sri Lanka is trying to get the Tamil Tigers to surrender.
• There was a rally in Pittsburgh to raise consciousness for the so-called invisible children.
• The PA legislature will vote on a bill that directly involves teenage drivers.
• Two earthquakes shook eastern Afghanistan yesterday.
  

Ready? Here We Go...

• Oh my goodness, more pirate scares.
• Obama met with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
• Sometimes, when there is public outcry,there can be positive change.
• An Iranian-American journalist is "holding up" well enough in an Iranian jail.
• It looks like I might just get to visit Havana in my lifetime, afterall!

Uhhhh, where are the links?

I'm glad everyone is having a nice break (as am I), but you guys were supposed to find links to use for the current events quiz. So far I have one link from a student in 7th period.

You have until 5 to post things-- I will update the site by 7 at the latest, but if I don't have any student-submitted news stories, tomorrow's quiz is going to be a doozie because you won't have any clues this time!

Tragedy in Pittsburgh and Binghamton, NYC.

Shooting in Binghamton, NYC...

Shooting in Pittsburgh...

Korea launched that rocket, afterall...

Afghanistan is receiving pressure from the West over their return to sharia law...

President Obama gave a speech in France...

An activist for Sudanese refugees spoke to an audience at East Liberty Presbyterian Church...

What's Goin' On?

In the comments section of this post, please copy and paste a link to a news story you have read and found interesting. Include your name, period #, and a short summary of the story.

Bonus points will be awarded for the stories that I include on Monday's current events quiz!