Current Events
The following stories made up the current events portion of today’s class:
- International aid has begun to arrive in Burma, the first UN aid plane landed yesterday. Aid distribution is being hampered by the ruling military junta who will not grant visas to many of the aid workers. Aid agencies refuse to simply hand over food, but wish to see that it is properly distributed. Frustration and anger among the people is growing.
- Israel is celebrating its 60th anniversary as a nation.
- Canadians no longer qualify for the prestigious Commonwealth scholarship. The criteria have been changed and this has angered Canadian applicants.
- A Compass Air flight headed for Regina was forced to land in Fargo, North Dakota after a fire broke out in the washroom. The crew quickly extinguished the fire before the plane landed.
- Vladamir Putin was confirmed as Prime Minister of Russia today by the Duma. He has vowed to fight growing inflation in the country.
- Zimbabwe’s election commission has delayed the run off presidential election as violence in the country increases. Pro-government militias have displaced 30,000 people from their farms and wounded people are streaming into hospitals. The international community is pushing for observers to watch the election to make sure it is fair.
- A Surrey B.C. couple injured in an Eqyptian bus crash on the last day of their honeymoon will return to Canada soon. The women had part of an arm amputated and suffered severe burns. The husband was burned in the crash caused by excessive speed and a tire blow out.
- A Texas sink hole has grown to the size of seven football fields. It has consumed houses, tractors, oil equipment telephone poles and is more than 30 metres deep.
Period One: History 30
Following current events the class was placed into expert groups to share and create the best answers. Heterogeneous groups were then formed and students shared their answers to complete the activity.
There current events test is tomorrow.
There will be a jigsaw quiz on Monday, May 12.
Period Two: History 20
The class went directly to room 105 to work on their current events portfolios. The class was told to get the current events from Mr. Rogers’ blog.
There will be a current events test tomorrow.
Period Four: History 30
Following current events there was a homework check on the first page of the jigsaw from yesterday. The class was then placed in expert groups to discuss and create the best answers for their topic. The expert groups were then split into heterogeneous groups to share their materials and instruct their new group members on their topic.
There current events test is tomorrow.
There will be a jigsaw quiz on Monday, May 12.
Period Five: History 10
The class began by writing the Congress of Vienna jigsaw review quiz. The first part of the quiz was corrected in class and then handed in.
The class then watched and discussed the day’s current events. Following this was notes and questions relating to the Second French Republic and Second French Empire. The questions were started today and will be completed tomorrow.
Napoleon III : The Second Empire in France, A Century of Change pp. 138.
- Evaluate the political and electoral system established under the Second Empire.
- Explain three programs introduced by Napoleon III to beautify France, and modernize its economy.
- Illustrate the role international misadventures played in the ultimate fall of Napoleon III.
There is a current events test tomorrow.
