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Sunday, October 16, 2011

World Population To Reach 7 Billion Today???

World population

Please answer the 5W's sheet. Write your opinion and reaction to the article on the back of the sheet. Click on: 7 Billion

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Bleach Brawl at Wal - Mart

PHOTO: Bleach and Pine-Sol fight in Baltimore WalMart

Please answer the 5W's sheet about what this woman did at Wal - Mart. Then, write your opinion and reaction to her actions.
Click on: Wal - Mart Brawl

Monday, October 3, 2011

Driverless Car Caught Doing Reverse Donuts

Driverless Car Turns Circles on NJ Street

Please answer the 5W's sheet. Write your opinion and reaction to the article on the back of your paper. Click on: Reverse Donuts!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Current Events: Burglar Caught While Making Breakfast/Two Rochester Teens Charged With Arson

Damon PettyMichael J. Flanagan

Please read the articles. Choose ONE article and answer the questions on the 5W's sheet. Write your opinion and reaction to the case on the back of your paper.
Click on: BUSTED!!! and ROCHESTER TEENS CHARGED WITH ARSON

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

How is technology advancing in the 21st century?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point with captions that shows how technology is advancing in the 21st century.
Click on: Technology

Sunday, June 19, 2011

How did the US fight the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point with captions that shows how the US conducted the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001.
Click on: Afghanistan and Iraq

Friday, June 17, 2011

Videos of Vancouver, Canada Riot After Hockey Game



Please write three facts about what these people are doing in the video. Then, write down what the consequences should be for them.
Click on: Vancouver Riot

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Woman Calls 911 Over Wrong Dinner



Please write three factual sentences about this case. Write your opinion and reaction to it.
Click on: 911 Call

Monday, June 13, 2011

Describe the worst terrorist attack in world history.



Please construct a Power point presentation with captions that describes the worst terrorist attack in world history on 9 - 11 - 01. Click on: 9 - 11 Attacks

Sunday, June 12, 2011

World's Shortest Man

Junrey Balawing

Please write three facts about this man. Then, write your opinion and reaction about the man in this article. Click on: Shortest Man

Friday, June 10, 2011

Nation In the News: Yemen



Please construct a 5 - slide Power point with captions that illustrates the unrest in the Middle Eastern nation of Yemen.

You may also look at the 'More Galleries' under the story. Click on: Yemen

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Don't Drive Drunk!!!

mug_Leite.jpgWrite three facts about the case involving this woman. Write your opinion and reaction to what she did.

Click on: DUI Driver

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

How did the Cold War near its end with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation with captions that shows how the Cold War was near its end with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Click on: Fall of the Berlin Wall

Monday, June 6, 2011

Man Pays With 2,500 Pennies



Please write three facts about the article. Then, write your opinion and reaction to what this man did with this money.
Click on: Penny Man

Friday, June 3, 2011

How did our 40th President, Ronald Reagan, survive an assassination attempt in 1981?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation with captions that shows the assassination attempt on President Reagan in March 1981.

Click on: Reagan Shot #1 and Reagan Shot #2.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Cops Seize JokerMobile



Please write three facts about the article. Then, write your opinion about what the police should do with this vehicle. Click on: JokerMobile

Monday, May 30, 2011

How did the first major terrorist attack against Americans occur?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation with captions that shows what the terrorists did to Americans in Teheran, Iran during the Nov. 4, 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy.
Click on: Iran Hostage Crisis 1979 - 1981 and also 30 years later.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Arrow and Cell Phone Incident - Read All About It!



Please write three facts about the article.

Then, write your opnion and reaction to what this girl did.

Click on: Cell Phone Incident

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

What factors cause the Energy Crisis in the US during the 1970s?



Please complete a 10 slide Power point presentation with captions that shows the causes of the 1970s Energy Crisis in the USA.

Click on: Energy Crisis #1 and also: Energy Crisis #2

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Dunkin' Donuts Trashed in Manhattan



Please write three facts about the article about what these individuals did in Dunkin' Donuts.

Then, write your opinion and reaction to these actions. Click on: Donuts

Monday, May 23, 2011

How did the Watergate Scandal show how our Constitution worked?



Please construct a 10 slide Power Point show with captions that shows how the US Constitution worked during the Watergate Scandal of 1972 - 1974.

Click on: Watergate #1 and also Nixon/Watergate #2

Friday, May 20, 2011

Woman Pulls Sword At A Pizza Hut



Please write three facts using the article about what this woman did at a Pizza Hut.

Next, write your opinion and reaction to the crime she committed.

Click on: SWORD FIGHTER

Current Events: Mississippi River Floods!



Please construct a 10 - slide Power point presentation with captions that shows how the destruction caused by the Mississippi River floods.

Answer: What would you do to protect your property from the floods?

Click on: Mississippi River Floods

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Man Marries 107 Women, Has 185 Children

Please write three facts about this man based on the article.

Next, write your opinion and reaction to what this man has done.

Click on: Man-marries-107-women-fathers-185-children

Monday, May 16, 2011

US Debt Clock



Based on the US Debt Clock, write three facts about the current US debt.

What can be done to reduce our debt?

Click on: US DEBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

What impact did the major events of 1968 leave on the United States?



Please construct a 10 slide Power Point with captions that illustrates the major events in the USA during 1968.

Click on: 1968!!! 

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Cool Videos To Watch!!!



Please write three facts about each video.
Then, write your opinion and reaction about each video.

Click on: Tornado! and then: CRAZY!!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Why did Americans protest against the Vietnam War during 1964 - 1973?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation with captions that shows why some Americans were against the war in Vietnam.

Click on: Anti - Vietnam War Protests and also More Protests

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

What?!! No Bank Bag?



Please write three facts about this case. What should happen to this would - be robber?

Click on: No Bank Bag

Monday, May 9, 2011

For what reasons did the United States fight in the war in Vietnam (1954 - 1975)?



Please construct a 10 slide Power Point with captions that shows how and why the USA fought in Vietnam.

Click on: Vietnam War

Woman Draws Beard On Her Face And Robs Gas Station



Please write three facts about the robbery involving a gas station and a woman who drew a beard on her face to rob it.
What should be the consequence for her action?
Click on: Gas Station Robbery

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Why did race riots erupt in the inner cities of the USA in the 1960s?



Please construct a Power point presentation with captions that shows why race riots occurred in the inner cities, including Rochester, NY in the 1960s.
Click on: Rochester NY Race Riot 1964
Click on: Detroit Race Riot, 1967

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Man Calls 911 Over Crack Deal



Please write three facts about the case involving this man. Then, write your opinion and reaction to what he did. Click on: Bad Crack Deal

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

In what ways did Malcolm X have an influence on the Civil Rights Movement?



Please construct a 10 - slide Power point on the life of Malcolm X and how he influenced the US Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Click on: Malcolm X

Monday, May 2, 2011

Student Tased Over Saggy Pants



Please write 3 facts about this case.
What should happen to the police involved in this case?
Click on:TASER!

US Kills Osama Bin Laden



Please make a 10 slide Power Point with captions about the killing of Al - Qaeda chief Osama Bin Liden.

Go to: DRUDGEREPORT

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Man Steals MIlk in Cow Costume

Man Dressed as Cow Steals Milk

Please write three facts about this case. What should be this man's punishment?
Click on: Cow Costume

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

How did the JFK Presidency come to a tragic end in 1963?



Please construct a 10 - slide Power point presentation that illustrates how the Presidency of John F. Kennedy came to an
end on November 22, 1963.
Also, one slide must contain your opinion about JFK's murder.
Click on: JFK Assassination
Also, click on:Video - JFK murder
Click on: Oswald murder video

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

What were the major accomplishments of President John F. Kennedy (JFK)?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation with captions that shows President Kennedy's major accomplishments. Go to: JFK

Friday, April 15, 2011

Postal Worker In Trouble!



Please write three facts about the case involving this postal worker. Then, write your opinion and reaction to what they did in this person's yard.

Click on: Postal Worker

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Current Events - Ivory Coast, West Africa



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation that displays what has been happening in Ivory Coast in the last few weeks.

Click on: Ivory Coast Crisis Images

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Woman Pulls Over To Get Lunch, Not For Cops

Roberta Spen

Please write three facts about the case involving this woman. Then, write your opinion and reaction to what she did. Due at the end of the period today. Click on: Lunch, not cops

How did President Eisenhower enforce the Supreme Court decison to integrate public schools?



Please construct a 10 slide Power point presentation that shows how President Eisenhower enforced the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

Click on: Little Rock Nine

Monday, April 11, 2011

Mom Beats Cops

 
Please write three facts about this case. Then, write your opinion and reaction to what this woman did. Due at the end of the period today.

Friday, April 8, 2011

How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott launch the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States?



Please construct a 10  - slide Power point presentation with captions that shows how the bus boycott in Montgomery Alabama spark the modern civil rights movement in the USA.
Click on: BUS BOYCOTT