Final Stretch of PSSAs... and a Current Events Quiz.

Hi, everyone. Here are the links for this week...

• A deadly tornado whipped through this state on Saturday, killing at least 10.

• Thousands protest a deal between Russia and the Ukraine...

• Here's a story that fits in well with our current unit on the Modern Middle East...

• China's one-child policy may be on its way out, but parents aren't rushing out to have more kids...

• A new Arizona immigration policy sparks controversy...
  

More PSSAs... and another Current Events Quiz

One day, all of my classes (1st pd, 2nd pd, 4th pd, 6th pd, and 7th pd) will be on the same schedule, learning the same thing. In the meantime, for the remainder of the month of April, we will do the best we can with using the time that we have, however short (or however long!)
Just a reminder: you will have your current events quiz on Monday and then a quiz on the Five Pillars (vocab) on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Here we go...

• This article about statement's from Iran's Ahmadinejad is timely, considering last week's class discussion of the Iranian Revolution.

• The aftermath (a giant volcanic ash cloud!) is still causing all European flights to be grounded.

• LBJ's daughter,Luci Baines Johnson, has been hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic.

• The Dalai Lama wants to return to the province where he was born.

• There was another suicide bombing attack in Pakistan.
  

Current Events Quiz Tomorrow...

• In tragic news this week, Poland's President is killed in a plane crash along with 95 others.

• More sad news-- this time about the awful mining accident in West Virginia.

• Some Tea Party leaders are denouncing some of the conspiracy theories about the current President.

• The demonstrations in Bangkok turn even uglier this weekend.

• The future of the U.S. base in Kyrgyzstan is in question following last week's events.

Don't forget you'll also have a map quiz (on "The Middle East") on Thursday.

Current Events Quiz

Hope you are enjoying your 3-day weekend. It's not as good as a 5-day weekend, no, but still-- not too shabby!

We will have a current events quiz Monday morning. Below are the links you need to read in order to be prepared to get a 5 out of 5. Enjoy this beautiful weather!

Ms. S.

• This report show that unemployment is on the rise for veterans.

• 153 Chinese miners are still trapped.

• A Vatican priest is facing criticism for his comments.

• A spring break tragedy in Panama City

• Demonstrations continue in this location in Southeast Asia
  

This week...

Monday*: Pol Pot documentary
Tuesday*: Pol Pot documentary; written summaries due (if you were absent for the film you are exempt from this assignment.)
Wednesday: Finish Power Point notes/lecture that we started on Friday (Ch18Sec4: "War in Southeast Asia")
Thursday: 15-point map quiz (Asia), Nystrom Atlas classwork activity #52a: "The Vietnam War Ends an Era". (I also handed out review guides for next week's Cold War Unit Exam.)
Friday: Independent reading, key terms, section assessment questions for Ch18Sec5: "The End of the Soviet Union"; Power Point notes/lecture on this section on Monday.

Next Tuesday we will have a review game.
Next Wednesday will be your Cold War Unit Exam. Since there is no mid-term in this course, this is the test that I consider to be the "mid-term"-- it's worth a lot of points (between 50 and 60) but it isn't "weighted" like your final exam will be.


*I was not in school on these days.

Korea and Vietnam...

Work we completed this week:

• Finished watching "Korean War Stories" and went over answers to the questions that accompany the film (worth 10 points.)

• Took a quiz on Chapter 18, Section 3 (worth 10 points.)

• Color-coded a map of Asia, which can be found here. There will be a 15-point quiz on this map next Wednesday.

• Read Ch18Sec4 ("War in Southeast Asia") and fill in the key terms from the worksheet which can be found here.

• Started Power Point notes for the above mentioned section. See me for a copy of the Power Point; the file is too large to post here.

REMINDER: There will be no current events quiz on Monday.

Lucky you...

There will be no current events quiz tomorrow. We'll start off class by finishing the Ch18Sec3 notes (for those classes who still have to finish them) and then watch two segments of the PBS documentary "Korean War Stories" so we can discuss the answers to the questions that accompany the film.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!