Current Events
The following headlines made up the news portion of today’s classes:
- People are scrambling to leave Japan as fear of a nuclear meltdown grows. Thousands are lining up at Tokyo airports and train stations, the exodus is not part of a government planned evacuation, but just panic. Aftershocks continue to impact the region.
- The Japanese military and firefighters have joined the battle to cool the reactors and are using helicopters and water hoses to spray the reactors.
- The nuclear power station at Pickering Ontario had a leak of demineralized (distilled) water from its facility into Lake Ontario raising fears among local residents. Officials say there was no radiation leakage into the environment.
- Toyota is slowing production in plants in Canada and other countries as parts from its Japanese factories are growing scarce. The company halted all production in Japan to focus on the relief efforts for the millions of homeless.
- A Netherlands based pedophile ring has been broken by police. 184 people were arrested including two Canadians, one of whom lived in Abernathy, SK. 230 children were rescued by investigators.
- Hilary Clinton has announced her intention to retire from politics in 2012. She will not seek another position regardless of Obama’s success in the next election.
- An Ohio jail has begun charging prisoners a daily fee to cover the costs on incarceration. The average is between $12-14 per night. It has already made $2,500 for taxpayers.
History 20
The period one class watched the news and began a PPT presentation on Josef Stalin. The period two class was lost due to career fair.
History 30 All Year
The class had a work period as all but two the class were in grade eleven and at the career fair. One of the two grade twelves didn’t show up.
History 30
The class began with the news and was followed by time to work on the “Defeats, Act of Union and Triumph of the Moderates” assignment. The class concluded with an explanation of the differences between responsible and representative government.
History 10
Class began by writing the quiz on the Moderate and Radical Revolutions. following the quiz the class viewed and discussed the day’s news. The class ended with notes outlining “Thermidor and the Directory.”
