Current Events
The following headlines made up today’s current events portion of each class:
- Christopher Neil the alleged pedophile had his first court appearance in Thailand. Neil is charged with sexually assaulting a 9 year old boy and his trial will have testimony from eight witnesses including the boy assaulted. If convicted Neil will serve his time in a Thai prison as the government has no interest in having him return to Canada.
- Teddy Kennedy will undergo surgery for a malignant brain tumor. Following surgery Kennedy will receive Chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
- A train-school bus accident in eastern France saw five killed and 12 injured. There is no word if any of those killed were children. The accident was near Allignes near the swiss border
- Alexa McDonough has announced that she will not seek reelection. She has served as an MP for Halifax and was first elected in 1997. She was NDP lader from 1995-2003.
- Blank forms for Canadian border services have been lost or stolen according to a recent audit. The audit blames poorly trained people and lax security measures at border locations.
- There was a large fire at Universal Studios in California. The 12 hour blaze destroyed the Back to the Future set that was part of the theme park and cassettes of movies and t.v. series that were shot at Universal. The company says that backups are maintained and nothing was lost.
- Prince William has shipped out on HMS Iron Duke for a two month tour of duty in the Caribbean. The ship will be involved in hurricane relief and drug interdiction. William has already spent a year in the Army and five months in the Air Force.
Period One: History 30
Following current events there was a homework check on the first page of the Battle for Quebec jigsaw. The class was then divided into expert groups to compare and created the best answers. The class was then further divided into sharing groups to complete the exercise.
Period Two: History 20
Following current events the class completed the comprehensive oral review of the unit three materials. Unit four was started with the Detente and Resistance jigsaw. The class will write the Unit three exam tomorrow. The jigsaw is due on Wednesday.
Period Four: History 30
Following current events there was a homework check on the first page of the Battle for Quebec jigsaw. The class was then divided into expert groups to compare and created the best answers. The class was then further divided into sharing groups to complete the exercise.
Period Five: History 10
Following current events the class completed sharing their jigsaw answers before taking notes on the end of the Age of Bismarck. There will be a jigsaw review quiz at the start of tomorrow’s class.
