socialism- big government; where it controls all businesses and own all property. the government distributes we everything equally, hence promoting equality; cuba; canada; sweden; china; syria; close to communism
Day 1:
US School Shootings-1,2,3, 5, 7, 10
1-10-12:
What is going to happen in Afghanistan?
Court considers demand that U.S. release photos of bin Laden's body
CIA challenges accuracy of 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Tuesday, 1-15:
NRA Fights Back with New Commercial
White House Blasts New Commercial
1-17:
1-18:
Inauguration 2013: A viewer's guide
Second inaugural address puts Obama in select company
100 Years of Presidential Inaugurations
1-24:
Women can partake in military combat
1-28:
2-7:
Postal Service to end Saturday mail service Aug. 1
2-11:
2-13:
Obama announces 34,000 troops to come home
Key Terms/People:
waterboarding
al-Qaeda (world wide terrorist attack like (9/11)
Taliban (government that allowed al-qaeda to train)
Abu Ghraib (took POW in iraq and abused them)
Third Geneva Convention (how POW should be treated when captured)
United Nations
NATO (us and canada alliance with communist countries) now most European countries)
Osama bin Laden
John McCain - senator from Arizona
National Rifle Association(NRA)
Executive order
Economic Sanctions
We will be breaking up into two groups to hold a debate over gun control. The debate will be worth 50 points. Your grade will be based on participation and knowledge when you are presenting.
One group will be for more gun control while the other group will be against more gun control. Here are some basic questions to think about:
Do you support any restrictions on gun ownership? Why or why not? If so, what restrictions should take place?
What guns should be banned, if any? Why?
Who should be allowed to own them?
What should be done to make sure school shooting don't take place?
-Be sure to include statistics proving your point of view.
Two sides:
NRA vs. Piers Morgan/Mark Kelly/many others
Here are some articles to get you started:
Here are some articles on gun control that we will talk about in class:
Biden vows recommendations to curb gun violence by Tuesday
History of School Shooting in US
List of School Shootings in US
Why new laws could miss America's bigger gun problem
Loaded language poisons gun debate
Economic Systems:
1. captialism
2. socialism
Political Systems:
1. Communism-practice and theory
2. Monarchy-absolute and constituional
3. Democracy-direct and representative
4. Dictatorship
5. Anarchy
The London Daily Mail has published a grim list of other American school shootings, in addition to the one in Connecticut, whose 27 deaths made it the second worse of all time.
1. Virginia Tech – 32 dead plus the shooter, 16 April 2007, Blacksburg, Virginia
Student Seung Hui Cho, 23, killed two stuidents in a dorm and then went through building of classrooms armed with two handguns, shooting at random before killing himself.
2. University of Texas – 16 dead plus shooter, 1 August 1966, Austin, Texas
Former Marine sniper Charles Whitman, 25, armed with an arsenal of weapons shot victims from the observation deck of the campus tower.
3. Columbine High School – 13 dead plus two shooters, 20 April 1999, Littleton, Colorado
Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire outside the school killing students and one teacher before shooting themselves in the library.
5. University of Iowa – five dead plus shooter, 1 November 1991, University of Iowa
Gang Lu, 27, a graduate student from China killed five with a .38-caliber revolver. He was apparently angry because his doctoral dissertation had not been nominated for an academic award.
7. Jonesboro, Arkansas – five dead, 24 March 1998, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Mitchell Johnson, 10, and Andrew Golden, 8, took seven guns to school and pulled the fire alarm and shot students as they headed for the exits. Four died plus a teacher. The pair were sent to a juvenile detention center and released in 2005.
10. Kent State University – four dead, 4 May 1970, Kent State University in Ohio
National Guard troops killed four students who took part in anti-war protests on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio.
wednesday - current events , key terms, gun control, us school shootings.
thursday -
Legalization of marijuana
Enhanced Interrogation methods, Waterboarding, al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden
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