Kirby's Currents: 09/01/2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Democratic Debate

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Current Events for Week of 9/24

Watch the Following:

Iranian President Goes to Columbia
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=209042d27fafd29f57de207a287287f1d77ccc83
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=8ed932b2076a93758fabbaa4be8d50946cf2e870

Bush at the UN
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=2371722b94f32c33823a72162cf59d25e9d95536

Questions to Consider:

Should the right to free speech be extended to anyone? Why/Why not?

Monday, September 17, 2007

New in the News - Current Events for 9/17-9/21

Read the stories and expect 2-3 questions from each. Questions will focus on the main themes or events in each article. Is is up to you to be able to identify those or to ask questions in class!

New Clinton Health Care Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/washington/17cnd-clinton.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

VIDEO:
Sen. Obama Interview
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=ce746ee9-c883-4152-97ed-78390f1c3a0e&f=00&fg=email
Iraq War Debate - McCain and Kerry
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=82f9955b-fe62-466c-8909-d9f85ce7c94e&f=00&fg=copy
Interesting Discussion on Race and Religion in the 2008 Elections.
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=e4decd13-50f9-46e1-b95a-a0c7a5425109&f=00&fg=copy
NEW - Jena Six
1. http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=359d574b-0cc2-40db-836b-3005d93fb1a2&f=00&fg=copy
2. http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=2c47a734-d398-4838-be63-5c3aca9ae400&f=00&fg=copy

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Remembering 9/11

Stories of 9/11 and the aftermath 6 years later. A New York Times special section.

Photo: Alex Fuchs/Agence France-Presse

Your Questions: Respond to 1 of the following by Monday.

1. Should we as Americans be expected to personally sacrifice more in order to protect our way of life? If so, how? If not, why not?

2. Can you defeat a group that believes they are doing God's work?

3. Is the government doing enough to prevent another 9/11?

4. How can we get other countries to better assist us in this war?

5. Will we continue to remember 9/11 as time goes by?

6. Can we win this war?

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/sept_11_2001/index.html

Current Events 9/10-9/14

QUIZ FRIDAY - ALL PERIODS !!!

BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:

Rudy Giuliani
Hilary Clinton
John McCain
Barack Obama
Fred Thompson
John Edwards
Mitt Romney
Dennsi Kucinich
Tom Tancredo
Chris Dodd
Mike Huckabee

Stories to read:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/washington/11assess.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/us/politics/11web-nagourney.html

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Click on the link below. This will take you to the Fox News video page. Click on "Top Videos" in the upper right quarter of the page.
1. Identify 5 major issues focused on by the candidates.
2.Each segment is about 7-10 minutes long. Watch at least one segment and respond to at least two of the candidates performance in the segment. What did you like/dislike about the candidate or teh responses? You must identify the specific candidates and topics discussed to get credit.NOTE: If the debates are no longer in the "Top Videos," click on the Videos link and then select "Politics" or go to the Google Videos linked below.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295899,00.html

Youtube:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=fox+gop+debate+sept

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