World Affairs Notebook - Table of Contents


Divider 1 - General Info

1.    1st week packet

2.    Test #1 review sheet

3.    Test #1 answer sheet

4.  News about the News/Eleven Elements

5.  Eleven Elements homework assignment – keep your explanation only, the articles can be recycled

6.  Test #2 review sheet

7.  Test #2 answer sheet

 

Divider 2 - CNN Video Sheets

     1.  Year in Review

     2.  February 14 & 15

     3.  February 16, 17 & 21

     4.  February 23

     5.  March 14 - Student News

     6.  March 13 & 14 - CBS News

     7.  March 15 – CBS News

     8.  March 28 & 29

     9.  April 4 - NBC

     10.  April 5 - CBS

     11.  April 6 – ABC

     12.  Media Comparison assignment

     13.  CNN Student News May 2

     14.  CNN Student News May 4

 

Divider 3 – Politics & Government

1.  State of the Union summary

2.  Notes on Bush’s March 20 Cleveland question and answer session

3.  Opinion paragraph homework assignment on Bush’s March 20 speech

4.  Second opinion paragraph on Bush’s March 20 response to the college student’s question

5.  Bush told Blair Determined to Invade Iraq Without UN Resolution or WMD & Moussaoui’s Role

6.  Investigators Enter US with “Dirty Bomb” Material

7.  The Exterminator article & worksheet

8.  Is President Bush Really the Worst President…

9.  Notebook paper notes on Bush’s proposed immigration reform

 

Divider 4 – American Society

1.  Face Transplant article & homework

2.  Boy Brain, Girl Brain

3.  The Trouble with Boys

4.  Chart over problems faced by boys

5.  30 Days: Life as a Muslim video sheet

6.  Ohioians Facing Terrorism Charges reading

7.  Opinion paragraph on notebook paper on the proposed Florida Gulf Coast oil drilling

8.  Troubles by the Score - article and homework answers on a sheet of notebook paper.

9.  Are Schools/Police Overreacting over MySpace?

10.  Media awareness pre-test

11.  Portrait of an Alien Nation – chart & homework

12.  What Racial Profiling Feels Like

13.  Influenza Outbreak of 1918

14.  1918 Flu National Geographic October 2005

15.  Bush Unveils $7.2 Billion Plan . . .

16.  Bird Flu Movie video sheet

17.  Bird Flu Movie reading packet

 

Divider 5 – World Religions & Culture

1.    Religions quiz

2.    Islam’s Origins and Beliefs

3.    Notebook paper notes from Israel video, listing 10 ways life in Israel is similar/diff from life in the US

4.    History of Israel – book work questions

5.    Kibbutz reading and homework answers (on notebook sheet)

6.    Reading - Shia vs. Sunni

7.    Jerusalem: History of the Holy Land

8.    Israeli History Timeline

 

Divider 6 – World News Issues

1.  Middle East overview reading (has the chart of Palestinian population on the back)

2.  Muslim Fury over Danish Cartoons – Why?

3.  Islam and Power article & homework

4.  Should Countries be Liable for What Newspapers Print?

5.  Should a Dubai-Based Company Be Allowed to Manage American Port Facilities?  article and homework paragraph on notebook paper

6.  Cash vs. Terror/Breaching the Barrier reading

7.  Wikipedia’s Hamas article and opinion paragraph

8.  Who was Slobodan Milosevic?

9.  Srebrenica: “A Triumph for Evil”

10.  “On Call in Hell” article and two worksheets

11.  Extra! Understanding Influenza

 

Divider 7 – Economics

1.  How would you survive in poverty?

2.  How would you survive in middle class?

     3.  30 Days: Minimum Wage video sheet

     4.  The Other America - article and worksheet

     5.  Bipartisan Poll Shows American Voters . . .

     6.  Race: Power of Illusion – video sheet

     7.  World poverty maps – color handout

     8.  United Nations Millennium Goals

     9.  Packet over world poverty

 

Divider 8 – Maps

     1.  Middle East map

     2.  Middle East map test

     3.  Israel map

     4.  Map of Shia/Sunni Muslims throughout the world

 

Includes all papers passed out through, Wednesday, May 24.