current events quiz tomorrow...

Here are the links for tomorrow's quiz. Any info in the articles is fair game!

• A British couple abducted by pirates may be running out of time.

• What will happen to J.D. Salinger's supposed 15 posthumous novels?

• Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin was hanged to death this week.

• China is "aggravated" with the U.S. for potential arms sales to this country...

• Did you know that the director of this movie is a woman? (I have to confess I was surprised when I found out.)
  

Stay warm!
~Ms. S.

Quiz Tomorrow!

Today we finished the Power Point notes for Ch17Sec5. (The presentation can be viewed here. Tomorrow there will be a 10-point quiz on that section.

We also worked on a Nystrom map activity: "Superpowers Face Off in the Cold War". Before we take the quiz tomorrow, we will go over the answers.

Don't forget to check this website on Sunday after 2:00 p.m. for clues to Monday's current events quiz!

Online access to the textbook.

I'll probably end up posting this in the sidebar somewhere, but for now, go to:

www.pearsonsuccessnet.com (Bookmark it!)

If you can't remember the username and password, see me.

Scroll down to the very bottom and you will see the green World History: The Modern Era textbook. There, you can access the online text and supplemental resources (audio clips and the like.)

Now you don't have to carry around the book. You're welcome!


PS: Thanks to the kind student who pointed out that the link was broken. :)

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

On Monday we took the current events quiz, discussed the week's world events, and went over the answers to Friday's "diagnostic test" (I gave points if you remembered to bring this to class.)

On Tuesday we will have an in-class reading: Chapter 17, Section 5 (Ch17Sec5) and students will need to bring their notebooks to answer section assessment questions. If time allows, we will begin this section's Power Point presentation on Tuesday and complete it on Wednesday. By then, the week will be half over! These classes go by quickly!

Welcome, new students!

Welcome to a new semester of Modern World History. I hope you are as psyched as I am to be starting anew!

Below, you will find the links to the articles that will appear on tomorrow's current events quiz. Don't hesitate to leave a comment about any of the articles, or even to link me to another news item you discovered and would like to learn more about.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

• The "Hope for Haiti" benefit/telethon that aired Friday night was organized by which Hollywood celebrity?

• At least 150 were killed in Nigeria, prompting the group Human Rights Watch to investigate.

• The Supreme Court made an historic ruling on Thursday dealing with corporate limits on campaign spending.

• Osama bin Laden released a new tape claiming responsibility for a recent foiled attack.

• This is going to require a pretty big cleanup crew. Yikes.
  

See you tomorrow!