Saturday, August 25, 2007

School’s just around the corner

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School starts next week for another exciting year. I’ve been busy this summer finishing up my masters in reading at NEIU, traveling the Mi...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Ken Burns on WWII

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Famous documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a new sprawling documentary on WWII coming out this fall. WTTW Chicago has been running half-ho...

Dunce-Cap Nation?

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You can take a global IQ quiz here at the Newsweek website, but with 150 questions of mostly trivia, it's not going to make you feel ver...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Blagojevich the Fanatic

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Over at the on-again-off-again-but-always-funny The Daley Show Blog (a play on words: The Daily Show + Mayor Richard M. Daley) they’re hav...

Politician Postcard WebQuest

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Activity I: Politicians in the news Turn to the Government Officials page (73) in the back of your blue constitution workbook. Choose one of...

Sudan

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We are going to be writing postcards to politicians soon and to highlight one of the many issues that we might write about we are watching ...
Sunday, April 15, 2007

U.S. Constitution WebQuest

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First, take a look at the Declaration of Independence by clicking here , then the Constitution by clicking here (same site), and the Bill...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Chapter 32 WebQuest

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1) The Presidential Election of 2000 First we will read about the 2000 election in your textbook. Then, take a look at these two sites about...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Iraq & Vietnam

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We are discussing Ch 30 on Vietnam in school now and comparing the War to the current war in Iraq. WEBQUEST Find websites that chronicle wha...
Thursday, January 18, 2007

Genocide In Darfur

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As we have discussed in class, Genocide is not confined to the history books. It's happening right now in Darfur, a region of Sudan in A...