History and My Story

The date of the inauguration and oath of office are in the constitution but the rest of the day is based on traditions carried down from the past. The events of January 20th every 4 years are coreographed to show Americans and the world how peaceful transition of power is in a democracy [...]

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This is not surprising since Obama said “communism,” a word that sets off the Great Firewall.  See full article here and once again be reminded of how free you are here in the United States.  Remember also that with freedom comes responsibility and much of what Obama said yesterday was directed at you!

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For those of you who have enjoyed this site you might want to venture over to the President’s new blog on the new white house site.  Very ambitious proposals to connect us to the administration as part of the goals of communication, transparency and participation.  Can you tell Mr. Obama used to be a teacher? 
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Here is a quick link to the Black Ships and Samurai site that we are using for this project.  Below is a list of which chapters to look at when you are answering each of the questions.  Remember you all have the same 12 questions.  College Prep students have 2 additional questions that Academic students [...]

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There are some interesting comments about the war on Tzipi Livni’s Facebook page. She is the current Foreign Affairs Minister and frontrunner to be Israel’s next Prime Minister after elections that are supposed to take place next month. Check out “The War” posts under discussion board–the comments are mostly in English compared to the rest [...]

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I just finished looking through all of the news stories you wrote about and questions you asked and I have to say news was depressing. From an historical perspective, however, these sure are interesting times. Instead of writing a post I decided to put up some recent editorial cartoons. You may choose [...]

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It is quite a challenge to find any unbiased news coverage on this topic as I’m sure you all picked up on as you were completing your vacation homework assignment, but this a decent summary of the United States’ position on the current war. Obviously, this topic will be a large part of our [...]

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